Unit dose packaging system (UDPS) inner card configurations

Inactive Publication Date: 2019-08-01
WESTROCK MWV LLC
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The patent describes a unit dose paperboard package with a locking feature. The package includes an outer sleeve and an inner slide card that can be locked inside the outer sleeve. The inner slide card has one or more blisters and a releasing button. The outer sleeve has a window that allows access to the inner slide card button. The package also includes a fold over panel that can be connected to the inner slide card. The patent addresses the technical effects of the package design, such as preventing the inner slide card from being folded or spun around inside the package, and ensuring easy activation of the package.

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This can potentially create a pick point for children in testing, in which some designs may not meet more stringent child proofing standards.

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[0017]Reference will now be made to the drawings wherein like reference numerals identify similar structural features or aspects of the subject disclosure. For purposes of explanation and illustration, and not limitation, a partial view of an exemplary embodiment of a package in accordance with the disclosure is shown in FIG. 1 and is designated generally by reference character 100. Other embodiments of packages in accordance with the disclosure, or aspects thereof, are provided in FIGS. 2-5, as will be described. The systems and methods described herein can be used to prevent access, as in child proofing, to contents in unit dose packaging systems such as for pharmaceuticals.

[0018]U.S. Pat. No. 6,047,829 is incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. It provides an explanation of a unit dose packaging system (UPDS), provides an explanation of how to form such a package from a paperboard blank which is assembled into an outer sleeve, provides an explanation of how to form an i...

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Abstract

A unit dose paperboard package having a locking feature includes an outer paperboard sleeve and an inner paperboard slide card lockably retained within the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve includes a plurality of panels operatively connected to each other such that a top panel of the plurality of panels includes an inner slide card retaining aperture and an inner slide card releasing button defined thereon. The inner slide card includes a plurality of unit dose dispensing blisters and a retaining and releasing panel located adjacent to the unit dose dispensing blisters. The inner slide card includes an access edge opposite the retaining and releasing panel, wherein the access edge is free of any folding spine.

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REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. ยง 119(e) of U.S. provisional application Ser. No. 62 / 624927 filed on Feb. 1, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present disclosure relates to unit dose packaging systems (UDPSs), and more particularly to child resistant UDPSs.2. Description of Related Art[0003]Child resistant unit dose packaging systems require pressing a button or tab on an outer sleeve to release a blister back from the sleeve. Once the blisters are clear of the sleeve, a dose can be removed by pressing it out of the blister. The multiple steps required to actually obtain the product from the blister discourage and / or prevent children from being able to remove products from the blister pack.[0004]In traditional child resistant unit dose packaging systems, depending on the specific design configuration, it may be possible to ...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D5/38B65D75/36B65D83/04
CPCB65D5/38B65D75/367B65D83/0463B65D2583/0454B65D75/327B65D2215/04
InventorJONES, STEVEN P.JONES, MARTYKNOTTS, JAMES D.
OwnerWESTROCK MWV LLC