Cigarette package with an ejector strip for each cigarette

Claim 1

A PACKAGE FOR ARTICLES SUCH AS CIRGARETTES COMPRISING SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID WALLS FORMING A RECEPTACLE FOR A PLURALITY OF SAID ARTICLES ARRANGED IN ADJACENT ROWS, A PARTITION WALL WITHIN SAID RECEPTACLE DIVIDING THE RECEPTACLE INTO ARTICLE-RECEIVING COMPARTMENTS, ONE COMPARTMENT BEING OPEN AT ONE END ONLY OF THE RECEPTACLE, AND THE OTHER COMPARTMENT BEING OPEN AT THE OTHER END ONLY THEREOF, A CLOSURE FOR THE OPPOSITE END OF EACH COMPARTMENT, A FLEXIBLE EJECTOR STRIP IN EACH COMPARTMENT ATTACHED TO ONE OF SAID WALLS FORMING SAID COMPARTMENT ADJACENT TO AND SPACED FROM THE CLOSED END OF SAID COMPARTMENT, FOLDED IN ACCORDANCE FORM ADJACENT SAID END AND THENCE EXTENDING TO THE OPEN END OF EACH COMPARTMENT IN SPACED RELATION TO THE WALL TO WHICH IT IS ATTACHED TO PROVIDE THE SPACE FOR THE RECEPTION OF A PLURALITY OF ARTICLES OF THE CHARACTER HEREINABOVE REFERRED TO, SAID ACCORDION-LIKE PORTION OF SAID CLOSURE BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT SAID ARTICLES, AND EACH SAID EJECTOR STRIP BEING DIVIDED INTO SEVERABLE SECTIONS WHEREBY EACH SECTION MAY BE WITHDRAWN FROM THE COMPARTMENT IN WHICH IT IS LOCATED TO INDIVIDUALLY WITHDRAW THE ARTICLES FROM THE COMPARTMENT.