Patent ID: 7377385

Claim:
A rigid carton of packets of cigarettes, the carton comprising a first container ( 3 ) for a group ( 4 ) of said packets ( 2 ) of cigarettes comprising an open top end ( 12 ), a bottom wall ( 13 ) opposite the open top end ( 12 ), two opposite parallel lateral walls ( 14 ), and two opposite parallel, respectively front and rear end walls ( 15 , 16 ); and a second container ( 5 ) housing the first container ( 3 ) in sliding manner, so as to enable the first container ( 3 ) to slide, with respect to the second container ( 5 ), between a closed position wherein the first container ( 3 ) is fully inserted inside the second container ( 5 ), and an open position wherein part of the first container ( 3 ) is extracted from the second container ( 5 ); wherein the bottom wall ( 13 ) of the first container ( 3 ) comprises at least one first through hole sized to permit insertion of a user's finger.