Patent ID: 7712607

Claim:
A rigid, swing-open packet of cigarettes comprising: at least two groups ( 2 ) of cigarettes; at least two inner containers ( 3 ), which are identical and each of which houses a group ( 2 ) of cigarettes, is parallelepiped- and cup-shaped, and has an open top end ( 5 ) from which the cigarettes are withdrawn, a bottom wall ( 6 ) opposite open top end ( 5 ), a front wall ( 7 ), a rear wall ( 8 ) opposite and parallel to front wall ( 7 ), and two opposite parallel lateral walls ( 9 ); an outer container ( 4 ), which houses the inner containers ( 3 ), is parallelepiped-shaped, and has a top wall ( 10 ), a bottom wall ( 11 ) opposite and parallel to top wall ( 10 ), two opposite parallel lateral walls ( 12 ), and at least one open lateral end ( 13 ); and a hinge ( 14 ) connecting each inner container ( 3 ) and the outer container ( 4 ) to allow the inner container ( 3 ) to rotate between a closed position, in which the inner container ( 3 ) is inserted inside the outer container ( 4 ), and an open position, in which the inner container ( 3 ) is at least partly extracted from the outer container ( 4 ); wherein each inner container ( 3 ) comprises a hinged lid ( 29 ) hinged to the inner container ( 3 ) along a lid hinge ( 30 ) to rotate, with respect to the inner container ( 3 ), between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open top end ( 5 ) respectively; wherein each lid ( 29 ) has an actuating system ( 34 ) which connects the lid ( 29 ) to the outer container ( 4 ) so that, when the inner container ( 3 ) is extracted from and inserted into the outer container ( 4 ), the lid ( 29 ) is connected to the outer container ( 4 ) to open and close the lid ( 29 ); wherein each inner container ( 3 ) is formed by folding a flat first blank ( 17 ) and the outer container ( 4 ) is formed by folding a flat second blank ( 24 ); wherein each hinge ( 14 ) is abutting a respective edge of the bottom wall ( 6 ) of the inner container ( 3 ) abutting a respective edge of the bottom wall ( 11 ) of the outer container ( 4 ) at the open lateral end ( 13 ) of the outer container ( 4 ); and wherein the outer container ( 4 ) has two opposite open lateral ends ( 13 ), through each of which an inner container ( 3 ) is extracted from or inserted into the outer container ( 4 ) into the open or closed position respectively, so that, in the closed position, the front wall ( 7 ) of each inner container ( 3 ) closes respective an open lateral end ( 13 ) of the outer container ( 4 ) completely.