Patent ID: 9211996
Filing Date: 2015-12-15
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A package of tobacco articles, comprising: an inner container which is adapted to house a group of tobacco articles, having an open top end and a lid hinged to the inner container to close the open top end; an outer container housing the inner container to allow the inner container to slide with respect to the outer container between a closed configuration, in which the inner container is inserted inside the outer container, and an open configuration, in which the inner container is partly extracted from the outer container; a sealing flap hinged to a top edge of a front wall of the outer container and movable between a work position, in which the sealing flap is perpendicular to the front wall of the outer container and located beneath a top wall of the lid of the inner container, and a rest position, in which the sealing flap is parallel to the front wall of the outer container; a first actuating tab integral with a front wall of the inner container and projecting towards the front wall of the outer container; and a second actuating tab, which is connected mechanically to the sealing flap, is located between the front wall of the outer container and the front wall of the inner container, and is engaged by the first actuating tab, when the inner container moves into the closed configuration, to draw the sealing flap into the work position, using the movement of the inner container.