ES2846499T3 - Handy flap blister pack - Google Patents

Abstract

A sample blister card package (1) comprising: a card (5) comprising a front sheet (10) having a front outer face (15) and a front inner face (20) and a back sheet (25) having a rear outer face (30) and a rear inner face (35), wherein at least a part of said rear inner face (35) is fixed to said front inner face (20); and a unitary blister pack (40) mounted between said front inner face (20) and said back inner face (35) and comprising a plurality of blister parts (45) for containing an item to be displayed and a tear film sheet ( 50) covering said plurality of blister parts (45); wherein said back sheet (25) comprises one or more openings (55) that allow said plurality of blister parts (45) to protrude through said back outer face (30) of said card (5) and said front sheet ( 10) comprises a manageable flap (60) having an open position and a closed position, wherein in said open position said manageable flap (60) allows access to the part of said tear film sheet (50) that covers said plurality of blister parts (45), wherein said operable flap (60) comprises a flange (70) which is operative to releasably hold said operable flap (60) over the portion of said tear-off film sheet (50) that covers said plurality of blister parts (45), and wherein in said closed position, said flange (70) is in frictional contact with the edges (41, 42) of the backsheet (25), thereby maintaining said flap manageable (60) in said closed position.

Description

DESCRIPTION

Handy flap blister pack

Background of the invention

Blister card sample containers are commonly used in retail marketing to contain and display small items. Such packages often include a cardboard card on which the name of the product and other information is printed and a plastic blister pack containing the item secured on the card. In addition, a hole is often placed at the top of the cards so that the package can be hung from an extended peg of a dash display.

Blister packs are also often used to hold several small items, such as tablets, each contained in a separate blister part. See, for example, US Patent 7,866,476. However, such a package requires a substantial amount of cardboard to protect the tear film portion that covers the unused blister portions when not in use, making the packages thick and bulky.

US 2009 / 0288978A1 discloses a child-resistant blister card in a protective envelope. A weakened area on the front panel of the envelope can be pressed to release a tear tab on the back panel. Once released, the tear tab can be torn from the rear panel to expose the blister card support sheet.

US 2008/0060968 A1 discloses a drug card that has a tamper evident serrated tab on the back.

WO 2013/038008 A1 discloses a blister pack dispensing container having a middle panel that provides a cavity to accommodate a blister pack, and first and second hinged side panels on opposite sides of the middle panel.

CA 2,212,112 A1 discloses a container for storing and displaying a product contained in a blister pack.

The present invention relates to an improved blister card sample package containing a plurality of blister parts including a manageable flap that allows access to the tear film sheet covering the blister parts.

Summary of the invention

In one aspect, the present invention features a blister card sample package that includes a card containing a front sheet having a front outer face and a front inner face and a back sheet having a back outer face and a back inner face. , wherein at least a part of the rear inner face is fixed to the front inner face; and a unitary blister pack mounted between the front inner face and the back inner face and containing a plurality of blister parts for containing an item to be displayed and a tear film sheet covering the plurality of blister parts; wherein the backsheet contains one or more openings that allow the plurality of blister parts to protrude through the rear outer face of the card and the front sheet contains a manageable flap to allow access to the part of the film sheet. frangible covering the plurality of blister parts, and wherein said operable flap comprises a operable tab to releasably hold said operable flap on the portion of said tear film sheet covering said plurality of blister portions.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the detailed description of the invention and the claims.

Brief description of the figures

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the blister card display package 1 showing the card 5 and the unit blister pack 40 prior to mounting the unit blister pack 40 on the card 5.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the blister card display package 1 showing blister portions 45 projecting through the backsheet 25.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the blister card display package 1 showing the operable flap 60 in the closed position.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the blister card display package 1 showing the operable flap 60 in the open position.

Detailed description of the invention

As discussed above, the present invention features a blister card display package. As shown in Fig. 1, the blister card display package 1 includes a card 5 and a unit blister pack 40. The card 5 can be made of a variety of materials, such as cardboard or a rigid or semi-rigid plastic sheet. . Card 5 can desirably be made of recyclable material.

The card 5 has both a front sheet 10 (having a front outer face 15 and a front inner face 20) and a back sheet 25 (having a rear outer face 30 and a rear inner face 35). In one embodiment as shown in Fig. 1, card 5 is made of a unitary sheet that can be folded along fold 6 to form front sheet 10 and back sheet 25. In another embodiment (not shown), the front sheet and the back sheet are separate sheets that may or may not be made of the same material.

