Patent ID: 7770724

Claim:
A rigid package for tobacco articles, the package ( 1 ) comprising: a first container ( 2 ) housing a group ( 3 ) of tobacco articles; and a second container ( 4 ) housing the first container ( 2 ) in sliding manner to enable the first container ( 2 ) to slide, with respect to the second container ( 4 ), between a closed position, in which the first container ( 2 ) is fully inserted inside the second container ( 4 ), and an open position, in which the first container ( 2 ) is partly extracted from the second container ( 4 ); wherein each container ( 2 ; 4 ) is parallelepiped-shaped, and has two parallel, opposite, major lateral walls ( 14 ; 7 ) laterally enclosing the group ( 3 ) of tobacco articles; and the package ( 1 ) being characterized by comprising two connecting strips ( 22 ), each of which is connected, on one side, to a major lateral wall ( 14 ) of the first container ( 2 ), and, on the opposite side, to a major lateral wall ( 7 ) of the second container ( 4 ), and comprises a deformable portion ( 23 ) at the first container ( 2 ); wherein each connecting strip ( 22 ) is arranged between the major lateral walls ( 14 , 7 ) of the containers ( 2 , 4 ) and has a U-shaped configuration; wherein the second container ( 4 ) comprises a bottom wall ( 5 ); a top wall ( 6 ); a minor lateral wall ( 8 ) separated from the major lateral walls ( 7 ) by two longitudinal edges ( 9 ); and an open end ( 10 ) parallel to and opposite the minor lateral wall ( 8 ) and permitting passage of the first container ( 2 ); and the first container ( 2 ) comprises two parallel, opposite, minor lateral walls ( 15 ) separated from the major lateral walls ( 14 ) by four longitudinal edges ( 16 ); a bottom wall ( 12 ); and a withdrawal opening ( 13 ) parallel to and opposite the bottom wall ( 12 ); wherein both the containers ( 2 , 4 ) are formed from the same flat blank ( 26 ) having four longitudinal crease lines ( 27 ) and four transverse crease lines ( 28 ); the transverse crease lines ( 28 ) define, on the blank ( 26 ) and between two first longitudinal crease lines ( 27 ), a first panel ( 6 ′) forming part of the top wall ( 6 ) of the second container ( 4 ); a second panel ( 7 ′) forming one major lateral wall ( 7 ) of the second container ( 4 ); a third panel ( 5 ′) forming the bottom wall ( 5 ) of the second container ( 4 ); a fourth panel ( 7 ″) forming the other major lateral wall ( 7 ) of the second container ( 4 ); and a fifth panel ( 6 ″) forming part of the top wall ( 6 ) of the second container ( 4 ); the transverse crease lines ( 28 ) define, on the blank ( 26 ) and between two second longitudinal crease lines ( 27 ), a sixth panel ( 14 ′) forming one major lateral wall ( 14 ) of the first container ( 2 ); a seventh panel ( 12 ′) forming the bottom wall ( 12 ) of the first container ( 2 ); and an eighth panel ( 14 ″) forming the other major lateral wall ( 14 ) of the first container ( 2 ).