MX2008006993A - Tiered hinge-lid pack of smoking articles - Google Patents

Abstract

A hinge-lid pack of smoking articles such as cigarettes comprises:a box portion (2) (42);a lid portion (4) (44) hinged to the box portion (2) (42);and at least two longitudinally offset tiers (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) of smoking articles mounted in the box portion (2) (42). Each ofthe at least two tiers (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) comprises a separately wrapped bundle of smoking articles. In one embodiment, the smoking articles in each of the at least two tiers (18) (20) (22) 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 (46) (48) are of different length and the upper ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles are longitudinally offset relative to one another.

Description

PACK OF ARTICLES FOR SMOKING WITH ARTICULATED COVER STAGED Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a novel package with an articulated lid containing articles for smoking, such as cigars. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Cigars are commonly sold in hinged lid packages having a bottom box and a lid top, which is hinged to the back wall of the box part. When the lid part is closed, the front, side and rear walls thereof form extensions of the corresponding walls of the box part of the package. In use, the consumer pivots the lid portion back around the joint to open the package and access a wrapped bundle of cigarettes held in the part of the box. In order to remove a cigar from the bundle, the consumer must first pull the wrapper, which is usually a folded sheet of metal sheet or metalized paper, to remove an upper front part thereof. Subsequently, as soon as the consumer extracts a single cigar from the articulated lid package, the metal foil wrapper or metallized paper surrounding the bundle is removed to provide the cigars. remaining that there are with a protection against, for example, the exit or entry of moisture. Bundles of hinged lid cigarettes usually also include an internal structure or a collar mounted on the inside of the part of the box, between the front and side walls of the part of the box, and the bundle of wrapped cigars, at least a part from which the space covered by the lid part in the closed position projects from the part of the box inwards. To allow the consumer to more easily remove cigars from the hinged lid package in the open position, a central cut is usually provided in the front wall of the internal structure. However, even when a cut is provided, the package of closed cigars that are in the bundle may still be difficult to be removed by a consumer to remove the cigars from the package part of the articulated lid package, especially when the package is full. This is in the case, for example, of a conventional package of twenty articulated lid cigars, where the cigars making the bundle are arranged in three parallel rows in a nested placement of 7-6-7. U.S. Patent No. US-A-5,277,304, discloses a package of articulated lid cigars designed to contain more than 20 or 25 cigars, which contains two groups of individually wrapped cigars and at least one collar anchored inside. U.S. Patent No. US-A-6,742,651, discloses a cardboard box of cigars with hinged lid containing a group of cigar packs with hinged lid. It may be desirable to provide a package of hinged lid cigarettes or other smoking articles that not only produce increased protection, and with this improved freshness to the smoking articles contained therein, but also allow the consumer to have easier access to the articles. to smoke there contents. In accordance with the present invention, a package of smoking articles with hinged lid comprising: a lower box part; an upper lid part connected to the lower case part along an articulated line extending through a rear wall of the articulated lid package; and at least two rows comprising a bundle of separately wrapped smoking articles. Each of the at least two rows of longitudinal compensation may comprise more than one row of smoking articles. For example, one or more of the at least two rows of longitudinal compensation may comprise two rows of smoking articles. The number of rows of smoking items in each of the rows of longitudinal compensation can be the same or different. For example, a package with an articulated lid according to the present invention may comprise two rows of longitudinally compensating smoking articles, one row comprising a single row of smoking articles, and the other row comprising two rows of smoking articles. Since the consumer only needs to remove a portion of the wrapper that surrounds one of the bundles of separately wrapped smoking articles when he wishes to remove a smoking article from said particular bundle, the inclusion of at least two bundles of wrapped smoking articles separately, it conveniently helps to preserve the freshness of the smoking articles contained in the articulated lid packages according to the present invention, after the initial opening of the package by the consumer. In addition, as the smoking articles are disposed of by the consumer of the hinged lid packs according