British American Tobacco (investments) Limited

British American Tobacco Limited

Alan Douglas Tearle

Andrew Jonathan Bray

Steven Holford

Adrian Roy Stewart-Cox

Paul Hodges

Stephen John Lewis

Roy Adrian Stewart-Cox

Andrew Jonthan Bray

A package in the form of a slide-shell pack has an outer shell and a plurality of inner compartments, each adapted to receive smoking articles. The inner compartments are slideable relative to the outer shell to provide access to the smoking articles.

Package for smoking articles

A package comprises first and second packs each capable of containing items. The packs are connected in a Jacob's ladder arrangement by straps which are initially joined together by a line of weakness, and which separate along the line of weakness upon first movement of the first and second packs relative to each other.

Packages

Packaging

A smoking article pack blank having a lid () and a base portion (), the lid and the base portion being interconnected along a hinge line () and the base portion comprising first () and second () main panels. The main panels of the smoking article pack blank each having side panels () depending therefrom and at least one of the side panels having a side flap () depending therefrom. When erected the smoking article pack blank may be hinged about a longitudinal axis () of a side wall thereof. The invention further provides a smoking article pack assembly, which pack assembly comprises the smoking article pack blank and a plurality of inner blanks. The smoking article pack assembly may be hinged into an open position thereof about a longitudinal hinge line in a side wall of the erected pack assembly.

Growing community of inventors

Southampton, United Kingdom

Alan Douglas Tearle