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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2006
Jacques Weiss, Vufflens la Ville, CH;
Philippe Bourgoin, Cheseaux, CH;
Pierre-yves Gindrat, Saillon, CH;
Miles Richard Hawley, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Matthew Rees, Coventry, GB;
Jacques Weiss, Vufflens la Ville, CH;
Philippe Bourgoin, Cheseaux, CH;
Pierre-Yves Gindrat, Saillon, CH;
Miles Richard Hawley, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Matthew Rees, Coventry, GB;
Philip Morris USA Inc., Richmond, VA (US);
Abstract
A hinge-lid pack of smoking articles such as cigarettes comprises: a box portion; a lid portion hinged to the box portion; and at least two longitudinally offset tiers of smoking articles mounted in the box portion. Each of the at least two tiers comprises a separately wrapped bundle of smoking articles. In one embodiment, the smoking articles in each of the at least two tiers are of substantially the same length and the upper ends and the lower ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles are longitudinally offset relative to one another. In another embodiment, the smoking articles in each of the at least two tiers are of different length and the upper ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles are longitudinally offset relative to one another.