Card and blister package
OwnerPaul Appelbauminventor
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Abstract
A card and blister package for small articles of commerce has a clear plastic blister piece, a card and a retainer piece. The blister walls form an article-receiving cavity and a plurality of upwardly projecting spaced-apart male prongs extending along the upper edge of the blister piece. A generally rectangular card has shaped perforations for receiving there-through the prongs of the blister piece and the retainer comprises a generally rectangular ring having a plurality of sockets for receiving the prongs of the blister piece, whereby the prongs can be engaged through the perforations, snapped into engagement with the ring sockets, and UV-activated adhesive on the engaged parts illuminated by UV light so as to bond to the ring to the blister to secure the package.
Claims11
A card-and-blister package for small articles of commerce, including:
- a) a blister piece having walls that define a cavity for receiving said articles of commerce, and an upper edge perimeter portion and a plurality of upwardly projecting prongs spaced apart along said upper edge perimeter portion;
- b) a card member adapted to engage said blister upper edge portion to cover said cavity, and
- c) a retainer ring having a plurality of downwardly opening socket elements spaced apart along said ring, and said sockets adapted to make engagement within said blister prongs, whereby with said card in its cavity-covering position said retainer ring sockets can be pressed into engagement with said blister prongs to secure said card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.