Package with break-away clamshell
AssigneeSanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC
InventorNancy Gail Limback
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Abstract
A package for accommodating, storing, displaying and transporting an article, such as, pharmaceutical products. The package has a receptacle mountable to a paperboard. The mountable receptacle has a clamshell for receiving, for example, one or more blister cards. The clamshell has a first portion having a first edge and a second portion having a second edge, which opposes the first edge. The mountable receptacle has an extension connected at least to the second edge through a breakable mechanism. The extension is attached to a surface of the paperboard, such that the clamshell can be detached from the paperboard by breaking the breakable mechanism.
Claims15
A package for an article, comprising:
- a paperboard on which information related to the article is shown;
- a receptacle mountable to the paperboard, comprising:
- a clamshell comprising a first portion having a first edge and a second portion having a second edge which opposes the first edge;
- and
- at least one substantially flat extension connected at least to the second edge through a breakable mechanism,
- wherein the at least one substantially flat extension is attached to a surface of the paperboard to attach the clamshell to the paperboard, such that the clamshell can be detached from the paperboard by breaking the breakable mechanism.
A method of producing a package for an article, the package comprising a paperboard and a clamshell mountable to the paperboard, the method comprising:
- providing at least one substantially planar extension for the clamshell;
- connecting the at least one substantially planar extension to the clamshell through a breakable mechanism;
- and
- attaching the at least one substantially planar extension to a surface of the paperboard to attach the clamshell to the paperboard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.