to the present invention, the inclusion of at least two bunches of separately wrapped smoking articles also helps to avoid damage to the articles for smoking. smoking that remain inside the package. The wrapping separately around the bundle of smoking articles in each of the at least two rows conveniently restricts the movement of the smoking articles in between, thereby reducing the risk that the smoking articles are damaged by the movement that exists within the package with hinged lid. In addition, the longitudinal compensation of bundles of elongated smoking articles separately wrapped relative to one another in a row arrangement conveniently provides the consumer with improved access to the smoking articles contained in the articulated lid packages. according to the present invention. In order to longitudinally compensate the bundles of smoking articles separately wrapped relative to one another, the bottom of the box bottom may be stepped, for example, with the inclusion of a stepped insert. The permanence of each of the at least two bunches of smoking articles wrapped separately in a different insert step, compensates the bundles of smoking articles wrapped separately in a height relation to one another, producing from this Form at least two rows of smoking items. As an alternative, in order to produce at least two rows of smoking articles, the part of the box pack with hinged lid, can be supplied with a sloping bottom wall on which at least two bundles of wrapped smoking articles remain. separately. For example, the lower edge of the front wall of the box part of the hinged lid packages according to the present invention, can compensate in the height relative to the edge lower portion of the rear wall thereof, so that a first bundle of separately wrapped smoking articles remaining in the bottom wall of the box part adjacent to the front wall thereof, is automatically compensated in height relative to a second bundle of separately wrapped smoking articles remaining in the bottom wall of the box part adjacent to the rear wall thereof. Preferably, the at least two rows of smoking articles are formed by securing at least two bunches of smoking articles separately wrapped one in a balanced relationship in rows. Bundles of separately wrapped smoking articles can be attached to another using any suitable means, for example, through the application of an adhesive for splicing the surfaces of adjacent rows of smoking articles mounted on the box part. Depending on the needs of the consumer, the at least two rows of smoking articles in the hinged lid packages according to the present invention may conveniently comprise bundles of smoking articles wrapped separately therefrom or different types.

Articulated lid packages of smoking articles according to the present invention can comprise, for example, at least two rows of smoking articles that they comprise bunches of separately wrapped smoking articles of different size (different length, different circumference or both different length and different circumference). Alternatively, or in addition, packages of smoking articles with hinged lid according to the present invention, may comprise at least two rows of smoking articles comprising bundles of separately wrapped smoking articles having different combinations or flavors. tobacco. For example, packages of smoking articles with hinged lid according to the present invention may comprise: one or more rows comprising a bunch of large sized cigars wrapped separately (approximately 84 mm in length), together with one or more rows comprising a bundle of shorter cigars wrapped separately (length between about 70 mm and about 72 mm) (ie different lengths); or one or more rows comprising a bunch of large cigars wrapped separately, together with one or more rows comprising a bunch of thin cigars wrapped separately of the same length (eg, different circumferences); or one or more rows comprising a bunch of cigarettes with higher tar content wrapped separately, together with one or more rows comprising a bunch of cigarettes with less tar content wrapped separately (i.e., different combinations); or one or more rows comprising a bunch of non-menthol cigarettes wrapped separately, together with one or more rows comprising a bundle of wrapped menthol cigarettes separately (ie, different combinations); or one or more rows comprising a bunch of large cigars wrapped separately, together with one or more rows comprising a bunch of wider, shorter cigars wrapped separately from a different combination (i.e., different circumference, different length and different combination). It will be appreciated that the specific examples determined above are solely for the purpose of illustration and that at least two rows of smoking articles may comprise other desired combinations of different types of smoking articles. The smoking article packages with hinged lid according to the present invention may comprise at least two rows of smoking articles, wherein each of the at least two rows comprises a bundle of separately wrapped smoking articles, and the The upper ends of the at least two rows are longitudinally offset relative to one another.

