Patent ID: 6023916
Filing Date: 2000-02-15
Classification: A61J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A kit for the manufacture of a set of individual pill containers, said kit comprising:a container-defining sheet made of a plastic material, said container-defining sheet having a top surface comprising a given number of evenly spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of said cavities being upwardly opened and thus defining a container, each of said containers being surrounded by a flange of a given width provided with a central dotted line punched therein, said dotted lines provided in all of said flanges making it possible to detach each of the containers from the container-defining sheet and from the adjacent containers;a recessed support having a top surface provided with a number of recesses at least equal to the number of cavities embossed in the container-defining sheet, said recesses being positioned, shaped and sized to receive the containers defined by said cavities embossed in the container-defining sheet;a container-sealing sheet shaped and sized to cover at least all the containers and surrounding flanges of the container-defining sheet, said container-sealing sheet being provided with tearing lines making it possible to tear said container-sealing sheet into a number of cover pieces corresponding to the number of said containers; andpositioning means provided onto at least the top surface of the container-defining sheet and on the container-sealing sheet to ensure that, in use, after the container-defining sheet is fitted onto the recessed support, the container-sealing sheet is properly positioned on top of the top surface of the container-defining sheet with the tearing lines in exact superposition on top of the dotted lines of the container-defining sheet;wherein the recesses of the recessed supports and the cavities of the container-defining sheet are positioned to form regularly spaced apart rows and columns; andwherein the positioning means comprises at least one upwardly projecting protuberance provided on the top surface of the recessed support, at least one hole provided into the container-defining sheet and at least one other hole provided in the container-sealing sheet, said at least one hole and one other hole being sized and positioned to correspond to and be engaged by said protuberance.