Abstract: The invention is to change the current way of packing cigarettes in a pack in order to improve and ease the way of pulling them out after opening the pack. Current way of packing cigarettes in a pack places the cigarettes on the same level what complicates pulling the first cigarettes out from the pack after its opening. It also makes the smokers touch many cigarettes in order to get only one of them, which makes the whole process unhygienic. The above-mentioned problem can be effectively solved by differentiating the level of the cigarettes packed in the pack. Cigarettes in the center of the pack are packed on a slightly higher level that the remaining cigarettes closer to the sides of the pack; however, the differentiating of the levels may be gained and applied to any other place in the box, not necessarily to the cigarettes in a center.

Abstract: A lift mechanism for use with a “hard pack” of cigarettes wherein the “hard pack” of cigarettes consists of a housing having four side walls and a bottom wall, a prismatic lid hingeably secured to one of the upper ends of the side walls and a quantity of cigarettes encapsulated in a tear open foil wrap, the lift mechanism positioned within the foil wrap, the lift mechanism having a horizontal planar leg positioned between the foil wrap bottom wall and the cigarettes encapsulated in the foil wrap, the lift mechanism defining a planar surface beneath the cigarettes and at least one vertical surface, the vertical surface secured to a cord, the cord extending upwardly and being secured to the upper inner surface of the prismatic lid such that opening the prismatic lid tensions the cord and raises the lift member elevating a portion of the cigarettes.

Abstract: A lift mechanism for use with a “hard pack” of cigarettes wherein the “hard pack” of cigarettes consists of a housing having four side walls and a bottom wall, a prismatic lid hingeably secured to one of the upper ends of the side walls and a quantity of cigarettes encapsulated in a tear open foil wrap, the lift means consisting of a lift member positioned within the foil wrap, the lift member having a horizontal planar leg positioned between the foil wrap bottom wall and the cigarettes encapsulated in the foil wrap, at least one planar vertical leg positioned between the foil wrap rear wall and the cigarettes abutting thereto, the lift member defining a planar surface beneath the cigarettes and at least one vertical surface juxtaposed the tubular sides of the cigarettes, the vertical surface having secured thereto a cord, the cord extending upwardly and being secured to the upper inner surface of the prismatic lid such that opening the pack by pivoting the prismatic lid tensions the cord and raises the lift