Patent ID: 8550241

Claim:
A package for smoking articles, comprising: an inner shell and an outer shell, the inner shell defining a space for smoking articles and the outer shell defining a cavity to receive the inner shell, the inner and outer shells being hingedly connected such that the inner and outer shells pivot relative to each other from a closed position in which the inner shell is received in the outer shell to an open position in which the inner shell extends from the outer shell, wherein the outer shell includes a side wall that overlaps a side wall of the inner shell when the inner and outer shells are in the closed position, a step being formed in the side wall of the outer shell defining a recess in said side wall and a tab extending from a corresponding side wall of the inner shell such that a free end of said tab extending from the corresponding side wall contacts the side wall in which the recess is formed when the inner and outer shells are pivoted towards the closed position, the tab locating over the step and springing into said recess when the closed position is reached, and wherein the outer shell comprises an end wall having a flap attached to a surface of the side wall, said step being formed by an edge of the flap and a surface of the side wall to which it is attached.