Alternatively, packages of smoking articles with hinged lid according to the present invention may comprise at least two rows of smoking articles, wherein each of the at least two rows comprises a bundle of separately wrapped smoking articles. and two upper ends and the lower ends of the at least two rows are offset longitudinally in relation to one another. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, the smoking articles in each of the at least two rows, have substantially the same length and the upper ends and lower ends of the bundles of separately wrapped smoking articles are compensated in longitudinal form relative to each other. In one embodiment of the present invention, the smoking articles in each of the at least two rows have different lengths and the upper ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles are longitudinally offset relative to each other. others. When packages of smoking articles with hinged lid according to the present invention, comprise at least two rows of smoking articles comprising bunches of separately wrapped smoking articles of different length, in order to compensate longitudinally the ends bottom of the at least two rows Relatively to each other, the box part of the hinged lid package can simply be supplied with a flat bottom wall without slope on which the lower ends of the at least two bundles of separately wrapped smoking articles can remain. . The difference in length of the articles to smoke in the bundles wrapped separately, subsequently gives rise to a difference in height in the at least two rows. Similarly, the at least two rows of smoking articles may comprise separately wrapped bunches containing the same number or different numbers and / or collations of smoking articles. For example, articulated lid packages of twenty smoking articles in accordance with the present invention may comprise two rows of smoking articles, wherein one row comprises a bundle wrapped separately from thirty cigarettes in a collation of 7-6, and the other row comprises a row wrapped separately from seven smoking articles. Alternatively, articulated lid packages of twenty smoking articles in accordance with the present invention may comprise two rows of smoking articles, wherein one row comprises a bundle of smoking articles wrapped separately in a collation 7-7 and the other row comprises a row wrapped separately from six smoking articles. In still further modalities, the packages with articulated lid of twenty articles for smoking according to the present invention, may comprise two rows of smoking articles, wherein one row comprises a bundle wrapped separately of twenty articles for smoking in a collation of 6-6 and the other row comprises a row wrapped separately from eight smoking articles. A package with a twenty-piece hinged cover preferred according to the present invention comprises two rows of cigars, wherein one row comprises a bunch of thirty cigars wrapped separately from a first type, preferably in a collation 7-6, and the another row comprises a row wrapped separately from seven cigars of a second, different type. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the first type of cigar is a cigar of a large size, preferably having a length of 84 mm, and a second type of cigar is a shorter cigar, having a length preferably of approximately 70 mm. Preferably, the package with articulated lid comprises two, three or four rows of smoking articles. More particularly, the package with articulated lid comprises two or three rows of smoking articles. When the package with articulated lid comprises three rows of smoking articles, preferably each row of smoking articles comprises a single row of smoking articles wrapped separately.

In a particularly preferred embodiment, the articulated lid package comprises three rows of smoking articles, each of which comprises a single row of seven smoking articles wrapped separately. In another particularly preferred embodiment, the articulated lid package comprises two rows of smoking articles, wherein one row comprises a single row of seven smoking articles wrapped separately, and the other row comprises a bundle of thirty smoking articles wrapped by separated. Preferably, the thirty articles for smoking are adjusted in a collation of 7-6. The articles for smoking can be, for example, cigarettes or cigarettes. Preferably, the articles for smoking are cigars. It will be appreciated that through a suitable choice of dimensions, articulated lid packages according to the present invention may be produced which contain different numbers of cigars with conventional size, large size, super large size, thin or super thin. Cigarette packages with hinged lid according to the present invention preferably comprise twenty cigars. However, if desired, it is also possible to produce hinged lid packages according to the present invention that comprise more cigars, for example, 25 or 30 cigars, or fewer cigars, for example, 17, 18 or 19 Cigars Preferably, the at least two rows of smoking articles are fixedly mounted on the bottom of the box. Preferably, the package with hinged lid further comprises an internal structure mounted on the bottom of the box, between the bottom of the box and at least two rows of smoking articles, at least a part of which project from the box part in a space covered with the box part in a closed position. The internal structure can be fixed to one or more of the at least two rows of smoking articles and / or to the box part of the articulated lid container using any suitable means, for example, by applying an adhesive to the surface of the same. In the absence of an internal structure, one or more of the at least two rows of smoking articles can be fixed directly on the bottom of the box, for example, by applying a suitable adhesive to the internal