Cigarette pack holder

A cigarette pack holder constructed and arranged to receive a cigarette pack containing cigarettes,

• said holder comprising a rectangularly-shaped housing having
• a planar front wall;
• an opposing rear wall;
• a pair of opposing planar side walls connected to said front and back walls;
• a planar base at one end of said housing;
• said walls and said base defining therebetween a chamber to receive said pack in removable engagement,
• an open-ended top at the other end of said housing through which said pack can operably pass into and out of said chamber;
• said base having portions defining an aperture of requisite shape and size to enable entry of a human digit to effect displacement of said pack within said chamber;
• and
• retaining means comprising a planar elongate lug constituting a portion of said rear wall and resiliently displaceable from said rear wall to a first position to retain said holder in removable engagement to an object worn by a person;
• and wherein said elongate lug comprises an inner surface operably abutable with said object;
• and an upstanding retaining member upstanding from said inner surface at a lower part of said elongate lug, whereby said upstanding retaining member, said elongate lug and said rear wall define a releasable object retaining means,
• wherein the rear wall has a portion defining an aperture such that when the elongate lug is in a second position, the upstanding retaining member is disposed in the aperture and the elongate lug closes the aperture to be substantially co-planar with the rear wall.