Unit dose packaging system with exterior pocket feature
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1. A unit dose package comprising:
- a) an outer sleeve including a plurality of side panels, a plurality of hinge panels, said side panels and hinge panels being operatively connected to each other;
b) a foldable exterior panel hingedly attached to one edge of the outer sleeve, said exterior panel being formed from an extension panel divided into two sections by a fold line, the sections being folded about the fold line to form the exterior panel having an interior pocket; and
c) an internal slide card.
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Abstract
A two-piece package for housing and dispensing a unit dose product. The product to be dispensed is contained on an internal slide card that is removably and lockably engaged within an outer sleeve. The package sleeve includes an exterior panel having an inner pocket for accommodating an insert. This package may include additional features that provide a child resistant and user-friendly dosing means that can be opened and closed numerous times while in use, then disposed of when the all the unit doses are exhausted.
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1. A unit dose package comprising:
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a) an outer sleeve including a plurality of side panels, a plurality of hinge panels, said side panels and hinge panels being operatively connected to each other;
b) a foldable exterior panel hingedly attached to one edge of the outer sleeve, said exterior panel being formed from an extension panel divided into two sections by a fold line, the sections being folded about the fold line to form the exterior panel having an interior pocket; and
c) an internal slide card. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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9. A method of packaging unit dose materials comprising:
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a) cutting a blank for forming an outer sleeve from a substrate material, the blank having an extension panel having a fold line disposed thereon;
the blank further including a pair of notches positioned in an offset parallel relationship to each other when the blank is folded;
b) forming an internal slide card from a substrate material, said internal slide card including a body and a foldable extension thereof;
c) folding the blank to form an outer sleeve including a plurality of side panels, the side panels having included therein at least one slide retaining means and at least one slide releasing means, at least one side panel comprising a foldable extension thereof which, when folded, forms a false bottom within the interior of the sleeve;
d) folding the extension panel about the fold line and affixing the edge thereof to the outer sleeve to provide a symmetrically folded exterior panel with an interior pocket;
e) encapsulating unit doses of a material onto the internal slide card;
f) folding the extension of the slide card to position the extension parallel to the body of the slide card;
g) inserting the folded slide card into the sleeve such that the extension thereof becomes slidably and lockably engaged with the slide retaining means in the side panels of the sleeve; and
h) placing an insert within the interior pocket of the exterior panel.
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12. A blank for forming a lockable outer sleeve for housing an internal slide card of a unit dose package, comprising a plurality of side panels, an extension panel, and a plurality of hinge panels;
- at least one of said side panels comprising an extension thereof forming an internal slide card retaining element, and at least one side panel thereof additionally comprising a first internal slide card releasing element; and
at least another side panel comprising a second internal slide card releasing element; and
the extension panel having a fold line disposed thereon; and
further comprising, in combination, a pair of notches, each notch being formed along an outer edge of the sleeve in an offset parallel relationship to the other, and a false bottom formed by a foldable extension of at least one side panel.
- at least one of said side panels comprising an extension thereof forming an internal slide card retaining element, and at least one side panel thereof additionally comprising a first internal slide card releasing element; and
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