Hinge-lid container with additional spacer panel

A hinge-lid container comprising:

• a box portion;
• a lid portion hinged to the box portion across a rear wall thereof for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position;
• a flap extending across a lower part of the inner surface of a front wall of the lid portion;
• a spacer panel extending across at least an upper part of the inner surface of a front wall of the box portion, the spacer panel having a free edge that extends across the inner surface of the front wall of the box portion, wherein the spacer panel does not project from the box portion into space covered by the lid portion in the closed position, and the spacer panel is of substantially the same dimensions as the front wall of the box portion;
• an inner frame mounted in the box portion and projecting from the box portion into space covered by the lid portion in the closed position, the spacer panel being positioned between the inner surface of the front wall of the box portion and the inner frame, and wherein the spacer panel depends from and folds about a lower edge of a front wall of the inner frame;
• a first opening extending through the front wall of the box portion;
• and
• a second opening extending through the spacer panel, at least a portion of the second opening being aligned with at least a portion of the first opening.