Package for oral thermometer, catheter or the like
AssigneePlastofilm Industries, Inc.
InventorLeonard Seeley
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Abstract
A thermoformed plastic package for long, thin, round articles, such as thermometers and catheters, is provided with a receiving trough which is approximately equal in width but may be somewhat shallower than the diameter of the article, keepers being spaced along the length of the trough extending inwardly from both sides and outwardly away from the open side of the trough whereby to maximize the space efficiency of the package by minimizing the depth of the trough necessary to accomodate and retain the article therein. The keepers may be opposite each other or somewhat staggered. The oral thermometer package disclosed provides a convenient protective case for the thermometer when not in use and a container for a supply of sanitary sheaths for use with the thermometer.
Claims10
In a package for tubular articles including a thermoformed plastic bubble, means for receiving and retaining a long, thin article comprising a trough formed integral with the bubble and pairs of keepers spaced along the length of said trough for holding the article in said trough, each said pair of keepers comprising two keeper elements formed integral with the bubble at the open side of said trough and extending both inwardly toward the median of said trough and outwardly away from said trough whereby each said pair of keepers restricts the lateral opening of said trough with the maximum restriction being located outwardly from said trough said keepers being thermoformed concurrently with the thermoforming of the plastic bubble and with and upon the same mold.
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