Patent ID: 9701449
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B65D

Claim:
1. A blister pack for packaging batteries, comprising: a plurality of batteries; a blister card comprising a first portion and a retention member, wherein the blister card is fabricated from a paperboard material; and a blister retained on the blister card, the blister comprising a body defining a compartment for retaining the batteries therein, wherein the compartment has a mouth defined by the body, said blister being slidable relative to the blister card between a closed position in which the mouth is substantially covered so that the batteries are inaccessible and an opened position in which the mouth is exposed below the first portion so that at least one battery is accessible for removal through the mouth, wherein the blister further comprises a stop for stopping the blister in the opened position and inhibiting the blister from separating from the first portion of the blister card upon sliding movement of the blister to the opened position; wherein in a first configuration, the retention member is attached to the first portion of the blister card so that the blister is retained on the blister card against slidable movement from the closed position to the opened position; wherein in a second configuration, the retention member is permanently removed from the first portion of the blister card so that the blister is slidable relative to the first portion of the blister card to the opened position; and wherein the blister card includes at least one line of weakness separating the first portion of the blister card and the retention member along which the retention member is tearable away from the first portion of the blister card to permanently remove the retention member from the first portion of the blister card to define the second configuration of the retention member.