Patent ID: 6848580
Filing Date: 2005-02-01
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A simultaneous stop and alignment feature of a package having an outer sleeve containing blister packaging with at least one blister pocket receiving aperture that retains a corresponding at least one blister containing an article therein and at least one exit aperture corresponding to the at least one blister pocket receiving aperture, the package also having a slide card with at least one aligning aperture, the slide card being slidably disposed within the outer sleeve, the stop and alignment feature comprising: a stop panel disposed on an inside surface of the outer sleeve, the stop panel having a first end with a stop panel edge spaced a predetermined distance (L) from a first end of the outer sleeve; and a first flap on an outside surface of the slide card having a raised flap edge at a first end of the slide card, wherein the raised flap edge may travel across a sliding distance (M) defined by the relationship L>M≧0, wherein when the raised flap edge engages the stop panel edge, the sliding distance is defined by the relationship M=0, the slide card is prevented from further sliding within the outer sleeve, the at least one blister pocket receiving aperture and at least one exit aperture of the outer sleeve are aligned with the corresponding at least one aligning aperture of the slide card, and the article within the at least one blister is removable from the package.