Patent ID: 8167124

Claim:
A slide-action hinge-lid package comprising: an inner case being formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape and having a box body with an open end in an upper portion thereof and a box-shaped lid that is connected to a first side edge that is a short side of the open end and turns about a lid hinge to open/close the open end; an outer slider that is slidably fitted around an outer periphery of the inner case; and an engaging device that allows engagement between the inner case and the outer slider when the outer slider is slid relative to the inner case, and imparts an opening/closing action to the lid in conjunction with the sliding of the outer slider, wherein a length of the outer slider, in a sliding direction thereof, is shorter than a length of the box body in the sliding direction, and when an upper end of the outer slider is located closer to a bottom wall of the box body than that of the lid hinge, and also a lower end of the outer slider is flush with the bottom wall of the box body, the lid is fully open.