Hinge-lid pack and blank of sheet material for forming a hingle-lid pack

Abstract

A hinge-lid pack is provided, including: a body and a lid, the lid being hingedly connected to the body along a hinge line arranged on a back side of the pack; and a releaseable lock arranged on a front side of the pack to releasably lock the lid and the body, a separate reinforcement strip being attached to the back side of the pack and extending over at least 50 percent of a width of the back side. A blank of sheet material for forming the hinge-lid pack is provided.

The invention claimed is: 
     
         1 .- 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . A hinge-lid pack, comprising:
 a body and a lid, wherein the lid is hingedly connected to the body along a hinge line arranged on a back side of the pack; and   a releaseable locking means arranged on a front side of the pack to releasably lock the lid and the body,   wherein a separate reinforcement strip is attached to the back side of the pack and extends over at least 50 percent of a width of the back side.   
     
     
         17 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 , wherein the reinforcement strip extends over between 60 percent and 100 percent of a width of the back side. 
     
     
         18 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 , wherein the reinforcement strip extends over an entire width of the back side. 
     
     
         19 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 , wherein the reinforcement strip extends over a width of the pack and over at least a portion of both lateral sides of the pack. 
     
     
         20 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 , wherein the reinforcement strip is attached to the back side of the pack adjacent the hinge line. 
     
     
         21 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 , wherein the reinforcement strip is arranged and attached exclusively to an inner back side of the body of the pack. 
     
     
         22 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 , wherein the reinforcement strip is arranged and attached exclusively to an inner back side of the lid of the pack. 
     
     
         23 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 , wherein the reinforcement strip has a rectangular shape on the back side of the pack. 
     
     
         24 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 23 , wherein the reinforcement strip has an overall rectangular shape. 
     
     
         25 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 ,
 wherein the body comprises an inner frame partially arranged within the body of the pack, and   wherein the locking means are arranged between the lid and the inner frame.   
     
     
         26 . The hinge-lid pack according to  claim 25 , wherein the inner frame and the reinforcement strip overlap on lateral sides of the body. 
     
     
         27 . A blank of sheet material for forming a hinge-lid pack according to  claim 16 , the blank of sheet material comprising a body portion to form a body of the pack and a lid portion for forming a lid of the pack, wherein the body portion and the lid portion are connected by a hinge line, and wherein a reinforcement strip is provided on the blank of sheet material and locking means are embodied in the blank of sheet material to form a releasable lock of lid and body in the formed hinge-lid pack. 
     
     
         28 . The blank of sheet material according to  claim 27 ,
 wherein the locking means comprise a male connector and a female connector, and   wherein the male connector or the female connector of the locking means are arranged in the lid portion.   
     
     
         29 . The blank of sheet material according to  claim 28 , further comprising two cutting lines, one cutting line forming the male connector and another cutting line forming the female connector. 
     
     
         30 . The blank of sheet material according to  claim 27 ,
 further comprising two separate parts,   wherein an inner frame portion is one of the two separate parts of the blank of sheet material.   
     
     
         31 . The blank of sheet material according to  claim 27 , wherein the reinforcement strip is arranged on one side of the hinge line.