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A pack for cigarettes and like smoking articles has a frame (101) outside the charge of cigarettes but inside a flexible wrap, which is preferably a sealed enclosure of a barrier material such as a metal/plastic laminate, or metallized foil. The inner frame which is not rigid since its side (104) an

A pack for cigarettes and like smoking articles has a frame (101) outside the charge of cigarettes but inside a flexible wrap, which is preferably a sealed enclosure of a barrier material such as a metal/plastic laminate, or metallized foil. The inner frame which is not rigid since its side (104) and end (108) flaps are free except where attached to a major panel (102) acts to collate and protect the charge of cigarettes and to allow heat-sealing or other sealing pressure to be exerted more efficiently than would otherwise be possible.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A pack of smoking articles comprising:a frame with a major panel, two side flaps, and at least a partial end flap placed adjacent a face, sides, and at least part of at least one end, respectively, of a charge of smoking articles, wherein said at least partial end flap

[ What is claimed is:] [1.]1. A pack of smoking articles comprising:a frame with a major panel, two side flaps, and at least a partial end flap placed adjacent a face, sides, and at least part of at least one end, respectively, of a charge of smoking articles, wherein said at least partial end flap consists of top flaps extending only partially over the top of the charge; anda flexible barrier sheet wrapping the charge and frame, and forming a sealed enclosure around them by virtue of sealed seams, characterized in that all of the sealed seams overlie at least partly a part of the frame. [12.]12. A pack of smoking articles comprising:a frame with a major panel, two side flaps, and at least a partial end flap placed adjacent a face, sides, and at least part of at least one end, respectively, of a charge of smoking articles, wherein said at least partial end flap is a base flap below the bottom of the charge, wherein said base flap and said side flaps are hingedly linked to respective edges of said major panel and further including top flaps extending only partially over the top of the charge hingedly linked to said side flaps; anda flexible barrier sheet wrapping the charge and frame, and forming a sealed enclosure around them by virtue of sealed seams characterized in that all of the sealed seams overlie at least partly a part of the frame.13. The pack according to claim 12 wherein said major panel is the only major panel.14. The pack according to claim 12 wherein the barrier material has a resealable access aperture.15. The pack according to claim 12 wherein the frame surrounds the two minor sides, at least one end, and only one major face of a cuboid formed by said charge of smoking articles.16. The pack according to claim 12 wherein said barrier sheet is comprised of a metal foil/plastics laminate or a metallized plastics film.17. The pack according to claim 12 wherein said flexible barrier sheet is continuous over one minor end of said charge of smoking articles.18. The pack according to claim 14 wherein said flexible barrier sheet is continuous in the location of said resealable access aperture. [19.]19. A pack of smoking articles comprising:a frame with a major panel, two side flaps, and at least a partial end flap placed adjacent a face, sides, and at least part of at least one end, respectively, of a charge of smoking articles; anda flexible barrier sheet wrapping the charge and frame, and forming a sealed enclosure around them by virtue of sealed seams characterized in that all of the sealed seams overlie at least partly a part of the frame, wherein the barrier material has a resealable access aperture and further wherein said resealable access aperture is covered by a cover layer having edge portions overlapping the barrier material surrounding the access aperture, with a permanently tacky adhesive on said edge portions. [24.]24. A pack of smoking articles comprising:a frame with a major panel, two side flaps, and at least a partial end flap placed adjacent a face, sides, and at least part of at least one end, respectively, of a charge of smoking articles, wherein said major panel is the only major panel, and further wherein free edges of said side flaps remote from said major panel form edges of said frame; anda flexible barrier sheet wrapping the charge and frame, and forming a sealed enclosure around them by virtue of sealed seams characterized in that all of the sealed seams overlie at least partly a part of the frame, wherein the barrier material has a resealable access aperture and further wherein said resealable access aperture is covered by a cover layer having edge portions overlapping the barrier material surrounding the access aperture, with a permanently tacky adhesive on said edge portions. [25.]25. A pack of smoking articles comprising:a frame with a major panel, two side flaps, and at least a partial end flap placed adjacent a face, sides, and at least part of at least one end, respectively, of a charge of smoking articles, wherein the frame surrounds the two minor sides, at least one end, and only one major face of a cuboid formed by said charge of smoking articles, and further wherein said frame overlies both ends of the charge, with a base flap to surround a base of the charge and top flaps only partially surrounding a top of the charge; anda flexible barrier sheet wrapping the charge and frame, and forming a sealed enclosure around them by virtue of sealed seams characterized in that all of the sealed seams overlie at least partly a part of the frame.