Patent ID: 7997407

Claim:
A side-opening hinge-lid container containing a plurality of elongate smoking articles comprising: a body portion having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and a bottom wall; a lid portion having a front wall, a rear wall, a top wall and a bottom wall, the lid portion being connected to the body portion along a hinge line for pivotal movement between a closed position, in which the interior of the body portion is inaccessible, and an open position, in which at least a portion of the interior of the body portion is accessible; a body portion liner having a front wall, a rear wall and a side wall, the body portion liner being mounted in the body portion and projecting sideways therefrom into a space covered by the lid portion in the closed position; a pair of outwardly extending ears mounted on the body portion liner; a pair of inwardly extending flaps hingedly mounted in the lid portion for pivotal movement relative thereto; a lid portion liner mounted in the lid portion, the lid portion liner having a front wall and a rear wall, and including the pair of inwardly extending flaps; and an inner frame mounted between the body portion and the body portion liner, the front wall and the rear wall of the lid portion liner being slidably engaged in the pair of slots provided in a front wall and/or a rear wall, respectively, of the inner frame; wherein during pivotal movement of the lid portion from the open position to the closed position and/or during pivotal movement of the lid portion from the closed position to the open position the pair of flaps engages the pair of ears to produce a sound; and wherein the front wall and/or the rear wall of the lid portion liner project from the lid portion in the closed position sideways into the body portion.