Abstract: A dispenser package for flowable substances of the type where the flowable product is contained within a flexible pouch adhered to a relatively stiff sheet material which is opened along a fault line or fault pattern with one hand by folding the stiff ends toward one another into a "V" shape, wherein the flexible product-containing pouch is formed with a shallow duct or channel area directly behind the fault line connecting two laterally spaced pockets located on either side of the fault pattern to eliminate squirting or "spitting" of the flowable product upon rupture of the fault line or fault pattern. The stiff sheet material also may contain one or more protrusions displacing at least a portion of the fault line out of the plane thereof, the protrusions comprising substantially pyramidal shapes having either straight-lined or curved profiles.

Abstract: A package comprises a strip (1) of corrugated cardboard to be wrapped around objects (A) placed on its inside surface. It is provided with two transverse flaps (13, 14) in face-to-face relationship and attached to the inside surface of the strip (1) on two side bands (8, 9) which extend from its longitudinal edges (2, 3) over a distance x, parallel to the longitudinal edges (2, 3) of the strip (1). The strip (1) comprises an end panel (7) which is cut in line with a transverse fold (6) in its central part, meaning that part lying between the two side bands (8, 9). The panel (7) is divided into two flaps (13, 14) by a median longitudinal slit (15). The panel (7) may be folded over the inside surface of the strip (1) by bending it about the transverse fold (6) and fastened to the side bands (8, 9) of the strip (1). The strip (1) is advantageously glued to itself in the transverse direction and to the two flaps (13, 14) when folded against an article in the package.

Abstract: A pill dispenser of the type having a plastic bubble containing each pill with frangible foil backing, has an improved construction enabling easier release of the pill through the foil. Each clear plastic bubble includes a raised circular blister at its top, on an otherwise generally planar plateau area. When the pill is forced out by the finger or thumb of the user, the raised blister is pushed inside out and assists in providing the required depth and force to push the pill out through the foil.

Abstract: A reclosable blister package includes a carrier and a blister with hinged top and bottom portions, the top portion having a scored peripheral flange. When the top and bottom portions are folded together, the flange is secured to the carrier to hold the unsecured bottom portion closed between the carrier and the top portion to seal the package. The score allows the blister to be detached from its flange, removed from the carrier and unfolded to an open condition.

Abstract: A mini disk holder has a first and second thermoplastic sheet sealed at the periphery thereof for providing a pocket between the sheets. A slit is provided in one of the sheets to permit a mini disk to be inserted into the holder. The slit sheet is adhesively secured to a panel in order to seal the slit and prevent further access to the disk. The other of the sheets includes a thinned groove line providing a weakened area which may be removed therefrom in order to provide an opening to permit access to the article.

Abstract: A child-resistant package includes a sealed blister positioned between opposed front and back paperboard sheets that are adhered to each other. The front paperboard sheet includes openings through which the blisters project, and the back paperboard sheet includes a tear strip overlying the blister and being movable in a linear direction to permit its separation from surrounding regions of the back sheet to thereby expose a rupturable backing strip of the sealed blister, there being no other blisters linearly aligned with the linear direction in which the tear strip is movable.

Abstract: A self-locking pilfer proof tamper evident container comprises two walled panels, within which walls are placed interlocking tabs when brought together to close the container in a manner whereby the container must be destroyed to gain access to its contents.

Abstract: A dispenser package for flowable substances of the type where the flowable product is contained within a flexible pouch adhered to a relatively stiff material and may be opened along a fault line or cut pattern scored in the relatively stiff material with one hand by folding the stiff ends toward one another into a "V" shape containing one or more dimples, pyramidal shapes or other protrusions on the fault line or fault area. The protrusions not only increase and concentrate the stress forces, so that even very tough, high barrier materials may be used in constructing the package and will rupture at the protrusions by the aforesaid folding motion, but also control both the aperture shape and flow direction of the flowable substance as it is dispensed. The ability to make the package of tough materials enables the package to contain substances under pressure which subsequently will be dispensed.

Abstract: A self-locking container comprises two walled panels, the respective walls being constructed to interlock when brought together to close the container in a manner whereby the container must be destroyed to gain access to its contents.

