Hinge lid container and blank

A slide and shell container for consumer goods including an outer shell and an inner slide, wherein the inner slide comprises a box having a rear wall, a front wall and a lid hingedly connected to the box across a hinge, the lid including a lid flap extending from a top rear edge of the lid, a top wall, a back wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall, the rear wall of the box including a second stopper flap, the front wall of the box including a third stopper flap, and the outer shell including a top opening flap extending from a top back edge of an outer shell rear wall and an outer shell stopper tab extending from an outer shell front wall, the top opening flap arranged between the outer shell and the inner slide such that as the inner slide is moved from a closed position in which the lid is closed to an open position in which the lid is open, the top opening flap of the outer shell engages with the lid flap of the inner slide,

• wherein the first stopper tab lies behind the second stopper tab in an interlocking arrangement such that upward movement of the inner slide relative to the outer shell is limited, the third stopper tab and the outer shell stopper tab provided in an interlocking arrangement such that downward movement of the inner slide relative to the outer shell such that the inner slide cannot be removed from a bottom end of the outer shell,
• wherein the lid flap is arranged between the inner slide and the outer shell such that an engagement of the lid flap and the outer shell is capable of opening the lid and the lid flap is wider than it is long, and
• wherein the first side wall is connected through a fold line to the back wall, and wherein the first side wall is connected through a fold line to the top wall.