surface of the boxes. side walls of it. Preferably, the hinged lid package has an upper row of smoking articles adjacent to a rear wall of the lower box bottom and a lower row of smoking articles adjacent to a front wall of the lower box bottom. Preferably, each of the at least two rows it comprises a bundle of smoking articles wrapped in a wrapper that has a line of weakness. The line of weakness can be formed by stamping, marking, drilling, engraving or compressing, cutting and / or otherwise weakening the envelope. The inclusion of a line of weakness in the envelope conveniently facilitates the elimination of a part of it by the consumer, in order to have access to the smoking articles that are in the bundle. Preferably, the line of weakness extends circumferentially around an upper region of the separately wrapped bundle of smoking articles. Preferably, the line of weakness in the envelope that surrounds the row of smoking articles proximate the front wall of the box part of the hinged lid package is not visible to the consumer at the time of opening the package with hinged lid. Preferably, each of the at least two rows comprises a bundle of smoking articles wrapped in a sheet of bent sheet metal or foil. Preferably, each of the at least two rows of smoking articles further comprises a loop, more preferably a straight loop, attached to the upper end of the separately wrapped bundle of smoking articles. In use, the consumer can pull the straight loop in order to remove an upper part of the wrapper from the bundle, and have access to smoking items found there. The straight loop conveniently facilitates the removal of the upper part of the envelope by the consumer in this way. Preferably, the clip forms part of a label applied on the upper end of the separately wrapped bundle of smoking articles. In this case, the label also conveniently acts as a "seal" that helps keep the upper end of the enclosure closed, and thus the bundle of wrapped smoking articles remain fresh, until a portion of the enclosure is deliberately removed by the consumer. The application of a label on the upper end of the separately wrapped bundle of smoking articles is particularly preferred when the wrapper is a foil sheet of metal or metallized paper or other bent material. If desired, the at least two rows of smoking articles in the hinged lid packages of smoking articles according to the present invention may comprise bundles of separately wrapped smoking articles with different wraps. The wrappings of the bundles of smoking articles wrapped separately in the at least two rows, for example, can be formed of different base materials, of different thicknesses, of different colors and / or have different texts, logos or other printed indications. Alternatively or additionally, in order to distinguish between at least two rows of smoking articles, different labels can be applied on the upper ends of the separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles. For example, bunches of separately wrapped tobacco items can be "sealed" with labels that have different shapes, different colors and / or different texts, logos or other printed indicia. When at least two rows of smoking articles in the hinged lid packages of the smoking articles according to the present invention comprise bundles of separately wrapped smoking articles of different types, different wrappings and / or different labels, they can be used conveniently in order to differentiate them. The smoking article packs with hinged lid according to the present invention may have a rectangular substantially parallepipedal shape, with right angle transverse and right angle longitudinal edges. Alternatively, the box part and / or the lid part of the articulated lid smoking article packs according to the present invention can comprise one or more rounded longitudinal edges, longitudinal transverse edges, beveled longitudinal edges and / or bevelled cross edges. For example, dialing in a In a known manner of a laminar space from which the box part and the lid portion of the package are built, a package of cigars or other smoking articles with articulated lid with "rounded corners" according to the present invention can be produced. When packages of smoking articles with a hinged lid according to the present invention have one or more rounded and / or bevelled edges, the general shape of the articulated lid package is preferably such that, in use, the package can be placed in the form vertical on the base of the lower box part. The package with articulated lid can be formed of any suitable materials, including, but not limited to, for example, cardboard, paper, plastic and / or metal. Preferably, the hinged lid package is formed of a folded laminar space, more preferably of a folded laminar cardboard space. One or more windows or cutouts can conveniently be provided in the box part and / or lid part of the smoking article packs with hinged lid according to the present invention, in order to allow a consumer to see the minus two rows of smoking items housed therein before opening the package. Preferably, a window or cut is provided in the side wall of the hinged lid package. If desired, windows or cuts can be provided on both walls side of the package. The provision of at least one window or cut is particularly preferred when the packages of smoking articles with a laminar lid according to the present invention have substantially the same external appearance as the packages of conventional hinged lid cigarettes. The smoking article packs with hinged lid according to the present invention may be shrink wrapped or otherwise wrapped with a transparent polymeric film, eg, polyethylene or polypropylene in a conventional manner. When packages of smoking articles with hinged lid are wrapped, the wrap may include a tear tape. