Battery display package

• US 5,143,215 A
• Filed: 04/17/1991
• Issued: 09/01/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/1990
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eveready Battery Company Incorporated (Energizer Holdings, Inc.), PTP Industries
• Original Assignee: Eveready Battery Company Incorporated (Energizer Holdings, Inc.), PTP Industries
• Inventors: Allen, John E., Hartley, William L.
• Primary Examiner(s): FIDEI, DAVID
• Application Number:
  US07/685,181
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 206/45.23, 206/45.31, 206/45.34, 206/461, 206/463, 206/467, 206/470, 206/471, 206/459, 206/333, 206/806, 220/4.21, D 9/415
• US Class Current: 206/705
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 11/10 of polygonal cross-section and all parts being permanently connected to each other B65D11/18 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/22 for facilitating lifting or suspending of containers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 2585/88 Batteries
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 75/32 one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents

Abstract

A blister package for the display of four batteries. The package includes a housing formed by a front blister, a rear blister and a diagonal seam formed therebetween for removably joining the blisters to one another. Two lower batteries are substantially horizontally disposed in the housing in a side-by-side arrangement. Two upper batteries are also substantially horizontally disposed in the housing in a side-by-side arrangement on top of the lower batteries. A header is joined to the seam, so as to extend upwardly therefrom. A pocket formed in the top portion of the front blister receives and displays advertising material that is disposed therein and which extends into the header. A pocket formed in side walls of the blisters receives the positive terminals of the batteries.

Claims

1. A package for the display of batteries comprising a substantially quadrilateral housing formed by a front blister and a rear blister, each blister having a substantially triangular cross-section, each blister having flanges extending outwardly therefrom, the flanges on the front blister being peripherally bonded to the flanges on the rear blister, thereby forming a substantially diagonal seam therebetween for removably joining the front and rear blisters to one another, the housing sized to receive therein at least two lower batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement and at least two upper batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement on top of the lower batteries, and the diagonal seam extending outwardly from the package forming a header with the front blister and the rear blister of the housing, the header being integrally joined to a portion of the diagonal seam and extending upwardly therefrom, such that the package may be hung being supported by the header and further such that packages may be stacked vertically by inverting one package over the other, so that the headers are oriented along the respective fronts of the vertically adjacent packages.

2. The package of claim 1, wherein when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another, the housing has a substantially rectangular shape.

3. The package of claim 1, wherein the header is an integral extension of the diagonal seam.

4. The package of claim 1, wherein a portion of advertising material is disposed in the header and extends downwardly into the rear blister.

9. The package of claim 1, wherein the front and rear blisters have a horizontal length and the batteries have a vertical length, and wherein the horizontal length of the blisters is slightly longer than the vertical length of the batteries, such that minimal width is provided to the package.

10. The package of claim 1, further comprising the seam including an edge extending substantially downwardly from the blisters, thereby defining a foot for aiding in supporting the package level on a flat surface.

11. The package of claim 1, wherein the header further has an aperture formed therein for receiving a support therethrough, such that the package may be hung from the support for the display thereof.

12. The package of claim 1, wherein the header is formed from a back layer that is formed with the rear blister and from a front layer formed with the front blister, the two layers of the header being joined to one another having a slit formed therebetween, so that a user may insert a finger into the slit and grasp one of the layers of the package for separating the layers and opening the package.

13. The package of claim 1, wherein the housing is substantially rectangular in shape having an upper rear and a lower front, so that the housing is complementary-shaped permitting multiple alignment thereof with other of said packages, whereby the packages are immediately adjacent to the next package without wasting space therebetween.

14. The package of claim 13, further wherein the substantially diagonal seam is formed extending from the upper rear of the package to the lower front of the package.

15. The package of claim 14, wherein the header is formed at the upper rear of the package.

5. A package for the display of batteries comprising a housing formed by a front blister and a rear blister and having a substantially diagonal seam formed therebetween for joining the front and rear blisters to one another, the housing sized to receive therein at least two lower batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement and at least two upper batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement on top of the lower batteries, and a header formed with the front blister and the rear blister of the housing and extending upwardly therefrom, such that the package may be hung being supported by the header and further such that packages may be stacked vertically by inverting one package over the other, so that the headers are oriented along the respective fronts of the vertically adjacent packages;

and

wherein the front blister has a top portion, the top portion of the front blister being substantially adjacent to the header when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another, and further wherein the package is further comprised of the top portion of the front blister having a pocket formed therein to receive and display therein at least a portion of advertising material that extends from this pocket into the header portion when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another.

6. The package of claim 5, wherein the advertising material is folded in the header portion and the advertising material extends downwardly into the rear blister.

