| US 7,581,642 B2 | ||
| Child-resistant, senior-friendly unit dose container | ||
| Curt Knutson, Loves Park, Ill. (US); Ryen Sack, Loves Park, Ill. (US); Ronald J. Seibert, Machesney Park, Ill. (US); and Shawn P. Reilley, Belvidere, Ill. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Anderson Packaging, Inc., Rockford, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 04, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/619,680. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/757429, filed on Jan. 09, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0235368 A1, Oct. 11, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B65D 83/04 (2006.01); A45C 13/10 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 206—535 [206/1.5] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A unit dose package, comprising:
a hollow plastic container body having an end with an elongate opening defined by a rim;
a blister card having a plurality of separate blister compartments with a plurality of items separately secured therein for
being dispensed from said container body, said elongate opening of said container body corresponding in size to an end profile
of said blister card so that said blister card is slidable only in an end-to-end direction relative to said container body
through said elongate opening between a retracted position in which said blister card is located within said container body
and a dispensing position in which a part of said blister card extends through said opening of said container body;
a plastic cap removably securable to said container body to seal said opening and prevent access to said blister card, said
cap having an end wall with a spring captured to an underside thereof; and
a locking mechanism for preventing a distal end of said blister card from passing through said elongate opening of said container
body.
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