Flask-shaped cigarette container and method of packaging cigarettes

一种用于烟草制品的扁瓶形状的包装物或容器，具有大致为平行六面体的形状，其前后面板略微弯曲。该容器具有整体模制的主体和盖以及底座，其中主体的敞开底部具有一个圆周肩状物，底座由单独的塑料/金属箔叠层制成，并通过感应加热其上的粘结剂粘接到肩状物上。主体具有一个前-后的内加强肋板并在其顶部和前面板上具有进入口。进入口关闭后，将香烟插入到容器主体的敞开底部。防止粘结剂与香烟粘结的保护纸板内衬插入到底面，底板叠层粘接到肩状物上以便密封容器。 A flask-shaped package or container for packaging smoking articles, such as cigarettes, has a generally parallelepiped shape with slightly curved front and back body panels. The container comprises a body and a lid integrally molded in one-piece of a plastic material with an open bottom having an internal peripheral shoulder and a base made of a separate plastic/metal foil laminate that is bonded to the shoulder by induction heating a heat-activated adhesive covering the metal foil of the base. The body has a central internal front-to-back stiffening rib and an access opening in its top and front panels with a surrounding ledge to which is adhesively bonded a removable foil closure. After the access opening is closed with the foil closure, cigarettes are inserted into the container body through the open bottom thereof. A protective paperboard liner that prevents adherence between the heat-activated adhesive and the cigarettes is inserted into the open bottom and supported by the central rib and the cigarettes. The base laminate is then inserted into the open bottom and bears on the shoulder so that when the adhesive is activated by induction heating, the base bonds to the shoulder and seals the container. An adhesive-backed label wrap with brand specific indicia is applied to the outer surfaces of the container.