Patent ID: 7926653

Claim:
A cigarette box for containing an inner pack, the inner pack including a bundle of cigarettes and a wrapper wrapping the bundle, comprising: a box body enclosing the inner pack and having an access opening for the cigarettes at the top thereof, the access opening facing upward, and a slide lid attached to cover an upper portion of said box body, said slide lid including a front wall, a rear wall and a side wall which surround the upper portion of said box body, and a side opening so that said slide lid is allowed to reciprocate along a breadth of said box body to open and close the access opening; wherein said box body includes: an inner case providing the access opening, and an outer case enclosing the inner case except for an upper portion of the inner case, said slide lid covers the upper portion of the inner case, and said outer case has a top opening through which the upper portion of the inner case projects, and said lid is seated on front and rear edges of said top opening to be slid on the front and rear edges.