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US 4,535,890 AGranted
Container which is a form of packaging in particular for medicaments and the like and process for its manufacture
AssigneeMedipack AG
InventorAldo Artusi
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AssigneeMedipack AG
InventorAldo Artusi
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A container in the form of a packaging having at least one supporting or receptacle part such as for medicaments or the like, which if necessary or desired are contained in a separate medicament vessel and a lid which is slidable on guiding strips on the receptacle part. The slidable engagement of the lid and receptacle is effected by longitudinal edge portions on the lid or receptacle engaging in grooves on the other part. At opposite ends of the container, flaps made at least in part of flexible or reversible material are provided and, when the container is closed serve as stops which restrict relative movement between the lid and the receptacle. The flaps may be bendable, or removable or contain projections which may engage in recesses when the container is closed. In a process for the manufacture of such a container, the part with the grooves is made of a material with a lower softening point than the material of the other part and after the lid is placed on the receptacle, the material is brought to softening condition and bent around the guiding edges to form the grooves.
A container comprising a receptacle part and a lid part, said receptacle part having a cavity for receiving stored contents in the container, said receptacle part and lid part including respective opposed portions one of which is in the form of a groove and the other of which is in the form of an edge portion slidably engaged in said groove to permit relative slidable movement of said lid part and receptacle part between open and closed positions, and displaceable flap means on one of said parts having a first position blocking relative movement of said lid and receptacle parts and a second displaced position in which relative slidable movement of said parts is permitted, said parts having longitudinal edges parallel to the direction of relative sliding movement of said parts and opposite transverse ends, said flap means comprising flaps located at both edges of each of said opposite ends to hold the lid part and receptacle part in said closed position, said one part being provided with slits each forming a respective flap, each slit extending transversely from a longitudinal edge of said one part, each slit having a length at least equal to the depth of said groove, each of said flaps including stop means for holding the lid part and receptacle part in said closed position by blocking relative movement of said parts.
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