Abstract: A rigid, substantially parallelepiped-shaped container for tobacco articles, having two, respectively top and bottom, end walls (7, 8); a lateral surface (6) bounded by the end walls (7, 8) and defined by two, respectively front and rear, major lateral walls (10, 11), and by two minor lateral walls (9); four longitudinal edges (13), each defined between a major lateral wall (10; 11) and a minor lateral wall (9); and eight transverse edges (14), each defined between an end wall (7; 8) and a lateral wall (9; 10; 11); the two transverse edges (14) of the front wall (10) and the two longitudinal edges (13) of the rear wall (11) are nonsquare edges, while the other transverse and longitudinal edges (14, 13) are sharp square edges.

Abstract: A unit for wrapping packets, wherein a first seat, carried on a first conveyor, closed by a sheet of wrapping material and housing a packet, is brought into engagement with a second seat on a second conveyor to insert the packet inside the second seat and fold the sheet into a U about the packet; the first seat engaging a respective packet by the end surfaces of the packet; and the second seat engaging the packet by a pair of lateral walls crosswise to the end surfaces.

Abstract: A method of continuously wrapping products, whereby at least one seat for a respective product is fed continuously along a given path together with a respective retaining element for retaining a respective sheet of wrapping material, which is supplied in such a manner that a first portion is positioned over the seat, and a second portion is engaged by the retaining element; a product is inserted continuously inside the seat so as to fold at least the first portion of the sheet substantially in a U; and the retaining element is so moved as to fold at least part of the second portion of the sheet about the product.