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention will be described in additional form, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a pack of cigars with a lid articulated according to a first embodiment of the present invention; Figure 2 shows an expanded view of the rows of smoking articles found in the articulated lid cigar package of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a plan view of a laminar space to form a container with hinged lid in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention; Figure 4 is a front perspective view of a package of cigars with hinged lid according to a third embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 5 is a front perspective view of the package with hinged lid of Figure 4, with the lid closed. Detailed Description of the Invention The package of articulated lid cigars according to a first embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 1, is a rectangular parallelepiped and generally comprises a lower case part 2 and an upper cover part 4, the which is hinged to the lower case part along a horizontal articulation line 6 extending through the back of the package. The lower case part 2 and the upper cover part have the same general construction as the box part and the lid part of a package of conventional hinged lid cigarettes having vertical edges with right angles and horizontal edges with right angles. The lower case part 2 has a front wall 8, a right side wall 10, a left side wall, a back wall and a bottom wall. The upper lid part 4 similarly has a front wall 8a, a right side wall 10a, a left side wall 12a and a rear wall 14a, which function respectively as continuations of the corresponding walls numbered in a similar manner of the lower case part 2 when the case part 2 and the lid part 4 are pivoted about the articulation line 6 from the open position shown in Figure 1, to the closed position. The upper lid part 4 of the articulated lid package further includes an upper wall which is opposite to the bottom wall of the lower case part 2, when the upper lid part 4 is in the closed position, and a flap internal 16, which extends from the front wall 8a of the upper lid part 2 and is fixed to the internal surface thereof. As shown in Figure 1, three rows of cigars are mounted in the lower box part 2: a lower row 18, adjacent to the front wall 8 of the lower box part 2, an upper row 20, adjacent to the rear wall 8 of the lower box part 2, and a central or middle row 22, positioned between the lower row 18 and the upper row 20. Each row 18, 20 and 22 comprises a row of seven cigars (not shown) wrapped in a sheet of metal foil or folded metallized paper. The package with articulated leaf shown in figure 1, therefore contains a total of twenty-one cigars arranged in three parallel rows, staggered, wrapped separately. A line of weakness 24 provided in sheet metal sheet or metalized paper (shown through the dotted line of Figure 1), extends around each row 18, 20 and 22, next to the upper end of the row of seven cigars. The line of weakness can be formed by stamping, marking, drilling, engraving or compressing, cutting and / or otherwise weakening the foil sheet metal or foil, before bending. As shown in Figure 2, each row 18, 20, 22 further comprises an external self-adhesive label 28, which extends from the upper end of the front wall of the metal foil envelope or folded metallized paper on the upper end of the row of seven cigars, to the upper end of the back wall of the envelope. For simplicity, the self-adhesive outer labels 28 have been omitted in Figure 1. The outer label 28 is supplied with a non-stick loop 30 projecting upwards from there, outside the row of wrapped cigars. In use, the consumer pulls this clip 30 in order to separate the sheet of metal foil or folded foil along the line of weakness 24 that is therein, to thereby eliminate the top of the foil. wrapping from the row of cigars that are in said row. Until the top of the wrapper is removed by the consumer, in order to have access to the top ends of the seven cigars wrapped therein, the outer tag 28 conveniently aids in keeping the upper folded end of the wrap closed. If desired, the loops 30 and / or external labels 28 in each of the three rows 18, 20, 22, may have, for example, different size, color or shape. The package of hinged lid cigarettes shown in Figure 1 further comprises an internal structure 26 having a front wall, a right side wall, a left side wall, a flap of the right rear wall and a flap of the left rear wall . The internal structure 26 is mounted in the lower case part 2, between the lower case part 2 and the three rows of cigars 18, 20 and 22, so that an upper part thereof extends from the lower cutting part 2 within the space covered by the upper lid part 4 when in the closed position. If desired, the internal fin 16 of the upper lid part 4 can be supplied with known retaining means, which in use, cooperate with the walls of and / or additional known retaining means provided in the internal structure 26 of the package with hinged lid (not shown) to help retain the upper lid part 4 in the closed position with the lower edges of the walls thereof, resting against the upper edges of the walls of the lower case part. In Figure 1, the line of weakness 24 extending around the lower row 18 is visible through a central cut provided in the front wall of the structure internal 26. However, preferably the position of the line of weakness 24 in the foil sheet metal or foil of the lower row 18, is such that the line of weakness is placed below the bottom edge 32 of the central cut in the internal structure 26, so that it is not visible to the consumer at the time of opening the package. To form the articulated lid cigar package of the type shown in Figure 1, rows of seven cigars