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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2008
Applicant:
John England, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Inventor:
John England, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Assignee:
British American Tobacco (Investments) Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D 85/10 (2006.01); A24F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pack for smoking articles such as cigarettes having front and rear panels connected by opposite side panels, a bottom panel and a lid. At least one of the panels in the pack includes a plurality of transverse rigidifying bands. These bands are greater in thickness than a region between the bands. The bands may be formed by an embossing method.