Patent ID: 7175022

Claim:
A hinged-lid pack for rod-shaped smoking articles, comprising: a box-shaped case including a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall, a bottom wall, and right and left side walls; contents contained in said case, said contents having a bundle of rod-shaped smoking articles and a wrapper wrapping the bundle therein; an inner frame arranged inside said case, said inner frame having a front portion sandwiched between the front wall and the contents, side portions sandwiched between the respective side walls and said contents, and one of a generally U-shaped access opening formed in the front portion, opening toward the bottom wall and having a bottom located closer to the top wall than the center of the front wall, and an opening-forming area demarcated by a cutting line for forming the access opening; a transverse cutting line extending transversely across the front wall and permitting separation of the front wall, said transverse cutting line being located between the bottom of the access opening or a portion of the opening-forming area corresponding to the bottom and the top wall; an oblique cutting line extending obliquely across each of the side walls from said transverse cutting line toward the bottom wall and permitting separation of the corresponding side wall; and a self-hinge extending across the rear wall and interconnecting said oblique cutting lines of the respective side walls, said self-hinge being located closer to the bottom wall than the center of the rear wall, wherein, when said transverse cutting line and a respective oblique cutting line are split apart, said case is divided into a box having the top wall and containing said contents, and a lid having the bottom wall and swingable about said self-hinge.