Abstract: Carton and slide chart formed from one piece of relatively stiff cardboard, in which the slide chart is of the billboard type and extends vertically of the rear wall of the carton, with the slide card between the sections of the end strip of cardboard, bent over to form a slide and glued in this form by a glue strip bent to project vertically of the top of the carton. The slide card is formed by slitting the upper end edge of the glue strip transversely of the carton sheet for a greater portion of the length of the sheet, but leaving a tab retaining the slide card to the slide until used, at which time the slide card is accessible through thumb notches and moved by the fingers along a rail formed by the top of the glue flap to break the tab. The carton is formed from four connected sections of the sheet forming continuations of the slide at one end and of the glue flaps and the slide card at its opposite end.

Abstract: There is described a blister pack, which is formed by a box-shaped holder with a cover fitting thereon, whereby the box-like holder is provided in turn with a rim wherewith said holder can be made fast to a support, such as a flat sheet.

Abstract: A display and dispensing container for wrapped razor blades includes a rectangular blister of transparent material attached to a backing card having a removable portion which is torn out to create a finger hole, in order to permit the blades to be dispensed singly through an exit slot formed between a lip of the blister and an adjacent edge of the card.

Abstract: A multiple package unit consisting of a plurality of packages of mechanical pencil refill leads is formed of first and second sheet materials. The first sheet material includes a plurality of integral parallel sections each shaped to provide an elongated swelling on one side, a corresponding recess in the other side and a substantially flat marginal flange integral with the swelling and extending outwardly therefrom. The sections of the first sheet material form separable containers, respectively. Refill leads are housed in the recess in each container. The second sheet material includes a plurality of flat and integral sections each extending over a recess in one of the containers and secured to the marginal flange thereof to form a closure of the container. Each container cooperates with the leads therein and with associated closure member to form a package which is separable from an adjacent package by means of score line formed in at least the first sheet material.

Abstract: A blister card type container comprising a thermoformed plastic enclosure bonded to one face of a paperstock card which forms a wall of the container includes locking structure formed integral with the card for locking a rectangular closure flap in the card in a closed position once the container is opened to prevent the accidental escape of contents from the container. The closure flap is hingedly connected along one edge thereof by a fold line to the card, while locking means provided integral with the card include first and second, spaced apart pairs of cut-lines in the card along one edge of the closure flap. One of the cut-lines in each of the pair thereof extend from one face of the card only partially into the latter and define a locking edge on the closure flap while the cut-line in each of the other pair thereof define locking flaps on the card.

Abstract: A container comprises a plurality of interconnected compartments having rim flanges therearound and being individually sealed by a lid sheet attached to the rim flanges after portions of a product have been placed in respective compartments, the lid sheet being provided with edge slits and the rim flanges being provided with cutout notches which facilitate the prying and lifting of a corner portion of lid sheet and tearing off of a part thereof to unseal and open only a selected one of the compartments without disturbing the other compartments. This container in a preferred embodiment of the invention is housed in an outer box which can be easily opened to expose only parts of the container for selective unsealing of the compartments as stated above, and which can be easily reclosed for further storing of any remaining portions of the product.

Abstract: A package with a stretchable tear element for opening the package. In a preferred embodiment the tear element extends over a packaged article and beneath a covering plastic film formed over the article to secure the article to a supporting panel. The tear element is capable of stretching sufficiently, when the plastic film is drawn down in a softened condition over the product to form the package, so that the film can conform itself and the tear element substantially to the shape of the product and any tendency of the film to form a tent across an initial span of the tear element is minimized. The tear element further stretches, in part within the package, when one end is pulled back across the film so that a portion of the element moves past the film at the exit point, producing a slicing or sawing action, while at the same time it remains essentially anchored at the opposite end. The panel is preferably foldable to form a box.

