Patents Assigned to Richards Packaging Inc.
  • Publication number: 20150041356
    Abstract: The pillbox comprises a pill receptacle comprising a number of pill compartments and a cover sheet attached to the pill receptacle that has a number defined by borders above each pill compartment. Tearable tab tearing lines are provided on the sealing sheet to form tearable tabs, and each comprises main portion side segments that define a tearable tab main portion therebetween; tongue portion side segments that define a tearable tab tongue portion therebetween, the tearable tab tongue portion linking the tearable tab main portion to one of the cell borders; and a main portion end segment that links the main portion side segments to each other spacedly from the tongue portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Richards Packaging Inc. - Emballages Richards Inc.
    Inventor: Marie-Josee Glaude
  • Publication number: 20150041357
    Abstract: The pillbox comprises a pill receptacle comprising a number of pill compartments; and a cover sheet attached to the pill receptacle. The cover sheet has a sealing sheet with cells defining borders above each pill compartment. The cover sheet also has a protective sheet removably attached to the bottom surface of the sealing sheet. Protective tab tearing lines are provided on the protective sheet that allow portions of the protective sheet to be removed from the sealing sheet while other portions of the protective sheet remain attached to the sealing sheet in the form of protective tabs. Tearable tab tearing lines are provided on the sealing sheet that are disposed to form tearable tabs on the sealing sheet, the protective tabs corresponding to respective the tearable tabs. The tearable tab tearing lines define, for each the tearable tab, a tearable tab main portion and a tearable tab tongue portion linking the tearable tab main portion to one of the cell borders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Richards Packaging Inc. -Emballages Richards Inc.
    Inventors: Alain Proulx, Mario Therrien
  • Patent number: 8291679
    Abstract: A pill receptacle has a number of recessed pill compartments formed therein. The method comprises the steps of providing a cover sheet member that has a sealing sheet with a top identification surface on which information can be printed and a bottom adhesive surface provided with an adhesive. The cover sheet member further has a protective sheet that removably overlays the sealing sheet on its adhesive surface. First weakness zones are provided on the cover sheet member, that extend transversely through the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in a registering fashion to define first cutaway lines on the cover sheet member. A fraction of the cover sheet member is separated from the rest of the cover sheet member along at least some of the first cutaway lines, including concurrently separating corresponding fractions of the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in registering fashion. The protective sheet fraction is peeled away from the sealing sheet fraction on the cover sheet member fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Richards Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Gilles Bourque
  • Patent number: 7802683
    Abstract: A pill receptacle has a number of recessed pill compartments formed therein. The method comprises the steps of providing a cover sheet member that has a sealing sheet with a top identification surface on which information can be printed and a bottom adhesive surface provided with an adhesive. The cover sheet member further has a protective sheet that removably overlays the sealing sheet on its adhesive surface. First weakness zones are provided on the cover sheet member, that extend transversely through the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in a registering fashion to define first cutaway lines on the cover sheet member. A fraction of the cover sheet member is separated from the rest of the cover sheet member along at least some of the first cutaway lines, including concurrently separating corresponding fractions of the sealing sheet and the protective sheet in registering fashion. The protective sheet fraction is peeled away from the sealing sheet fraction on the cover sheet member fraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Assignee: Richards Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Gilles Bourque
  • Patent number: D622158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: Richards Packaging Inc.
    Inventor: Alain Proulx