Packaging system with an improved lock and release mechanism

a technology of lock and release mechanism and packaging system, which is applied in the field of packaging system, can solve the problems of sliding card losing its resiliency

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-29
MEADWESTVACO CORP
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[0007] The present invention overcomes the deficiencies of the known art and the problems that remain unsolved, by providing a packaging system that includes an improved slide card which is received in an outer sleeve. The improved slide card includes a support element that is disposed between a base panel and an engaging tab of the slide card as the engaging tab is folded along a hinge that connects

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After repeated use and/or if the engaging tab is folded too far toward the base panel, the slide card can lose i

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[0023] As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein. It must be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention that may be embodied in various and alternative forms, and combinations thereof. As used herein, the word “exemplary” is used expansively to refer to embodiments that serve as illustrations, specimens, models, or patterns. The figures are not necessarily to scale and some features may be exaggerated or minimized to show details of particular components. In other instances, well-known components, systems, materials, or methods have not been described in detail in order to avoid obscuring the present invention. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention.

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Abstract

A package includes a slide card that can be releasably locked in an outer sleeve. The slide card includes an engaging tab that provides part of a locking mechanism that is used to lock the slide card in the outer sleeve. A support element is positioned and secured to the slide card to maintain the resilience of the slide card at a hinged connection between the engaging tab and a base panel along a fold line. The support element is dimensioned and positioned to define a minimum angle between the engaging tab and the base panel. Thereby, the resiliency of the slide card is not compromised as the engaging tab is repeatedly folded or depressed toward the base panel.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application claims priority to U.S. Application No. 60 / 721,409, filed Sep. 28, 2005, the entirety of which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The invention relates to a packaging system for packaging and dispensing articles, and more specifically to a packaging system that includes an improved lock and release mechanism for releasably locking an internal slide card in an outer sleeve. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] A known packaging system for packaging blisters packs and / or other articles includes a slide card that is received in an outer sleeve. In certain applications, a blister pack is secured, mounted, or integral to the slide card. Such a packaging system is a convenient packaging format for certain pharmaceutical applications because the slide card can be repeatedly removed from and returned to the outer sleeve, for example, to dispense unit doses from a blister pack. The packaging system is also child resist...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D83/04
CPCB65D5/0227B65D83/0463B65D5/728B65D5/38B65D2215/02
Inventor HESSION, CHRISTOPHER J.
Owner MEADWESTVACO CORP
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