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US 12,654,923 B2Granted
Blister pack
AssigneeAirnov, Inc.
InventorLaudine Buge
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Abstract
A blister pack including a blister film having at least one first recess for a consumable product and at least one second recess for an active member. Each second recess is connected to a first recess by a connecting channel. A lidding film is sealed to a sealing surface of the blister film to close each first recess and second recess while keeping the connecting channel open. The blister pack further includes a reinforcing strip having a support configured to at least partially cover the at least one second recess of the blister film while being in contact with the sealing surface. In the sealed configuration of the blister pack, the support of the reinforcing strip is sealed between the lidding film and the blister film in at least one contact region.
Claims20
A blister pack comprising:
- a blister film having at least one first recess for a consumable product and at least one second recess for an active member, wherein each second recess is connected to a first recess by a connecting channel, the whole of at least one of the first recesses and at least one of the second recesses connected to each other by a connecting channel thereby defining a compartment, wherein the blister film has a sealing surface which extends about a periphery of the first and second recesses and each connecting channel,
- a lidding film sealed to the sealing surface of the blister film so as to close each compartment while keeping the connecting channel open to airflow,
- wherein the blister pack further comprises a reinforcing strip having a support which at least partially covers at least one of the second recesses of the blister film, while being in contact with the sealing surface of the blister film in at least one contact region at the periphery of the at least one second recess,
- wherein, among the first and second recesses, only the at least second recess is covered by the support of the reinforcing strip,
- wherein, in a sealed configuration of the blister pack, the support of the reinforcing strip is sealed between the lidding film and the blister film while being in contact with both the lidding film and the blister film in the at least one contact region.
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A method for manufacturing a blister pack, comprising steps of:
- a) providing a blister film having at least one first recess for a consumable product and at least one second recess for an active member, wherein each second recess is connected to a first recess by a connecting channel, the whole of at least one of the first recesses and at least one of the second recesses connected to each other by a connecting channel thereby defining a compartment, wherein the blister film has a sealing surface which extends about a periphery of the first and second recesses and each connecting channel;
- b) introducing a consumable product in the at least one first recess of the blister film;
- c) introducing an active member in the at least one second recess of the blister film;
- d) positioning a reinforcing strip having a support on the blister film, in such a way that the support of the reinforcing strip at least partially covers at least one of the second recesses of the blister film, while being in contact with the sealing surface of the blister film in at least one contact region at the periphery of the at least one second recess, wherein, among the first and second recesses, only the at least second recess is covered by the support of the reinforcing strip;
- e) positioning a lidding film on the blister film and the reinforcing strip, in such a way that the lidding film covers the at least one first and second recesses, the at least one connecting channel and the sealing surface of the blister film;
- f) sealing the lidding film directly to the sealing surface of the blister film, out of the at least one contact region, and sealing the support of the reinforcing strip in contact between the lidding film and the blister film, in the at least one contact region, so that each compartment, comprising at least one of the first recesses and at least one of the second recesses connected to each other by a connecting channel, is closed by the lidding film while keeping the connecting channel open to airflow.
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A blister pack comprising:
- a blister film having at least one first recess for a consumable product and at least one second recess for an active member, wherein each second recess is connected to a first recess by a connecting channel, the whole of at least one of the first recesses and at least one of the second recesses connected to each other by a connecting channel thereby defining a compartment, wherein the blister film has a sealing surface which extends about a periphery of the first and second recesses and each connecting channel,
- a lidding film sealed to the sealing surface of the blister film so as to close each compartment while keeping the connecting channel open to airflow,
- wherein the blister pack further comprises a reinforcing strip comprising a support and at least one active member secured to the support such that, when the at least one active member is received in a second recess, the support of the reinforcing strip at least partially covers the second recess and is in contact with the sealing surface of the blister film in at least one contact region at the periphery of the second recess,
- wherein, in a sealed configuration of the blister pack, the support of the reinforcing strip is sealed between the lidding film and the blister film in at least one contact region.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.