Special receptacle or package – For ampule – capsule – pellet – or granule – Structure for 'press-out' of content unit
Reexamination Certificate
2009-09-22
2011-11-29
Pickette, J. Gregory (Department: 3788)
Special receptacle or package
For ampule, capsule, pellet, or granule
Structure for 'press-out' of content unit
C220S324000, C229S125000, C206S540000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08066121
ABSTRACT:
A package for containing tablets or like separate dispensable items is provided having so-called child-resistant and senior-friendly storage and dispensing properties. An elongate outer sleeve houses a separate blister card carrying tablets or like items. The card slides into the sleeve to a storage position in which the card is housed within the outer sleeve and slides in the reverse direction to a dispensing position in which the card at least partially extends from the open end of the sleeve. The sleeve includes an internal locking restriction secured to a wall thereof, and the card includes a tail end having an integral latch. The locking restriction and latch cooperate to form a locking engagement thereby locking the card within the sleeve when the card is in the storage position. The sleeve includes visually defined squeeze locations on opposite side edges thereof that correspond to a location of the internal locking restriction. The locking engagement of the latch to the internal locking mechanism is released when the outer sleeve is squeezed at the visually defined squeeze locations. The construction of the outer sleeve from a paperboard blank, the construction of a blister card having a latch, and a method of assembling the above referenced package are also disclosed.
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Knutson Curtis A.
Moyer Thomas
Sack Ryen
Anderson Packaging, Inc.
Collins Raven
Howson & Howson LLP
Pickette J. Gregory
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