Special receptacle or package – For ampule – capsule – pellet – or granule
Reexamination Certificate
2011-03-08
2011-03-08
Pickett, J. Gregory (Department: 3788)
Special receptacle or package
For ampule, capsule, pellet, or granule
C206S531000, C206S538000, C206S001500
Reexamination Certificate
active
07900772
ABSTRACT:
A child-resistant and senior-friendly package comprising one or more blister cards housed within a hollow molded plastic sleeve is provided. The sleeve is assembled from a pair of identical molded plastic body sections. Each body section has a latch and an unlocking tab and the blister card has a latch-catcher for cooperating with the latch to automatically lock the blister card in a storage position within the sleeve. The sleeve has a pair of opposite spaced-apart tabs in the side edges thereof that must be simultaneously pressed to unlatch the latches from the latch-catchers to permit the blister card to be slid from the storage position to a dispensing position. When pressed, the tabs flex the blister card off adjacent latches. An embodiment including a pair of separate blister cards is provided in which the blister cards are dispensed through opposite dispensing ends of the sleeve.
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PCT International Search Report &Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority issued for corresponding International Application No. PCT/US2010/036532, mailed Aug. 2, 2010.
Bowen, Jr. Richard M.
Knutson Curtis A.
Moyer Thomas
Peterson John T.
Sack Ryen
Anderson Packaging, Inc.
Howson & Howson LLP
Pickett J. Gregory
Poon Robert
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