Patent ID: 8875878

Claim:
A package for smoking articles comprising a container portion and a lid hingedly connected to the container portion to enclose a space defined by the container portion when the lid is closed, the lid including an end portion and a wall extending from the end portion that overlaps a wall of the container portion when closed, the package further comprising a flap extending from a face of one of said walls having a free end, and a cut-out formed in the other of said walls, wherein one of the cut-out and the free end of the flap has a first edge and a second edge, the first edge being offset from the second edge such that when the lid is moved to a closed position, said first edge locates over the free end of the flap or the cut-out before the second edge locates over the free end of the flap or the cut-out, the first edge being disposed between the second edge and a free end of one of the wall from which the flap extends and the wall in which the cut-out is formed.