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Apparatus for dispensing moisture-sensitive unit dose packages

  • US 5,328,082 A
  • Filed: 05/05/1993
  • Issued: 07/12/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A dispenser and container for moisture-sensitive packages, comprising:

  • (a) front, rear and side container walls interconnected along parallel fold liens and defining an open ended enclosure, there being a total of at least three container walls;

    (b) flap elements forming a closure for an upper end and a lower end of said open ended enclosure, thereby forming an enclosed volume;

    (c) a drawer structure, the drawer structure being elevated above the lower end of the container, the drawer structure including an inclined ramp, the entire ramp being spaced above a bottom surface of the container, the ramp being integral with and pivotable with respect to a front drawer wall of the drawer structure;

    (d) an aperture, the aperture being formed within the front wall of the container, the aperture being located adjacent to the drawer structure and a lower portion of the ramp; and

    (e) an aperture cover, the aperture cover being defined by a transverse score line in the front wall of the container, such that the aperture cover is foldable relative to the front wall by folding the cover along the transverse score line, the cover being capable of substantially obstructing the aperture.

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