Patent ID: 6974027

Claim:
A rigid cigarette packet substantially in the form of a right parallelepiped, extending along an axis (Z), and comprising a container ( 4 ), a group of cigarette ( 2 ), and a lid ( 5 ) hinged to said container ( 4 ) along a hinge ( 6 ); the container ( 4 ) comprising four walls ( 9 , 10 , 11 ) parallel to the axis (Z), forming a loop, and comprising a front wall ( 9 ), a rear wall ( 10 ), and two lateral walls ( 11 ); wherein at least the front wall ( 9 ) comprises a free edge ( 18 ) and said hinge ( 6 ) extends on the front wall ( 9 ); a bottom wall ( 12 ) crosswise to the axis (Z); a top wall ( 13 ) crosswise to said axis; an inner compartment ( 14 ) housing the group of cigarettes ( 2 ), which are arranged parallel to said axis (Z); an opening ( 15 ) for access to the compartment ( 14 ) and extending between the hinge ( 6 ) and said free edge ( 18 ); wherein said hinged lid ( 5 ) comprises a central wall ( 27 ) rotating about said hinge ( 6 ), and two lateral walls ( 28 ) perpendicular to the central wall ( 27 ) and parallel to the lateral walls ( 11 ) of the container ( 4 ); and a collar ( 8 ) located inside said compartment ( 14 ) and having two lateral walls ( 31 ) located at respective lateral walls ( 11 ) of the container ( 4 ); each lateral wall ( 28 ) of the hinged lid ( 5 ) is located between a lateral wall ( 31 ) of the collar ( 8 ) and a lateral wall ( 11 ) of the container ( 4 ).