Package for smoking articles and the like

Abstract

A packet comprises an outer shell () and an inner shell (I) connected by a spring member (). The outer shell () defines a cavity for receiving the inner shell (I) and comprises a bottom wall (B), a front wall () and two side walls (R,L) upstanding from respective edges of the bottom wall. The inner shell (I) comprises a front wall (), a rear wall () and two side walls (R,L), the rear wall being connected to the bottom wall of the outer shell. The spring member () is hingedly connected by a first hinge (H) at a lower portion of the front wall () of the inner shell and is hingedly connected by a second hinge (H) to the inner surface of the front wall of the outer shell. The inner shell (I) is hingedly connected to the outer shell () by a third hinge (H) at the said bottom wall such that the inner shell moves with spring action between closed and open positions.