Special receptacle or package – For ampule – capsule – pellet – or granule – Structure for 'press-out' of content unit
Reexamination Certificate
2007-08-16
2010-10-05
Pickett, J. Gregory (Department: 3728)
Special receptacle or package
For ampule, capsule, pellet, or granule
Structure for 'press-out' of content unit
C206S538000, C206S528000, C053S467000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07806270
ABSTRACT:
A child-resistant and senior-friendly unit dose package has a hollow container body, an internal divider, and at least first and second separate trays each carrying a plurality of tablets or like items for being dispensed from the container body. The container body has an end with an opening, and each tray can be slid to a retracted position in which the tray is located within the container body and a dispensing position in which the tray extends at least partially through the opening of the container body. The package includes a separate cap removably securable to the container body to seal the opening and prevent access to the trays. Multiple simultaneous manipulations are required to remove the cap from the container body thereby providing a child-resistant connection. A method of assembling a package with at least two separate blister cards and a divider is also disclosed.
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esp@cenet database, one page English language Abstract for DE 10355803, Jun. 30, 2005.
R. Sack et al., unpublished (to date) co-pending U.S. Appl. No. 12/577,228, filed Oct. 12, 2009.
Knutson Curt
Reilley Shawn P.
Sack Ryen
Seibert Ronald J.
Anderson Packaging, Inc.
Howson & Howson LLP
Pickett J. Gregory
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