As shown in Fig. 2, to assemble a unitary blister pack 40, at least a portion of the inner back face 35 of the backsheet 25 is attached to the front inner face 20 of the front sheet 10. The backsheet 25 can be attached to the front sheet 10 by the use of heat sealing, adhesive seals (such as heat activated adhesives or solvents such as glues), RF or sonic seals, or any other suitable means. The materials of the front sheet 10 and the back sheet 25 can be pre-treated to facilitate the sealing of said materials to each other. The backsheet 25 may be attached to the frontsheet 10 next to one or more of the edges 31, 32, 33 and 34.

As mentioned above, the blister card display package 1 includes a unit blister pack 40. The unit blister pack 40 contains a plurality of blister parts 45 to contain the item to be displayed on the blister card display package 40. The unit blister pack 40 may include at least four blister parts 45, such as at least eight four blister parts 45, such as at least ten blister parts 45.

Unit blister pack 40 and / or blister parts 45 can be made into a variety of shapes and sizes based on the shape, size and friability of the articles to be contained therein. The unit blister pack 40 and / or the blister parts 45 may also be made from a variety of suitable materials to be able to contain and protect the articles to be contained therein. The blister parts can be made of a transparent plastic material to allow the articles to be seen through the blister parts 45. Said plastic material can be transparent or colored. Unit blister pack 40 can be manufactured by various means known in the art, including thermoforming and injection molding techniques. The unit blister pack 40 can be made of a rigid or semi-rigid material. Suitable materials include, but are not limited to, plastic materials such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polychlorotrifluoroethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, cyclic olefin copolymer, ethylene vinyl alcohol, high-density polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylidene chloride, chlorinated fluorinated resin. , fluoropolymer, and blends and laminates thereof. It is desirable that the unit blister pack 40 is made of recyclable material.

The unit blister pack 40 also contains a tear film sheet 50 that covers each of the plurality of blister parts 45. The tear film sheet 50 retains the item within the blister part 45, but allows the user to intentionally remove the article of a blister part 45 by breaking the part of the tear film sheet 50 covering said blister part (such parts shown within areas 51 in Fig. 4). The tear film sheet 50 may include features or materials such as a heat sealable layer, aluminum foil, adhesive / tie layers, primer, polyester, paper, metallized film, polyethylene, printing ink, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, biaxially oriented polypropylene , ethylene vinyl alcohol, and combinations thereof. The tear film sheet 50 can be a laminate of a thin metal sheet, such as aluminum foil and paper. The sheet side of the laminate faces the article contained in the blister portion 45 and the paper side serves as an additional area for adding writing or instructions to the user. The user can break the tear film by pushing the article through the part of the film above the blister part, peeling or breaking said part of the film, which may or may not be perforated or pre-cut, to expose the article, or by other similar means. The tear film sheet 50 is desirably made of recyclable material.

The tear film sheet 50 can be attached to a unit blister pack 40 by using heat sealing, adhesive seals (such as heat activated adhesives or solvents such as glues), RF or sonic seals, or any other suitable means. The materials of the tear film sheet 50 and the unit blister pack 40 may be pretreated to facilitate the sealing of such materials to each other.

As shown in Fig. 2, the unit blister pack 40 is mounted between the front inner face 20 of the front sheet 10 and the back inner face 35 of the back sheet 25. As shown in Fig. 1, the sheet The back 25 contains blister openings 55 that allow the plurality of blister portions 45 to protrude through the rear outer face 15 of the backsheet 25. In one embodiment, as shown in Fig. 2, there is a blister opening for each blister part. Such an arrangement also helps to maintain the unit blister pack 40 mounted between front sheet 10 and back sheet 25. In another embodiment (not shown), multiple blister portions protrude through a single blister opening.

