Pivoting Panel Child-Resistant Blister Package
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional child-resistant blister packages often require individual actuation of each moveable member, lacking a pivotable intermediate panel that effectively blocks or allows access to the outlet, making them less secure against child access.
Innovation Solution
A multi-layered child-resistant blister package design featuring a pivoting panel between a first and second panel, where apertures in the pivoting panel align with those in the first and second panels upon pivoting, providing additional tamper protection and ease of access for adults.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a conventional child-resistant blister package uses multiple moveable members requiring individual actuation, then child resistance is provided, but device complexity increases and ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple moveable members into a single integrated pivoting panel that simultaneously controls access to multiple blisters. This panel acts as a unified child-resistant mechanism, reducing the number of separate moveable components while maintaining security. The panel pivots on a single hinge and includes multiple apertures that align with blisters, allowing one action to control access to multiple compartments.
Solution Approach 2:
The pivoting panel serves multiple functions: it acts as a child-resistant barrier, a dispensing mechanism, and an access control device for multiple blisters simultaneously. By designing a single panel with multiple apertures that can be actuated together, the invention eliminates the need for separate moveable members for each blister, thereby reducing complexity while maintaining child resistance.
2Reliability
If a child-resistant package requires individual actuation of each moveable member, then security against child access is maintained, but ease of operation for adults deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple actuation actions into a single pivoting motion. The panel includes multiple apertures through which blisters can be accessed, and a single push or pivot action on the panel simultaneously controls access to all blisters. This eliminates the need for adults to individually actuate multiple separate moveable members, significantly improving ease of operation while maintaining security.
3Ease of operation
If a blister package uses a pivoting panel with aligned apertures, then ease of dispensing is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pivoting panel is segmented with multiple apertures that correspond to individual blisters, allowing each blister to be accessed independently through the same panel structure. This segmentation enables easy dispensing of individual items while maintaining a relatively simple overall panel design that pivots on a single hinge, balancing complexity with functionality.
Data Source
AI summary
A multi-layered blister package includes a first panel having at least one blister pocket receiving aperture defined therein, wherein a blister pocket protrudes through the at least one blister pocket receiving aperture and retains an article therein. A second panel has at least one exit aperture defined therein, wherein the at least one exit aperture aligns with the at least one blister pocket receiving aperture when the first panel is disposed over the second panel. A third panel having at least one intermediate aperture defined therein, wherein the at least one intermediate aperture aligns with and is between the at least one exit aperture and the at least one blister pocket receiving aperture when the third panel is pivoted to a first position.