Blister card for child-resistant package
AssigneeMeadWestvaco Corporation
InventorChristopher J. Hession
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Abstract
A slide card (10) for use with a sleeve of a unit dose packaging system, comprises a base panel (40) adapted for receiving unit doses of a medicament (90), a locking panel (20) joined by a hinge (30) to the base panel (40) and fold-resisting mechanism (30), (70), (80) for inhibiting substantially parallel alignment between the base panel (40) and the locking panel (20) when folded over with respect to one another so as to promote engagement of the locking panel (20) with at least one locking element of the sleeve, thereby inhibiting undesired removal of the base panel (40) from the sleeve when the base panel (40) is attempted to be withdrawn from the sleeve.
Claims18
A slide card for use with a sleeve in a unit dose packaging system, the slide card comprising:
- a base panel having an upper surface extending between a pair of opposing end edges of the base panel, the base panel having at least one blister integrally formed therewith for receiving a unit dose of a medicament;
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- a locking panel integrally formed with and hingedly extending from one of the opposing end edges of said base panel so as to engage at least one locking element of the sleeve to inhibit undesired removal of said base panel from the sleeve,
- wherein the upper surface of the base panel including a first region where none of the at least one blister is located and a second region where the at least one blister is located, the first region extending between the second region and the one of the opposing end edges, and
- wherein said base panel comprises at least one embossment for inhibiting substantially parallel alignment between said base panel and said locking panel when the locking panel is folded over with respect to the base panel, said at least one embossment projecting upward from the first region of said base panel and being spaced apart from said at least one blister.
A slide card for selective insertion and withdrawal from a sleeve, said slide card including a base panel having at least one blister integrally formed therewith for receiving a unit dose of a medicament;
- and a locking panel integrally formed with and hingedly extending from one of opposing end edges of said base panel, pivotable with respect to said base panel so as to engage at least one locking element of the sleeve,
- said base panel having an upper surface including a first region where none of said at least one blister is located and a second region where the at least one blister is located, the first region extending between the second region and the one of the opposing end edges of the base panel, the base panel comprises at least one embossment for inhibiting substantially parallel alignment between said base panel and said locking panel when the locking panel is folded over with respect to the base panel, said at least one embossment being disposed at the first region and spaced apart from said at least one blister.
A slide card for selective insertion and withdrawal from a sleeve, the slide card comprising:
- a base panel adapted for receiving at least one unit dose of a medicament;
- a locking panel integrally formed with and hingedly extending from said base panel;
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- at least one fold-resisting mechanism for inhibiting substantially parallel alignment between said base panel and said locking panel when said base panel and said locking panel are folded over with respect to one another, so as to promote engagement of said locking panel with at least one locking element of the sleeve wherein said at least one fold-resisting mechanism comprises an embossment formed on said locking panel, said embossment being spaced apart from a free end edge of said locking panel.
The slide card of 8, wherein said at least one fold-resisting mechanism further comprises a hinge that connects said base panel and said locking panel, said free end edge of said locking panel being disposed opposite said hinge.
A slide card for use with a sleeve in a unit dose packaging system, the slide card comprising:
- a base panel having an upper surface and defined by a pair of opposing side edges spaced apart by a pair of opposing end edges, the opposing side edges extending along a length of the slide card;
- a locking panel hingedly connected to one of the opposing end edges of the base panel to be folded toward the base panel so that the locking panel engages part of the sleeve to prevent the slide card from being fully removed from the sleeve;
- a plurality of blisters each projecting upward from the upper surface of the base panel to receive a unit dose of medicament;
- a rib projecting upward from the upper surface of the base panel, the including at least one longitudinal section extending at least in part along the length of the slide card;
- wherein the upper surface of the base panel comprises a first region where none of the blisters are present and a second region where all of the blisters are disposed, the first region extending between the second region and the one of the opposing end edges of the base panel, and
- wherein the at least one longitudinal section of the rib comprises a first length extending substantially alongside the first region and a second length extending substantially alongside the second region, the second length having a greater height than the first length.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.