Patent ID: 7704583

Claim:
A blister pack comprising an embossed blister having indicia thereon and structured to mold said indicia onto a solid dosage form formed within said embossed blister, wherein said blister comprises a laminated film with a blister base film thickness greater than a blister side wall thickness, said blister base being the surface upon which the indicia is formed, and wherein said blister is formed by advancing a pin having a face with an indicia thereon in a transverse direction relative to the film plane toward and into engagement with a platen bearing an indicia-forming die thereon and located on the opposite side of said film having an initial uniform thickness, said advancing movement of the pin controllably stretching the film at the base of the blister and said pin face comprising at least two contiguous frusto-conical portions adjacent or proximal to the pin face having different apex angles relative to the pin face.