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US 2015/0344207 A1Published application
Blister card with opening for tool handle
OwnerMatthew E. ZACHERLEinventor
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Abstract
A sandwich-type blister card is provided to contain a tool such as a pliers or scissors with a handle extending outside the blister.
Claims16
A blister card for holding a content item, the blister card comprising:
- a front panel with a window therein created by at least partly separating a cutaway portion from the front panel;
- a back panel attached to the front panel;
- a blister comprising a blister cavity and a peripheral flange, the blister cavity protruding through the window and the peripheral flange received between the front and back panels;
- wherein the cutaway portion is positioned between the blister and the back panel;
- and
- wherein an opening is formed in the blister cavity through which a portion of the content item may protrude.
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The blister card of claim 5, wherein the back panel is heat sealed to either the front panel or the cutaway portion around substantially the entire perimeter of the content item.
A method for making a blister card holding a content item, the method comprising:
- providing a front panel with a window therein defined by a cutline, and a back panel hingedly attached to a lower edge of the front panel;
- separating the cutaway portion from the front panel leaving a window in the front panel, and placing the cutaway portion onto the back panel in mirror registry with the window;
- placing into the window a blister having a cavity sized to receive at least part of the content item, the blister having a peripheral flange and a side wall, the side wall having a first opening and a second opening;
- inserting a content item into the blister card by threading a first portion of the content item through the first opening, with a second portion of the content item being received in the blister cavity and a third portion of the content items extending through the second opening;
- folding the back panel over upon the front panel, with the peripheral flange between the panels;
- sealing together the front and back panels around their periphery;
- sealing together the front and back panels just outsole the cutaway portion;
- and
- sealing together the back panel and the cutaway portion where the cutaway portion extends beyond the blister.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.