are formed and wrapped by folding a foil sheet of metal or foil around each row in a conventional manner. The rows of seven separately wrapped cigars are subsequently collected in groups of three, longitudinally offset relative to one another to form three rows 18, 20, 22 shown in Figure 1 and fixed together using an adhesive. The three rows 18, 20, 22 are subsequently placed together with the internal structure 26, which is fixed to the three rows 18, 20, 22 with adhesive, in a cavity in a wrapping wheel which can be indexed between a number of seasons. Before the insertion of the three rows 18, 20, 22 and the internal structure 26, the cavity is covered with a piece of laminar cardboard that includes several panels and fins, which when folded around the appropriate marking lines form the part of box 2 and lid part 4 of the package with hinged lid shown in figure 1. As the wrapping wheel is indexed around one station to another, the sheet piece is folded in stages around three rows of cigarettes 18, 20, 22 and the internal structure 26 to form the hinged lid package in a known manner using conventional machinery. The internal structure 26 can be fixed to the internal part of the box part 2 and the package with articulated lid, for example, by applying a suitable adhesive to the external surface of the sides of the internal structure and / or the application of a suitable adhesive to the internal surface of the panels of the piece, which when folded, forms the side walls of the box part of the package with articulated lid. Figure 3 shows an elongated laminar cardboard piece 34 forming the lid part and the box part of a cigar package with hinged lid according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The piece 34 includes several panels and fins 36, 38, which when folded around suitable score lines (shown through the bridged lines in Figure 3) form the upper lid part and the lower box part, respectively, of a package of articulated lid cigars according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The lid part and the box part of the articulated lid cigar package formed from the piece 34 shown in Fig. 3, have a construction largely similar to that of the lid part 4 and the box part 2 of the package of cigars with hinged lid according to the first embodiment of the present invention, shown in Figure 1. However, in the package of hinged lid cigarettes according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the trailing edge of the bottom part of the part of box, which joins the back wall of the part of the box to the bottom wall of the box, and the upper front edge of the lid part of the bundles of smoking articles wrapped separately, which attaches the front wall of the lid part with the upper wall thereof, both are bevelled. As shown in Figure 3, the part 34 further comprises fins for dust 40. When the part 34 is bent, these dust flaps 40 prevent the formation of "holes" in the hinged lid package, through which , in use, pieces of loose tobacco can escape from the cigars. A hinged lid container according to a second embodiment of the present invention is built up by folding the part 34 shown in Figure 3 in stages around three rof cigars and an internal structure 26 in the same manner described above to build the package of cigars with hinged lid according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 1. Figures 4 and 5 show a package of cigars with articulated lid according to a third embodiment of the present invention, comprising a lower case part 42 and an upper case part 44, which have a largely similar construction in the lower case part 2 and the upper case part 4 of the package of cigars with articulated lid according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 1. However, as shown in Figure 5, in the cigar package with hinged lid according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the upper front edge of the lid part 44, which joins the front wall of the lid part 44 with the top wall thereof, is bevelled. As shown in Figure 4, two rof cigars are mounted in the lower case part 42: a lower row 46, adjacent to the front wall of the lower case part 42, and an upper row 48, adjacent to the rear wall of lower box part 42. Upper row 48 comprises a bundle of thirty large-sized cigars (not shown), arranged in two rnested parallel in a collation of 7-6, wrapped in a sheet of metal sheet or folded metalized paper. The lower row 46 comprises a row of seven shorter cigars (not shown) wrapped in a sheet of bent sheet metal or foil. The package with articulated lid shown in Figure 4, thus contains a total of twenty cigars. As in the first embodiment of this invention, shown in Figure 1, a line of weakness (not shown) provided on the foil sheet of metal or foil, extends around each of the two r48, 48, proximate to the upper end of the foils. Cigars Furthermore, as described above, each of the two r46, 48 further comprises an external self-adhesive label 28, provided with a self-adhesive clip projecting upwards 30, which extends from the end upper of the front wall of the metal foil wrap or metallized paper bent over the upper end of the cigars to the upper end of the back wall of the wrapper. The package of hinged lid cigarettes shown in Figures 4 and 5, which further comprises an internal structure 26, can be formed in a manner similar to that previously described of the articulated lid cigar package according to the first embodiment of the invention. present invention shown in Figures 1 and 2. The bundle of thirteen large cigars wrapped separately and the row of seven shorter cigars wrapped separately, are fixed together using an adhesive with the lower ends of the large size cigars and cigars shorter that are aligned longitudinally. Due to the difference in length of the cigars, this results in the upper