Patent ID: 7147103

Claim:
A hinge lid cigarette pack incorporating a lift mechanism for raising smoking articles contained therein, said cigarette pack comprising: an outer housing having opposing front and rear walls, opposing side walls, and a bottom wall; a hingeable prismatic lid secured along a seam to said rear wall of said housing; an insertable sleeve having opposing front and rear walls, and opposing side walls, said insertable sleeve slidably receivable within said outer housing, said rear wall of said sleeve extending above said seam formed between said hingeable lid and said rear wall of said outer housing, said rear wall of said sleeve formed with a guide notch therein; a plurality of smoking articles encapsulated in foil wrap and slidable inserted into said sleeve and said outer housing, an upper portion of said foil being tearably removable for access to said smoking articles; a lifting mechanism for elevating a portion of said smoking articles for ease of grasp for removal, said lifting mechanism comprising a horizontal plate member disposed below lower ends of a portion of said smoking articles, at least one vertical plate member secured to said horizontal plate member and disposed between a portion of said smoking articles and said foil, and said rear wall of said sleeve, said lifting mechanism having a flexibly taut cord secured thereto, said cord extending upwardly between said smoking articles and said foil, through said foil and over said rear wall of said insertable sleeve via said guide notch to a securing strip secured to an inner upper surface of said hingeable lid, the opening of said hingeable lid elevating said lifting mechanism and said smoking articles in abutment thereto.