Patent ID: 8474612

Claim:
A rigid package comprising: a group ( 4 ) of articles; an inner package ( 3 ) enclosing the group ( 4 ) of articles and having an extraction opening ( 5 ); a reclosable sealing panel ( 6 ), which closes the extraction opening ( 5 ) of the inner package ( 3 ), and has an inner surface ( 21 ) gummed with non-dry, re-stick adhesive, and a grip tab ( 25 ) with no re-stick adhesive; and a rigid outer container ( 2 ), which houses the inner package ( 3 ), and has an open end ( 7 ), and a lid ( 8 ) hinged to rotate between an open position and a closed position opening and closing the open end ( 7 ) respectively; the package ( 1 ) being characterized in that: a) the grip tab ( 25 ) has a first closed configuration, in which the grip tab ( 25 ) is folded 180° onto an outer surface of the sealing panel ( 6 ), so as not to project from the lid ( 8 ) when the lid ( 8 ) is in the closed position closing the open end ( 7 ) with the grip tab ( 25 ) maintained in the closed configuration by the lid ( 8 ) in the closed position closing the open end ( 7 ); and b) the grip tab ( 25 ) has a second, subsequent open configuration in which the grip tab ( 25 ) projects away from the lid ( 8 ) so as to be grippable in the closed position of the lid ( 8 ) closing the open end ( 7 ).