Medical specimen slide mailer with improved specimen protection
First Claim
1. A mailer for medical specimen slides comprising:
- a sheet of relatively stiff material cut, scored and folded to make a base and a cover joined along a hinge line for movement between an open and a closed position, said base including a double thickness of said sheet material, one thickness in said base being cut to define a slide holding well sized to closely receive a medical specimen slide, said cover also having a double thickness including an inner thickness and an outer thickness of said sheet material, one thickness in said cover being cut to define a clearance recess overlying said holding well in said closed position, said recess being sized and shaped to avoid contact of said cover with a specimen bearing portion of said specimen slide, and means for restraining said slide in said holding well and out of said recess in said closed position.
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Abstract
A mailer for medical specimen slides is made of a sheet of relatively stiff material cut, scored and folded to make a base and a cover each having a double thickness of the sheet material and joined along a hinge line. One thickness in the base is cut to define a slide holding well for holding a specimen slide, and one thickness in the cover is cut to define a clearance recess overlying the holding well in a closed condition of the mailer to avoid contact between the cover and a specimen bearing portion of the specimen slide. Preferably the cover is also cut to define a window opening positioned for exposing to view an end portion of the holding well corresponding to a frosted end portion of the specimen slide in the well.
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13 Claims
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1. A mailer for medical specimen slides comprising:
- a sheet of relatively stiff material cut, scored and folded to make a base and a cover joined along a hinge line for movement between an open and a closed position, said base including a double thickness of said sheet material, one thickness in said base being cut to define a slide holding well sized to closely receive a medical specimen slide, said cover also having a double thickness including an inner thickness and an outer thickness of said sheet material, one thickness in said cover being cut to define a clearance recess overlying said holding well in said closed position, said recess being sized and shaped to avoid contact of said cover with a specimen bearing portion of said specimen slide, and means for restraining said slide in said holding well and out of said recess in said closed position.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mailer for medical specimen slides comprising:
a sheet of relatively stiff material cut, scored and folded to make a base and a cover joined along a hinge line for movement between an open and a closed position, said base and said cover each having a double thickness of said sheet material including an inner thickness and an outer thickness, the inner thickness in said base being cut to define one or more holding wells each sized to closely receive a medical specimen slide, the inner thickness in said cover having one or more relief cut-outs defining a clearance recess overlying each said holding wells in said closed position, said recess being sized and shaped to avoid contact of said cover with a specimen bearing portion of a said specimen slide, and restraining means integral with said inner thickness of said cover portion overlying each said one or more holding wells for restraining said slide in each said holding well and out of said recess in said closed position. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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