US Patent Issued to G.D SOCIETA' on Jan. 20 for "Rigid pack for smoking articles provided with a hinged lid" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,640, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to G.D SOCIETA' PER AZIONI (Bologna, Italy).

"Rigid pack for smoking articles provided with a hinged lid" was invented by Roberto Polloni (Bologna, Italy), Luca Paradiso (Bologna, Italy) and Giuliano Gamberini (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pack for smoking articles having: a group of smoking articles; a wrap housing the group of smoking articles; a rigid container, which is cup-shaped, houses the wrap and has: an open upper end, a lower wall, a front wall and rear wall, and two side walls; a lid, which is cup-shaped, is hinged to the container along a hinge so as to rotate, rela...