摘要 |
<p>A hinge-lid container finding particular application as a hinge-lid pack orcarton for elongate smoking articles such as cigarettes comprises: a box portion(2); a lid portion (4) hinged to the box portion (2) across a rear wall (14) thereoffor pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position; a flap (22)extending across a lower part of the inner surface of a front wall (8a) of the lidportion (4); and a spacer panel (26) extending across at least an upper part ofthe inner surface of a front wall (8) of the box portion (2). The spacer panel (29),which preferably depends from and is folded about the upper edge (28) of the frontwall (8) of the box portion (2), has a free edge that extends across the inner surfaceof the front wall (8) of the box portion (2) and does not project from the box portion(2) into space covered by the lid portion (4) in the closed position.</p> |