7. A package for the display of batteries comprising a housing formed by a front blister and a rear blister and having a substantially diagonal seam formed therebetween for joining the front and rear blisters to one another, the housing sized to receive therein at least two lower batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement and at least two upper batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement on top of the lower batteries, and a header formed with the front blister and the rear blister of the housing and extending upwardly therefrom, such that the package may be hung being supported by the header and further such that packages may be stacked vertically by inverting one package over the other, so that the headers are oriented along the respective fronts of the vertically adjacent packages;

and

wherein the front and rear blisters have respective opposite side walls and further wherein the package further comprises one of the side walls of the front and rear blisters having respective mating pockets formed therein, such that when the blisters are joined to one another, a single pocket is formed for receiving therein the positive terminals of each battery, whereby proper orientation of all the batteries disposed in the package is assured, so that said batteries are fitted in a minimal space, and further so that the batteries may be easily read and viewed when in the package.

8. The package of claim 7, wherein the pockets are formed in the one of the side walls of the front and rear blisters, so that when the blisters are joined to one another, the single enlarged pocket formed is located approximately half in the front blister and approximately half in the rear blister.

16. A package for the display of batteries comprising a housing formed by a front blister and a rear blister and having a substantially diagonal seam formed therebetween for joining the front and rear blisters to one another, the housing sized to receive therein at least two lower batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement and at least two upper batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement on top of the lower batteries, and a header integrally formed with the housing and extending upwardly therefrom, such that the package may be hung being supported by the header, and further such that the packages may be stacked vertically by inverting one package over the other, so that the headers are oriented along the respective fronts of the vertically adjacent packages, and wherein the front blister has a top portion, the top portion of the front blister being substantially adjacent to the header when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another, and further wherein the package is further comprised of the top portion of the front blister having a pocket formed therein to receive and display therein at least a portion of advertising material that extends from this pocket into the header portion when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another.

17. A package for the display of batteries comprising a housing formed by a front blister and a rear blister and having a substantially diagonal seam formed therebetween for joining the front and rear blisters to one another, the housing sized to receive therein at least, two lower batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement and at least two upper batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement on top of the lower batteries, a header integrally formed with the housing and extending upwardly therefrom, such that the package may be hung being supported by the header and further such that packages may be stacked vertically by inverting one package over the other, so that the headers are oriented along the respective fronts of the vertically adjacent packages, and wherein the front and rear blisters have respective opposite side walls and further wherein the package further comprises one of the side walls of the front and rear blisters having respective mating pockets formed therein, such that when the blisters are joined to one another, a single enlarged pocket is formed for receiving therein the positive terminals of each battery, whereby proper orientation of all the batteries disposed in the package is assured, so that said batteries are fitted in a minimal space, and further so that the batteries may be easily read and viewed when in the package.

18. A package for the display of batteries comprising a housing formed by a front blister and a rear blister and having a substantially diagonal seam formed therebetween for joining the front and rear blisters to one another, the housing sized to receive therein at least two lower batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement and at least two upper batteries disposed substantially horizontally therein in a side-by-side arrangement on top of the lower batteries, a header integrally formed with the housing and extending upwardly therefrom, such that the package may be hung being supported by the header and further such that packages may be stacked vertically by inverting one package over the other, so that the headers are oriented along the respective fronts of the vertically adjacent packages, wherein the header is formed from a back layer that is joined to the rear blister and from a front layer joined to the front blister, the two layers of the header being joined to one another having a slit formed therebetween, so that a user may insert a finger into the slit and grasp one of the layers of the package separating the layers and opening the package;

and wherein the front blister has a top portion, the top portion being substantially adjacent to the header when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another, the top portion of the front blister having a pocket formed therein to receive and display at least a portion of advertising material that extends from this pocket into the header between the front and back layers thereof when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another.

19. A package for the display of batteries comprising a housing formed by a front blister and a rear blister and having a substantially diagonal seam formed therebetween for joining the front and rear blisters to one another, the housing sized to receive therein at least two lower batteries disposed be stacked vertically by inverting one package over the other, so that the headers are oriented along the respective fronts of the vertically adjacent packages;

wherein the front blister has a top portion, the top portion of the front blister being substantially adjacent to the header when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another, and further wherein the package is further comprised of the top portion of the front blister having a pocket formed therein to receive and display therein at least a portion of advertising material that extends from this pocket into the header portion when the front and rear blisters are joined to one another; and

wherein the front and rear blisters have respective opposite side walls and further wherein the package further comprises one of the side walls of the front and rear blisters having respective mating pockets formed therein, such that when the blisters are joined to one another, a single enlarged pocket is formed for receiving therein the positive terminals of each battery, whereby proper orientation of all the batteries disposed in the package is assured, so that said batteries are fitted in a minimal space, and further so that the batteries may be easily read and viewed when in the package.