Patent ID: 8464867

Claim:
A package for tobacco-related articles, said package comprising: an outer shell including an outer front wall, an outer rear wall, and two outer lateral walls opposite to each other and connecting the outer front wall and the outer rear wall, said outer shell including a top side; a lid adapted to close the top side of the outer shell when in a closed state, said lid being swivelably connected to the outer rear wall or one of the outer lateral walls at a lid hinge line and being swivelable about the lid hinge line for transfer between the closed state and an opened state; an inner shell adapted to accommodate a plurality of tobacco-related articles and shiftably mounted in the outer shell, wherein the inner shell is moveable from a retracted position to an advanced position that enables access to the tobacco-related articles; a cutout in at least one wall selected from the group consisting of the outer front wall, the outer rear wall, and the two outer lateral walls, wherein the cutout is adapted to expose a part of the inner shell and to enable transmission of a force onto the inner shell for moving the inner shell; and a connector extending between a portion of the inner shell and the lid, wherein the connector engages the lid at a distance from the lid hinge line smaller than a dimension of the lid in a direction perpendicular to the lid hinge line, said connector being adapted to shift the lid into the opened state when the inner shell is moved into the advanced position and to shift the lid into the closed state when the inner shell is moved into the retracted position, wherein the lid comprises a top wall including a front edge, a rear edge, two lateral edges, and a bottom side, said lid hinge line being located at the rear edge or at one of the lateral edges of the top wall.