Mechanism for Permanently Attaching a Blister Card within a Container

Abstract

A mechanism for permanently attaching a blister card includes a top plate, a bottom plate, and a base with a pair of arced protrusions molded into the top plate that bend a blister card around a hook in the bottom plate. The top plate and bottom plate each extend beyond the width of the blister card to ensure a user is unable to bend the blister card back around the hook and arced protrusions. The blister card, once installed by either hand or high speed automated device, cannot be removed from the mechanism.

Description

[0001]This application claims priority from, and the benefit of U.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60 / 973,308, filed Sep. 18, 2007, and entitled Container for Housing Medication.FIELD OF INVENTION[0002]The present invention generally relates to child-resistant containers for holding blister cards for dispensing product.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The use of child resistant packaging is well known through the art and has been utilized for goods ranging from household items to pharmaceutical products. This type of packaging is very useful when the product being contained can be harmful to children. The pharmaceutical industry has settled on two main methods of dispensing medication, either loosely in a bottle or more discretely in a blister card.[0004]In the search for better ways to dispense goods in a safe manner there have been many innovations. U.S. Pat. No. 6,173,838 discloses a child resistant pack that consists of a one-piece molded plastic design, where the edge...

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Benefits of technology

[0009]In another embodiment, a single arced protrusion can be positioned just across and allows for a one way entry by pressing against the upper area of the hook and creating a pressure seal that will not allow a user to remove the blister card.

[0011]The combination of the top plate and the bottom plate form the present invention and can be utilized to permanently hold a blister card to any container by attaching the attachment mechanism to a base. This attachment mechanism can be used by any enclosure be it child-proof or not in order to provide the enclosure with the ability to increase production by having a system that can be easily automated and will assist in any requirement for child-safety.

Problems solved by technology

This type of packaging is very useful when the product being contained can be harmful to children.

This arrangement does not allow for the blister to be removed from its plastic housing.

Both U.S. Pat. No. 6,173,838 and U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 190,032 require the installation of the blister card in multiple steps, which makes the securing of the blister card more difficult to automate or accomplish by machine.

One drawback with the foregoing designs is their reliance upon a catch consistently being received in a pre-cut hole in a blister card.

This construction makes it more difficult to automate the process, since the blister card must be either inserted into the plastic housing completely or, be set in place before the container is sealed.

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