As shown in Fig. 3, front sheet 10 contains a manageable flap 60 that allows access to the portion of the tear film sheet 50 that covers the plurality of blister parts 45. Fig. 3 depicts the manageable flap 60 in a closed position, covering the portion of the tear film sheet 50 that covers the plurality of blister portions 45. The flap 60 can be opened initially by breaking the perforations in the flap 61 and folding the operable flap 60 along the fold of flap 62. Fig. 4 depicts the operable flap 60 in an open position, exposing the portion of the tear film sheet 50 that covers the plurality of blister parts 45 (such parts depicted within areas 51 in Fig. . 4). By exposing the tear film sheet 50, the user of the package can puncture the portion of the tear film sheet 50 that covers a blister portion 45 and remove the item contained therein. The operable flap 60 can then return to the closed position covering the part of the tear film sheet 50 that covers the remainder of the blister parts 45 that still contain articles.

The operable flap 60 also provides visibility to a portion of the front inner face 20 of the frontsheet 10 when the operable flap 60 is in the open position. Both the outer face of the operable flap 60 and the inner face of the operable flap 60 can contain writing.

Faceplate 10 may contain a single operable flap 60 which allows access to the portion of tear film sheet 50 that covers the entire plurality of blister parts 45. Alternatively, facesheet 10 may contain a plurality of operable flaps 60 each of which allows access to only a portion of the tear film sheet 50 that covers only a portion of the plurality of blister portions 45.

The operable flap 60 contains a operable tab 70 to releasably hold the operable flap 60 on the portion of the tear film sheet 50 that covers the plurality of blister parts 45. When the operable flap 60 is in the closed position , the flange 70 may frictionally contact the edges 41 and 42 of the backsheet 25, thereby maintaining the operable flap 60 in the closed position.

The card 5 may comprise one or more sets of perforations 75 between a removable portion of the card that is not in contact with the unit blister pack and the portion of the card that is in contact with the unit blister pack. Such perforations allow the user, once he has purchased the blister card presentation package 1, to remove a part of the card 5, thereby reducing the size of the blister card presentation package.

The card may contain an opening 80 for hanging the blister card display package from a support device, such as an extended pin of a pegboard indicator. The removable part of the card may contain said opening for hanging the package from a support device.

It is understood that although the invention has been described in conjunction with the detailed description thereof, the foregoing description is intended to illustrate and not limit the scope of the invention, which is defined by the scope of the appended claims. Other aspects, advantages and modifications are within the claims.

Claims (8)

1. A sample pack of blister cards (1) comprising: a card (5) comprising a front sheet (10) having a front outer face (15) and a front inner face (20) and a back sheet (25) having a rear outer face (30) and an inner face rear (35), wherein at least a part of said rear inner face (35) is fixed to said front inner face (20); Y a unitary blister pack (40) mounted between said front inner face (20) and said back inner face (35) and comprising a plurality of blister parts (45) for containing an item to be displayed and a tear film sheet (50 ) covering said plurality of blister parts (45); wherein said back sheet (25) comprises one or more openings (55) that allow said plurality of blister parts (45) to protrude through said back outer face (30) of said card (5) and said front sheet ( 10) comprises a manageable flap (60) having an open position and a closed position, wherein in said open position said manageable flap (60) allows access to the part of said tear film sheet (50) that covers said plurality for blister parts (45), wherein said operable flap (60) comprises a flange (70) that is operative to releasably hold said operable flap (60) on the portion of said tear film sheet (50) covering said plurality of blister portions (45 ), Y wherein in said closed position, said flange (70) is in frictional contact with the edges (41, 42) of the backsheet (25), thereby maintaining said operable flap (60) in said closed position. The blister card sample package (1) of claim 1, wherein said card (5) is comprised of a unitary sheet folded to form said front sheet (10) and said back sheet (25). The blister card sample package (1) of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein said unit blister package (40) comprises at least four blister parts (45). The blister card sample package (1) of any preceding claim, wherein both the outer face of said operable flap (60) and the inner face of said operable flap (60) contain writing. A sample blister card package (1) of any preceding claim, wherein said plurality of blister portions (45) are formed of a transparent plastic material. The blister card sample package (1) of any preceding claim, wherein said card (5) comprises perforations (61) between a removable portion of the card (5) that is not in contact with said unit blister package ( 40) and the part of the card (5) that is in contact with said unit blister pack (40). The blister card sample package (1) of any preceding claim, wherein said card (5) comprises an opening (80) for hanging the package from a support device. The blister card sample package (1) of claim 6, wherein said removable portion of said card (5) comprises an opening (80) for hanging the package from a support device.