Carrier for a container for rod-like articles of the tobacco industry

A carrier for a container for rod-like articles of the tobacco industry, the carrier having an interior, the interior of the carrier having a cuboid-like shape, said carrier comprising:

• a bottom wall,
• a middle sidewall having a first height,
• two outer sidewalls adjoining the middle sidewall and having a second height, the carrier being open at a side opposite to the middle sidewall between the two outer sidewalls,
• an external movable element attached to the carrier and extending along the middle sidewall, and
• two arms connected to the external movable element and to the carrier and slidable along the outer sidewalls, each arm having a first end fixedly connected to one end of the external movable element, and a second end slidably connected to one of the outer sidewalls, the two rotating arms having a length between the first end and the second end extending parallel to the two outer sidewalls,
• wherein the first height of the middle sidewall is lower than the second height of the outer sidewalls, such that a void space is defined between the outer sidewalls and an upper edge of the middle sidewall, and
• wherein the external movable element is movable between a first position, in which the external movable element lies opposite to the middle sidewall, and a second position, in which the external movable element lies at least partially opposite to the void space or at least partially is situated within the void space above the upper edge of the middle sidewall.