FREE-STANDING BLISTER PACKAGE

• US 3,776,375 A
• Filed: 01/25/1972
• Issued: 12/04/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: PI Acquisition Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Howard A. Rohdin
• Inventors: Rohdin, Howard A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ross, Herbert F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lipman, Steven E.
• Application Number:
  US05/220,594
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 206/45.14,45.34,46FR,78R,78B,8A 220/4E,31S 229/2.5 248/152
• US Class Current: 206/459.5
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/22 the sheet or blank being recessed to accommodate contents containers simulating a book B65D77/006

Abstract

A free-standing package of the blister type includes an article containing enclosure formed of a single piece of self-supporting plastic material. The enclosure is in two mating sections integrally joined along a fold line traversing what becomes the base of the completed package. The free edges of the sections have flanges which meet when the sections are closed to envelop the article and the sections are sealed together along the flanges. At the same time, the initially folded base portion is flattened out to provide a support for maintaining the package article in an upright position. The plastic enclosure may be used with or without a display card.

Claims

1. A free-standing package for containing goods comprising an enclosure having a substantially flat base portion and upstanding wall portions for enveloping said goods, said enclosure being preformed from a unitary segment of self-supporting plastic sheet material in two opposed mating sections integrally joined along a fold line traversing said base portion, each of said sections comprising a part of said wall portions and having outwardly extending flanges formed along free edges thereof, said enclosure being preformed with said sections opened outwardly of each other along said fold line and adapted to be closed about the goods by bringing the sections into contact with each other along their respective flanges and sealing them therealong, said base portion, including the fold line, becoming substantially flat and devoid of projections extending exteriorly of the plane of said base portion when said sections are closed, said enclosure being capable of supporting the finished package upright with said base portion resting on a flat surface.

2. The package of claim 1 wherein said flanges extend continuously along all of the free edges of each section and are cut adjacent the ends of said fold line to facilitate closing of said sections.

3. The package of claim 1 wherein at least one pair of mating flange portions is laterally extended to provide means for displaying visual information.

4. The package of claim 1 wherein said flanges are adapted to be continuously sealeD together when said sections are closed about the goods to complete the enclosure.

5. The package of claim 1 wherein said base portion is preformed with at least one lateral extension in the plane of the base, thereby increasing stability of the package when standing in its upright position.

6. The package of claim 1 wherein the goods to be received by said enclosure consists of a single article having a predetermined shape and wherein said sections are preformed with said shape to closely envelope the outer surfaces of said article with said flanges meeting in a plane substantially perpendicular to said base and intersecting said article longitudinally thereof.

7. The package of claim 1 wherein said enclosure is formed from transparent plastic sheet material.

8. The package of claim 1 wherein said plastic sheet material is formed with ribs to increase its rigidity.

9. The package of claim 1 further comprising a display card having a cutout extending through to an edge thereof and shaped to receive the completed enclosure with said flanges overlaying the card along the periphery of said opening and said base portion lying along said edge, said card being secured to said enclosure along said flanges.

10. The package of claim 9 wherein said card is formed of a single sheet of material and said flanges are secured to said card on one side thereof.

11. The package of claim 9 wherein said card is formed of a sheet of material folded upon itself to provide two layers and said flanges are secured to said card between said layers.