Patent ID: 9138378
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: A61J,B65B,B65D

Abstract:
1. A blister package for retaining individual products, the package comprising: a receptacle substrate, the receptacle substrate having a sealing flange and at least one receptacle hollow having an open top end and formed to retain product therein, the sealing flange surrounding the open top end of the at least one receptacle hollow, and a continuous top layer covering the open top end of the at least one receptacle hollow, a portion of the top layer overlapping the sealing flange, the top layer consisting essentially of a flexible polymer film, the top layer having an upper surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface of the top layer sealed to the sealing flange of the receptacle substrate, and a score pattern formed in at least one surface of the top layer, the score pattern formed for promoting propagation of multiple tears in the top layer upon forcing product from the receptacle hollow against the bottom surface of the top layer, the score pattern extending across and aligned with the portion of the top layer covering the at least one receptacle hollow, the score pattern defined by