Unit dose packaging system (UDPS) having a child resistant locking feature
AssigneeWestvaco Corporation
InventorsScott Bowen Johnstone, Brad Allen Jones, Mark Mellon, William Roger Rigby
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Abstract
This invention relates to a two piece paperboard package that houses a unit dose product on an internal slide card within an outer paperboard shell. This package may have one or more internal or external lock(s) that prevent the slide card from being pulled out without triggering some type of lock release mechanism. This package is focused around providing a child resistant, senior-friendly unit dose package that can be opened and closed numerous times and then finally disposed of.
Claims6
A unit dose paperboard package having a locking feature, wherein said package is comprised of:
- an outer paperboard sleeve and an inner paperboard slide card lockably retained within said outer sleeve, such that said outer sleeve includes a plurality of side panels operatively connected to each other such that one of said plurality of side panels includes an inner slide card retaining means and a first inner slide card releasing means and another of said plurality of side panels includes a second inner slide card releasing means;
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- said inner slide card includes a plurality of unit dose dispensing means and an inner slide card retaining/releasing means located substantially adjacent to said unit dose dispensing means.
An outer paperboard sleeve blank for a unit dose paperboard package, wherein said blank is further comprised of:
- a plurality of side panels operatively connected to each other such that one of said plurality of side panels includes an inner slide card retainer and a first inner slide card release, wherein said first inner slide card release is further comprised of:
- a cut-out;
- and a node located substantially adjacent to said cut-out;
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- another of said plurality of side panels includes a second inner slide card release, wherein said second inner slide card release is further comprised of a release button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.