Blister Pack with Built-In Cutting Ledges
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsStefano BARTOLUCCI, Yun Qin LEE, William Mercer BENSON, Nathan Daniel GRUBBS
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Abstract
This invention provides a blister pack comprising a base sheet having a plurality of blisters formed therein, each of which has an opening and is configured for containing a unit dose of a deformable or fragile product, with a lid sheet attached to said base sheet for covering the openings of said blisters. The blister pack further comprises a reinforcing sheet with cut-out sections that form ledges near said blister openings. Such ledges can be used for cutting the lid sheet at said blister openings and releasing the unit doses of said deformable or fragile product.
Claims20
A package for containing and dispensing at least one article, comprising:
- a) a base sheet having at least one depression formed therein for containing an article, the depression having an opening;
- b) a lid sheet attached to said base sheet to cover the opening of said at least one depression;
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- c) a reinforcing sheet attached to the lid sheet at a side opposite from said base sheet, said reinforcing sheet having at least one cut-out section that overlaps with but offsets from the opening of said depression so that a portion of the reinforcing sheet forms a ledge near the opening of said depression for cutting the lid sheet and releasing the article from said depression.
A package for containing and dispensing at least one article, comprising:
- a) a base sheet having at least one depression formed therein for containing an article, the depression having an opening, wherein the base sheet has a depression thickness that is no more than ¾ of its base thickness;
- b) a lid sheet attached to said base sheet to cover the opening of said at least one depression;
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- c) a reinforcing sheet attached to the lid sheet at a side opposite from said base sheet, said reinforcing sheet having at least one cut-out section that overlaps with but offsets from the opening of said depression so that a portion of the reinforcing sheet forms a ledge near the opening of said depression for cutting the lid sheet and releasing the article from said depression.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.