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Multi-pack traveler component package insert

a technology of multi-pack traveler and component package, which is applied in the directions of transportation and packaging, rigid containers, tray containers, etc., can solve the problems of blister packages and the contents of primary packages can be dangerous

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-06-28
MEADWESTVACO CORP
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[0011]The traveler clip is adapted to be seated within the interior chamber of the hard plastic sleeve in a lockable and slidable fashion. The traveler clip is a generally U-shaped hard plastic apparatus that includes a flexible dagger extending upwardly and back from the bottom surface of the traveler clip. The dagger is designed to fit within a blister pack aperture. The traveler clip further comprises a locking face portion designed to engage the locking stop of the hard plastic sleeve. The traveler clip also include at least one raised leading edge flat surface adapted to engage the at least one traveler stop on the hard plastic sleeve to prevent the traveler clip from being completely withdrawn from within the interior chamber of the hard plastic sleeve.
[0015]The traveler clip is adapted to be seated within the interior chamber of the paperboard housing in a lockable and slidable fashion. The traveler clip is a generally U-shaped hard plastic apparatus that includes a flexible dagger extending upwardly and back from the bottom surface of the traveler clip. The dagger is designed to be inserted into each blister pack engaging aperture. The traveler clip further comprises a locking face portion designed to engage a traveler guide slot. The traveler clip also include at least one raised leading edge flat surface adapted to engage stop portions that are formed in assembling the paperboard housing to prevent the traveler clip from being completely withdrawn from within the interior chamber of the paperboard housing.

Problems solved by technology

However, blister packages generally require a secondary form of packaging.
More importantly, however, the secondary packaging can also provide a means for securing the primary package from children as a safety feature since the contents of the primary packages can often be dangerous.
This can be inefficient if the contents of the primary package are used up rather quickly or if the primary package can only accommodate a relatively small number of discrete items.

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[0029]FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a traveler clip 10 designed to use with the aforementioned packaging apparatus according to the disclosure. The purpose of the traveler clip 10 is to (1) engage or bind one or more blister packages together, and (2) slidably and securely engage with a sleeve such that the one or more blister packages can be accessed by a user of the packaging apparatus.

[0030]The traveler clip 10 includes a pair of upper 11 and lower 15 panels connected together by a spine panel 13 to form a generally U-shaped frame structure. The traveler clip 10 is preferably formed of a hard plastic. Other suitable materials can be used such that the functionality of the traveler clip 10 is preserved. To achieve its first purpose, the traveler clip 10 includes an inclined dagger 12 that extends upward and backward from the lower panel 15 so that the upper end of the dagger 12 is positioned proximate the upper panel 11 with a small space retained between the upper panel 11 and ...

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[0040]FIGS. 6-14 show the packaging apparatus according to the disclosure. In this embodiment, a traveler clip 110 (FIGS. 11-14) can be utilized with a paperboard sleeve in place of the hard plastic sleeve 10 described above. FIGS. 6-10 illustrate a blank 60 of a paperboard sleeve in various folded stages for assembling an erected sleeve (FIG. 10) adapted to receive the traveler clip 110. The folding process shown in FIGS. 6-10 progress from a completely flat, unfolded form (FIG. 6) of blank to a fully assembled three-dimensional form (FIG. 10) through intermediate forms (FIGS. 7-9) in which the blank 60 is partially folded and / or glued.

[0041]FIG. 6 illustrates the paperboard blank 60 in a completely flat form prior to any assembly. The paperboard blank 60 is comprised of a top panel 62 with an end panel 68 hingedly connected along a fold line 82, a first side panel 66 hingedly connected to the top panel 62 along a fold line 85, a bottom panel 64 with end stop panels 70 hingedly con...

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Abstract

A packaging apparatus is designed to accommodate one or more blister packages in a secure child-resistant manner. The one or more blister packages (30) include at least one engaging aperture (32). The apparatus includes a sleeve that receives the one or more blister packages and a traveler clip (10) that is coupled with the one or more blister packages. The traveler clip is received in the sleeve in a lockable slidable fashion. The traveler clip further includes a backwardly inclining dagger (12) that hooks onto the engaging aperture of the one or more.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]One form of pharmaceutical packaging is a blister pack. A blister pack is comprised of a generally flat substrate on one side and a plurality of bubble like cavities on the other side. Within each cavity is stored a unit dose of a pharmaceutical such as a pill, tablet, or capsule. The contents within the cavity need not be pharmaceutical per se, however. When a consumer wishes to access the contents of a blister, he presses down on the cavity ‘bubble’ causing the contents to pierce the bottom surface (usually foil or the like) of the blister pack.[0002]Blister packages are a convenient primary form of packaging. However, blister packages generally require a secondary form of packaging. The secondary form of packaging serves to protect the primary package as well as providing a convenient form for labeling. More importantly, however, the secondary packaging can also provide a means for securing the primary package from children as a safety feature sin...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D50/06B65D77/04B65D75/36
CPCB65D2215/02B65D83/0463
Inventor GELARDI, JOHN A.
Owner MEADWESTVACO CORP
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