DUAL PACKAGING SYSTEM WITH CHILD RESISTANCE AND SENIOR FRIENDLY FEATURES
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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 provides a child resistant and user-friendly dosing means that can be opened and closed numerous times while in use, then disposed of when all the unit doses are exhausted.
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Citations
52 Claims
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1-32. -32. (canceled)
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33. An outer sleeve for receiving at least two slide cards, the outer sleeve comprising:
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a pair of first and second opposed side panels; a partition structure disposed between the first and second side panels in a spaced parallel relationship with the first and second side panels; a plurality of hinge panels interconnecting the first and second side panels and the partition structure such that a first chamber is defined between the first side panel and the partition structure to slidably and lockably receive at least one slide card and such that a second chamber is defined between the second side panel and the partition structure to slidably and lockably receive at least one slide card; and a pair of inner panels positioned at least in part inside the first and second chambers respectively, each of the inner panels including a slide card locking mechanism for releasably locking a slide card in a locked position within a respective one of the first and second chambers, wherein each of the first and second side panels includes a release button positioned proximate the slide card locking mechanism of a respective one of the inner panels. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A blank for forming an outer sleeve for housing a plurality of slide cards, the blank comprising:
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a plurality of hinge panels; a pair of first and second side panels hingedly interconnected by at least one of the hinge panels; at least one partition panel to be disposed between the first and second side panels when the blank takes the form of an outer sleeve such that first and second separate chambers are defined by the hinge panels, by the first and second side panels and by the at least one partition panel; and a pair of inner panels to be positioned at least in part inside the first and second chambers respectively when the blank takes the form of an outer sleeve, each of the inner panels including a slide card locking mechanism for releasably locking a slide card in a locked position within a respective one of the first and second chambers, wherein each of the first and second side panels includes a release button positioned proximate the slide card locking mechanism of a respective one of the inner panels when the blank takes the form of an outer sleeve. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A packaging system comprising an outer sleeve and a plurality of slide cards received in the outer sleeve, the outer sleeve comprising:
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a pair of first and second opposed side panels; a partition structure disposed between the first and second side panels in a spaced parallel relationship with the first and second side panels; a plurality of hinge panels interconnecting the first and second side panels and the partition structure such that a first chamber is defined between the first side panel and the partition and such that a second chamber is defined between the second side panel and the partition structure, at least one of the slide cards being slidably and lockably received in the first chamber, at least one of the slide cards being slidably and lockably received in the second chamber; and a pair of inner panels positioned at least in part inside the first and second chambers respectively, each of the inner panels including a slide card locking mechanism for releasably locking the at least one of the slide cards in a respective one of the first and second chambers in a locked position, wherein each of the first and second side panels includes a release button positioned proximate the slide card locking mechanism of a respective one of the inner panels. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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Specification