ends of the lower row 46 and the upper row 48 being longitudinally offset relative to one another, as shown in Fig. 4. Conveniently, the overall height of the cigar package with hinged lid according to a third embodiment of the present invention shown in Figs. and 5, is therefore substantially the same as a package of conventional hinged lid cigarettes of approximately 88 mm. Packages of smoking articles with hinged lid according to the first, second and third embodiments of the present invention can be shrink wrapped or otherwise wrapped with a transparent polymeric film, for example, polyethylene or polypropylene in a form conventional. When the hinged lid packages according to the present invention are wrapped, the wrap preferably includes a tear tape, more preferably a tear tape extending longitudinally around the package; conventionally tear tapes in wrappers for packages of hinges with hinged lid that extend transversely around the packages. When the package of hinged lid cigarettes according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in Figure 1, comprises three rows of cigars, each row contains a single row of seven cigars, and may be to appreciate that packages of articulated lid cigars according to the present invention containing different numbers of rows of smoking articles, different numbers of smoking articles in each row and / or different types of smoking articles can be produced in a similar way. in each row. From the above description, it will be appreciated that the present disclosure conveniently provides a package of smoking articles with a novel hinged lid comprising: a lower case part; an upper lid portion connected to the lower case part along a hinge line extending upside down from a rear wall of the hinged lid package; and at least two bundles of separately wrapped wrapped smoking articles mounted on the lower case part.

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1. CLAIMS 1. A package of smoking articles with hinged lid comprising: a lower case part (2) (42); an upper lid portion (4) (44) connected to the lower housing part (2) (42) along a hinge line (6) extending through a rear pack wall with an articulated lid; and at least two rows (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) of longitudinally offset smoking articles mounted on the lower case portion 82) (42), wherein each of the at least two rows (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) comprises a bundle of separately wrapped smoking articles.
2. 2. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in claim 1, characterized in that at least two rows (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) of smoking articles are formed by fixing at least two bundles of elongated smoking articles wrapped separately, to another one that is in a longitudinal compensation relationship.
3. 3. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the articles for smoking in each of the at least two rows (18) (20) (22) have substantially the same length and the upper ends and the lower ends of the bunches of separately wrapped smoking articles are offset longitudinally in relation to one another.
4. 4. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the articles for smoking in each of the two rows (46) (48), have different length and the upper ends of the bunches of separately wrapped smoking articles are offset longitudinally relative to one another.
5. 5. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in any of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that further an internal structure (26) mounted on the lower case part (2) (42), between the bottom box part (2) (42) and at least two rows (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) of smoking articles.
6. 6. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in claim 5, characterized in that the internal structure (26) is fixed to the lower case part (2) (42).
7. 7. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in claim 5 or 6, characterized in that one or more of the two rows (18) (29) (22) (46) (48) of the articles for smoking is fixed to the internal structure (26).
8. 8. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in any of the preceding claims, characterized in that it has an upper row (20) (48) of smoking articles adjacent to a rear wall of the lower box part ( 2) (42) and a lower row (18) (46) of smoking articles adjacent to the front wall (8) of the lower case part (2) (42).
9. 9. The package of smoking articles with articulated lid as described in any of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of the at least two rows (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) comprises a bunch of smoking items wrapped in a wrap that has a line of weakness (24).
10. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in claim 9, characterized in that the line of weakness (24) extends circumferentially around an upper region of separately wrapped bundles of smoking articles.
11. 11. The package of smoking articles with hinged lid as described in any of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of the at least two row (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) comprises a bundle of smoking items wrapped in a sheet of metal foil or folded foil.
12. 12. The package of smoking articles with articulated lid as described in any of the preceding claims, characterized in that each of the at least two rows (18) (20) (22) (46) (48) comprises a further clip (30), preferably a straight loop (30), fixed to the upper end of the article bunch. for smoking wrapped separately. The package of smoking articles with articulated lid as described in claim 12, characterized in that the straight loop (30) is part of a seal (28) that extends over the upper end of the bunch of wrapped smoking articles. separately.