Abstract: A foil-backed blister sheet is sandwiched between upper and lower sheets formed by folding a single die-cut card having a heat-sealable adhesive coating on one side. Blisters project through holes in the upper sheet, and the blister contents are removed by pushing them through the foil backing and through holes in the lower sheet. The lower sheet is smaller than the upper one, and the upper and lower sheets are connected together by narrow hinge sections so that a margin area coated with heat-sealable adhesive is presented on the underside of the upper sheet. A third card having a tear strip, which must be removed to gain access to the blister contents, is heat-sealed to the upper card at the margin area. The upper surface of the third card is uncoated paperboard, which readily adheres to the margin area when sealing heat is applied.

Abstract: A venipuncture device package which when opened serves as a combination needle cover and venipuncture device tray from which a venipuncture device may be withdrawn or inserted with one hand without having to apply any force to the package. In one preferred embodiment, a blister cover made of ductile plastic is configurated to form a venipuncture device tray which is separably joined to a strip of paper backing to form the package. The tray is constructed so as to facilitate angular deformation of the tray into a hand-displaceable needle cover once the strip of paper has been partially peeled away to expose the handle of the venipuncture device while maintaining the needle of the venipuncture device enclosed within the package.

Abstract: A repetitive combustion system for coating a work piece with particulate material is disclosed which utilizes an encapsulating tape having a plurality of discrete capsules each containing a predetermined quantity of the particulate coating material. The capsules are sequentially fed into a stripping chamber where the tape is clamped between inlet and outlet manifolds which provide a circumferential seal around the respective capsules so that pressure can be applied to an inlet face of the capsule. The inlet face is so configured as to admit air into the interior of the capsule which then swells and bursts the outlet face or otherwise passes through the outlet faces. The air pressure then injects the particulate material into the combustion chamber while the pressure in the combustion chamber is near the peak produced by combustion.

Abstract: A backstrip that overlies a portion of an aquarium includes a plurality of openings of different sizes and shapes through which accessories can be inserted downwardly into the aquarium. A cover is provided for each opening, and has a flange on its underside for engaging the walls of the opening, and some covers have break lines along which they can be separated into sections used to partially cover the associated openings.

Abstract: A container made from a foil or laminate material and provided with a cover which is sealed to a flange of the container by the application of heat. In order to facilitate removal of the cover, all or all but one of the corners of the container have cuts or kerfs extending from the outer edge up to the welded bead. To open the container, the tab defined by each kerf is grasped and pulled upwardly so that the adjacent strip of cover and flange is removed by tearing along one straight side of the polygonal container. The procedure is repeated at successive sides until all or all but one of the edge strips have been removed.

Abstract: A medical alert bracelet for carrying an emergency supply of a patient's medicament comprising a bracelet strap and a blister package containing a medicament form. The blister package is held in the bracelet strap, a hole is formed in the bracelet strap beneath the blister package for push-through ejection of the medicament from the bracelet, and a closure is provided for closing the strap onto the wrist of the patient. A weakened line is positioned across the strap and is easily ruptured to remove the strap from the patient's wrist, and a locator notch is provided at the weakened line so that it is easily located, even in the dark. The invention also includes a method of making the medical alert bracelet.

Abstract: A display article for razor blade cartridges of the type adapted to be releasably mounted on a razor handle, the article including a supporting card with a plurality of the cartridges mounted on the front of the card each under a plastic blister, the card having weakened lines defining an individual section for each of the cartridges registering with the respective cartridge adapted to be removed readily for access to the corresponding cartridge, the cartridge having means exposed at the area adapted to be engaged by the head of a razor handle and releasably secured to the handle by cooperative parts on the cartridge and head. In one form of the article the razor handle is also mounted under a blister on the card which has a removable section registering with the handle defined by weakened lines for ready removal of the handle.

Abstract: A quick-open blister package comprises a base member and a blistered containment member peripherally secured to the base member. The base member is frangible substantially along a plane contained therewithin, and first and second series of score lines extending at least in part about the periphery of the blister are cut into the base member substantially to the depth of the plane of frangibility. The blister is secured to the base member within that area thereof which is defined by the series of score lines. A considerable area of the base member can extend laterally of the blister for front printing.

Abstract: A rupturable press-through blister type medicament or pill package is "childproofed" by securing a strong flexible polymeric backing sheet, such as polyethylene terephthalate, over the rupturable sheet in such a manner that the pill cannot be forced through the package unless the backing sheet is first peeled off.