Patent ID: 8881897

Claim:
A packet ( 1 ) of cigarettes comprising: a cup-shaped outer container ( 2 ); a group ( 4 ) of cigarettes; an inner package ( 3 ), which is inserted irremovably inside the outer container ( 2 ), encloses the group ( 4 ) of cigarettes, and has an extraction opening ( 5 ) closed at least initially by a cover portion ( 6 ); and a pull-up flap ( 21 ), which is inserted inside the inner package ( 3 ), directly contacting the cigarettes ( 22 ) in the group ( 4 ) of cigarettes, is fitted to at least two cigarettes ( 22 ) in the group ( 4 ) of cigarettes, and has a grip end ( 23 ) which projects at the extraction opening ( 5 ) of the inner package ( 3 ) and is pulled up to lift up the cigarettes ( 22 ) to which the pull-up flap is fitted; wherein the pull-up flap ( 21 ) is defined by a rigid blank ( 29 ) having at least one fold line ( 30 ), and is completely detached from, and so slides freely with respect to, the inner package ( 3 ); wherein the pull-up flap ( 21 ) is folded into an L about the bottom end ( 24 ) of the front row of cigarettes ( 22 ), and comprises a front wall ( 25 ) terminating with the grip end ( 23 ) and positioned contacting a cylindrical lateral wall ( 26 ) of the front row of cigarettes ( 22 ), and a bottom wall ( 27 ) perpendicular to the front wall ( 25 ) and positioned contacting the bottom end ( 24 ) of the front row of cigarettes ( 22 ); and wherein the pull-up flap ( 21 ) comprises at least one stabilizing projection ( 31 ) projecting from the front wall ( 25 ) on the opposite side of the cigarettes ( 22 ), defining a natural extension of the bottom wall ( 27 ), and pushing against a front wall of the inner package ( 3 ).