Packet for smoking articles and method for making the packet

A packet for smoking articles comprising an outer container, which is substantially in the shape of a parallelepiped and is provided with a rear wall a front wall, two side walls, a bottom wall and an open top end;

• the outer container having hinged to it a lid, which can rotate between a position for opening and a position for closing the open top end and which is defined by a rear wall a front wall, two side walls and a top wall;
• one bottom edge of the front wall of the lid being integral with a reinforcement wall which is folded by 180° around the edge and which is positioned in abutment against the inside surface of the front wall of the lid;
• the packet wherein the reinforcement wall comprises at least two panels (23′, 24′, 25′, 26′) which are integral with each other in pairs along folding lines of weakness and which can be inclined relative to each other around the lines of weakness to be positioned in abutment, at least, against the inside surface of the lid at the top wall of the lid, the reinforcement wall also comprises at least one panel (23′, 24′, 25′, 26′) positioned in abutment against the inside surface of the outer container at the rear wall of the outer container.