Patent ID: 8899414

Claim:
A slide and shell container comprising: an outer shell including a shell front wall, a shell back wall, a shell bottom wall, a first shell side wall and a second shell side wall; an inner slide, wherein the inner slide is mounted within the outer shell and includes a hinge lid connected to the inner slide about a hinge line, a slide front wall, a slide back wall, a first slide side wall and a second slide side wall, the hinge lid including a front wall, a back wall, a top wall, a first side wall and a second side wall; and at least one retention flap provided on the inner slide which is capable of engaging with the outer sleeve to prevent movement of the inner slide beyond the open slide position, wherein the outer shell and the inner slide are detachably connected to each other along one or more lines of weakness extending partially along the first shell side wall, wherein upon separation of the outer shell and inner slide along the one or more lines of weakness, the inner slide becomes slidable within the outer shell between a closed slide position and an open slide position, and wherein in the closed slide position the hinge lid is retained in a closed position by the outer shell and in the open slide position the hinge lid is moveable to an open position.