Cigarette pack, cigarette pack closing mechanism and associated blanks

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EP 2 277 804 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	30.03.2011 Bulletin 2011/13

(43)	Date of publication:
	26.01.2011 Bulletin 2011/04

(21)	Application number: 09165837.7

(22)	Date of filing: 17.07.2009

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B65D 85/10^(2006.01)

B65D 5/18^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA RS

(71)	Applicant: JT International S.A.
	1211 Geneva 26 (CH)

(72)	Inventor:
	Collins, Tim Leatherhead, Surrey KT24 6BL (GB)

(74)	Representative: Haley, Stephen et al
	Gill Jennings & Every LLP The Broadgate Tower 20 Primrose Street London EC2A 2ES London EC2A 2ES (GB)

(54)	Cigarette pack, cigarette pack closing mechanism and associated blanks

(57) A hinge-cover cigarette pack (10) comprises an inner box (1) having a top face, a bottom face and a plurality of longitudinal faces connecting the top face to the bottom face, one of the longitudinal faces being a front face. The pack further comprises a cover (2) arranged to cover the entire surface of the front face when the pack is in a closed position, the cover (2) being hingedly attached to a first longitudinal side face of the inner box (1). The pack also comprises a linking element for attaching the cover (2) to a second longitudinal side face of the inner box (1), the linking element being arranged to bias the relative position of the inner box (1) to the cover (2) in a first configuration, which first configuration is approximately half-way between a fully open configuration and a fully closed configuration.