FLAT PACK CONTAINERS

• US 20150021326A1
• Filed: 02/20/2012
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CSP Technologies North America LLC (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CSP Technologies North America LLC (AptarGroup Incorporated)
• Inventors: Giraud, Jean-Pierre, Zbirka, Michel, Pichot, Herve, Rabbine, Bruce
• Granted Patent: US 9,284,099 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 220/254.1
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/03 for pills or tablets containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/035 Blister-type containers blisters in general B65D75/36
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2215/06 based on the difference in size between children's and adults' hands
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2583/0481 One reciprocating action, e.g. to or from
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 39/0076 Plastic closures other than those covered by groups B65D39/0058 - B65D39/007
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 50/046 and such deformation causes the disengagement of locking means, e.g. the release of a pawl-like element from a tooth or abutment, to allow removal of the closure by simultaneous rotation
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/0409 the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation B65D83/0445 takes precedence

Abstract

A child-resistant package includes a seal for sealing a package and a latch for securing the package in a closed position. According to embodiments, the package includes a first shell portion having a first closed lip and a second shell portion having a second closed lip. According to embodiments, the seal may be formed by the engagement of an angled outer wall of the first closed lip with a bent or deformed thin wall of the second closed lip. The package may also incorporate one or more elastomeric ancillary face and/or side seals. The first and second shell portions may be joined by a hinge, such as a double hinge. Additionally, the insert may include a dispenser assembly that controls the dispensing of product from a product containing space to a dispenser receptacle. A spring may bias the latch in a locked or rest position.

Claims

1. A package for the dispensing of a product to a user comprising:

a shell portion having an inner region; and

an insert secured in the inner region, the insert including a product containing space, a dispenser receptacle, and a slide assembly, the insert having a mouth through which product may be removed from the product containing space, the dispenser receptacle having an opening through which product may enter the dispenser receptacle, the position of the mouth being at least partially offset from the position of the opening;

the slide assembly including a lever and a slide opening, the slide opening being configured to receive the placement of one or more pieces of product from the product containing space, the lever being adapted to be displaced by the user toward a sidewall of the insert to move the slide assembly from a closed position to an open position, the slide assembly being configured to slide the slide opening from being in communication either the mouth or the opening when the slide assembly is in a closed position to being in communication with the other of the mouth or the opening when the slide assembly is in an open position.

3. The package of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the insert is covered by a cover, the cover having a dispenser opening and a slot, the dispenser opening configured for the removal of product from the dispenser receptacle, the slot being configured for the protrusion therethrough of at least a portion of the lever from the cover.

4. The package of claim 3, wherein the insert includes a secondary insert, the product containing space being located in the secondary insert.

5. The package of claim 4, wherein the slide assembly is positioned in the secondary insert.

6. The package of claim 5, wherein the secondary insert includes a guide that guides the displacement of the slide assembly.

7. The package of claim 3, wherein the slot includes at least one notch to lock the position of the slide assembly.

2. The package of claim 2, wherein the slide assembly is biased towards the closed position.

8. A package for the dispensing of a product to a user comprising:

a shell portion having an inner region; and

an insert secured in the inner region, the insert including a product containing space, a dispenser receptacle, and a push button assembly, the insert having a mouth through which product may exit the product containing space, the dispenser receptacle having an opening through which product may enter the dispenser receptacle, the position of the mouth being at least partially offset from the position of the opening;

the push button assembly having a button that is depressed by the user from a closed position to an open position, the button having a body and an aperture, the aperture positioned within at least a portion of the body of the button, the aperture configured to receive the placement of one or more pieces of product from the product containing space, the aperture being in communication with either of the mouth or the opening when the button is in the closed position and being in communication with the other of the mouth or the opening when the button is in the open position.

9. The package of claim 8, wherein the push button assembly is biased toward the closed position.

10. The package of claim 9, wherein at least a portion of the insert is covered by a cover, the cover having a dispenser opening and an aperture slot, the dispenser opening configured for the removal of product from the dispenser receptacle, the aperture slot being configured for at least a portion of the button to protrude from the cover.

11. The package of claim 10, wherein the insert further includes a secondary insert, the product containing space being located in the secondary insert.

12. The package of claim 11, wherein the push button assembly is positioned in the secondary insert.

13. The package of claim 8, wherein the push button assembly further includes at least one slot that mates with a sleeve in the insert, the slot being configured to assist in guiding the displacement of the button.

14. A package for the dispensing of a product to a user comprising:

a shell portion having an inner region;

an insert secured in the inner region, the insert including a product containing space, a dispenser receptacle, and a ramp, the insert having a mouth through which product may exit from the product containing space, the dispenser receptacle having an opening through which product may enter the dispenser receptacle, the position of the mouth being at least partially offset from the position of the opening; and

a push button assembly positioned in the insert, the push button assembly having a button that is configured to be depressed by the user from a closed position to an open position, the button including a tab that extends from a bottom surface of the button, the bottom surface being separated from the ramp by a distance that permits the placement of at least one product from the product containing space when the button is in a closed position, the tab configured to displace at least a portion of the ramp when the button is depressed to an open position to allow for product placed between the button and ramp to be transmitted to the dispenser receptacle.

15. The package of claim 14, wherein the push button assembly is biased towards the closed position.

16. The package of claim 15, wherein at least a portion of the insert is covered by a cover, the cover having a dispenser opening and an aperture slot, the dispenser opening configured for the removal of product from the dispenser receptacle, the aperture slot configured for the protrusion of at least a portion of the button from the cover.

17. The package of claim 16 wherein the ramp includes at least one extension that is engaged by the tab when the button is depressed by the user.

18. The package of claim 16, wherein the push button assembly further includes slots that mate with a sleeve in the insert, the slots being configured to assist in guiding the displacement of the button.

19. The package of claim 14, wherein the insert further includes a secondary insert, the product containing space being located in the secondary insert.

20. The package of claim 19, wherein the push button assembly is positioned in a secondary insert.