Patents by Inventor Beth Ann McLellan Ruland

Beth Ann McLellan Ruland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6352158
    Abstract: A child-resistant blister package for unit dose products, e.g., medicaments, composed of a blister layer and a cover layer. The blister layer formed of a planar material, e.g., thermoformable or cold-formable webstock, and has plural intersecting perforated line to form plural cells contiguous with the perforated lines. Some or all of the cells of the blister layer have a peripheral planar flanged portion and a blister portion projecting from the flanged portion to form a cavity in which the unit dose product is located. The cover layer is formed of a planar material, e.g., aluminum or other metal foil in either a single layer or laminated, and has plural intersecting perforated line to form plural cells contiguous with those perforated lines. Each cell of the cover layer is the same shape and size as a corresponding cell of the blister layer. The cover layer is fixedly, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: Warner Lambert Company
    Inventors: Beverly Lynette Cole-Bennett, John Edward Malloy, Jr., Beth Ann McLellan Ruland