Patent ID: 6484875
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
A packaging assembly comprising:a rear panel including a rear central portion with a top rear surface, a bottom rear surface and a skirt, and a rear peripheral flange linearly displaced from said central portion by said skirt; a front panel including a front central portion with a top front surface, a bottom front surface and a skirt, and a front peripheral flange linearly displaced from said central portion by said skirt, said front panel nesting with said rear panel; a pocket being defined when said front and rear panels are nested with each other, wherein said linear displacement between said front central portion and said front peripheral flange is greater than said linear displacement between said rear central portion and said rear peripheral flange, said pocket having a thickness; a blister on said front panel having a product therein; an insert in said pocket, said insert sized and configured to exert a biasing force in the direction of the product against at least said front panel to confine and retain the product within said blister; wherein said front panel defines a plane, said blister projects from said plane, said insert linearly spanning a gap in said plane and extends in a generally perpendicular direction to said plane the entire thickness of said pocket to retain said product in said blister.