Patent ID: 6726611
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: B31B,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a blister package, comprising the steps of:producing a rigid blister defining a pocket and a nonplanar flange having a nonplanar first shape; producing a rigid planar backing including a peripheral portion; placing the blister in a die defining a die opening and having a shape corresponding to the nonplanar first shape, whereby the flange of the blister is supported by the die; placing the backing atop the blister and aligned with the flange; closing a press onto the die and backing, the press having a shape corresponding to the first shape causing at least the peripheral portion of the backing to conform to the first shape so that the backing is reconfigured from being planar to having at least a peripheral portion having the nonplanar first shape; and intersecuring the flange of the blister and the peripheral portion of the backing.