Patent ID: 8191711

Claim:
A blister package comprising: a unitary blister sheet defining a plurality of unit package regions, each unit package region including a recess having an open top and a flange surrounding the recess; and a unitary sheet of lidding material peelably sealed to the flange, wherein (i) said blister sheet and said sheet of lidding material further define unsealed areas for facilitating peeling of said lidding material from said blister sheet, (ii) each said unsealed area being disposed apart from a border of a respective unit package region, (iii) each said unsealed area covered by the lidding material wherein the lidding material over each unsealed area consists of a straight line of weakness that does not extend to the edges of the unit package region, and wherein bending the straight line of weakness breaks the lidding material and leaves the blister sheet intact, and (iv) each said unsealed area is directly accessible by a user upon the bending of at least a portion of said blister sheet and said sheet of lidding material along an axis that extends along the straight line of weakness in the lidding material.