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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Silvano Boriani, Bologna, IT;
Alberto Franchini, Monteveglio, IT;
Fiorenzo Draghetti, Medicina, IT;
GD S.p.A., Bologna, IT;
Abstract
A wrapper with a hinged lid for tobacco products presents a front face (), a rear race (), two flank faces (), a top end face () and a bottom end face (), and comprises a container (), a lid () hinged to the container along a crease lid (), and a reinforcing frame (). The wrapper () is fashioned from a flat diecut blank () comprising a central panel (), two lateral panels () flanking the central panel () and an end panel (), all aligned along a first axis (), also an appendage () aligned with the central panel () along a second axis () perpendicular to the first axis (), connected to one end of the central panel () and destined lo provide the lid (). The frame () is incorporated directly into the blank (), created by a process of deformation that involves selectively embossing portions () of the front () and the flanks () of the container ().