Package for holdinmg articles
OwnerMichael Weston, Timothy E. Freezeinventors
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Abstract
A package holds and stores articles such as drug delivery devices. An inner slide card (100) with a tray (110) is loaded with drug delivery devices (116) and inserted into an outer sleeve (200). Receiving slots (114) and apertures (118) secure the drug delivery devices in a tray. Elements such as catches (122) associated with the slide card cooperatively engage elements such as catches (240) associated with the outer sleeve (200). The cooperative engagement of the respective catches provides a child-resistant feature and a spill-resistant feature. A release button (224) disengages the child-resistant feature. The horizontal orientation of the injectables provides easy access for a user who has limited dexterity as well as sufficient area to apply graphics.
Claims20
A package for holding articles, comprising an outer sleeve, a slide card slidingly received in the outer sleeve, a single tray affixed to the slide card to receive at least one article and a child-resistant feature for locking the slide card in a fully received position where the slide card and tray are fully received within the outer sleeve,
- the outer sleeve having a closed end and an opposed open end, the outer sleeve comprising a release button and an internal panel, the release button being disposed adjacent to the closed end,
- the slide card comprising a base panel having a front and a back and a pair of first and second opposed end edges, the back of the slide card facing an inside surface of the internal panel of the outer sleeve, the first end edge being dispose adjacent to the closed end of the outer sleeve when the slide card is in the fully received position,
- the tray being affixed to the front of the base panel,
- the child-resistant feature comprising an engaging edge provided by the internal panel of the outer sleeve and a first engaging tab hingedly connected to the first end edge of the base panel so as to be releasably engageble with the engaging edge of the internal panel, the first engaging tab being folded about the first end edge and disposed proximate the back of the base panel directly behind the tray.
A package for holding articles, comprising an outer sleeve, a slide card slidingly received in the outer sleeve, and a child-resistant feature for locking the slide card in a fully received position where the slide card is fully received within the outer sleeve,
- the outer sleeve having a closed end and an opposed open end, the outer sleeve comprising a release button and an internal panel, the release button being disposed adjacent to the closed end,
- the slide card comprising a base panel having a front and a back, a pair of first and second opposed side edges and a pair of first and second opposed end edges, the back of the slide card facing an inside surface of the internal panel of the outer sleeve, the first end edge being dispose adjacent to the closed end of the outer sleeve when the slide card is in the fully received position, the slide card further comprising a first extension panel hingedly connected to the first side edge of the base panel along a first fold line and affixed to the front of the base panel to form a first sidewall structure, the first end edge extending from the first fold line to the second side edge,
- the child-resistant feature comprising an engaging edge provided by the internal panel of the outer sleeve and a first engaging tab hingedly connected to the first end edge of the base panel so as to be releasably engageble with the engaging edge of the internal panel, the first engaging tab being folded about the first end edge and disposed proximate the back of the base panel directly behind the first sidewall structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.