Packages for pharmaceutical products and methods of assembly
AssigneeAmgen Inc.
InventorsJames Nakamura, Todd J. Manley, Trevor Raymond Lowe, Jasmine Malvar, Kenneth Tan
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Abstract
A package for a pharmaceutical product and method of assembly is described that includes a subassembly with a body including a main panel and legs depending downwardly from opposite edges of the main panel, and a sheet of plastic having opposite ends fixed to the body with the sheet of plastic at least partially extending over the main panel. The sheet of plastic is configured to be tensioned over and deformed around one or more primary containers to hold the one or more primary containers in place relative to the main panel of the body.
Claims16
A package for a pharmaceutical product, the package comprising:
- a subassembly comprising:
- a body including a main panel and legs depending downwardly from opposite edges of the main panel, the main panel defining an opening extending therethrough;
- a sheet of plastic having opposite ends fixed to the body with the sheet of plastic at least partially extending over the main panel and the opening thereof, the sheet of plastic configured to be tensioned over and deformed around one or more primary containers to hold the one or more primary containers in place relative to the main panel of the body;
- wherein the body and the sheet of plastic comprise a support of the subassembly, the subassembly including two supports,
- wherein the two supports are configured to be coupled together with the main panels extending along each other such that the one or more primary containers are disposed within the openings defined in their respective main panels and trapped between the sheets of plastic;
- wherein each of the bodies of the two supports includes a wing extending from the main panel having a tab portion and at least one slot opening,
- wherein the two supports are configured to interlock such that the tab portion of one wing is configured to be inserted into the at least one slot opening of the other of the two supports.
A method of assembly of a package for a pharmaceutical product, the method comprising:
- providing two supports of a subassembly of the package, each of the two supports comprising:
- a body including a main panel having an opening extending therethrough and legs depending downwardly from opposite edges of the main panel;
- and
- a sheet of plastic having opposite ends fixed to the body with the sheet of plastic extending over the opening of the main panel;
- disposing one or more primary containers on the sheet of plastic of one of the two supports aligned within the opening of the main panel;
- coupling the two supports together with the main panels extending along one another such that the one or more primary containers are disposed within the openings defined in the main panels and trapped between the sheets of plastic;
- wherein the bodies of the two supports each include a wing extending from the main panel having a tab portion, and at least one slot opening, and coupling the two supports together comprises interlocking the two supports by inserting the tab portion of one of the two supports into the at least one slot opening of the other of the two supports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.