Patent ID: 8007883

Claim:
A container comprising: a transparent, cylindrical container wall which includes and extends between a container neck and a container bottom; and a jacket comprising a first half shell and a second half shell which are each preformed from a thin film material with an inner surface extending between a first edge and a spaced apart second edge, each inner surface corresponding to a shape of the container wall, including the container bottom and the container neck, the first and second half shells being hingedly connected together along a generatrix, wherein the generatrix defines a line along which the first edge of the first half shell and the first edge of the second half shell are maintained in direct contact, the jacket being hingeable about the generatrix between an open position in which the second edge of the first half shell is spaced apart from the second edge of the second half shell, and a closed position in which the second edge of the first half shell is adjacent to or in direct contact with the second edge of the second half shell, the first and second half shells retaining their respective three-dimensional shapes when the jacket is in the open and closed positions, the jacket covering the entire container wall in the closed position, including at least a portion of the container neck and at least a portion of the container bottom, the container containing a liquid or freeze-dried galenic formulation wherein the jacket is comprised of a material that has a transparency that allows a determination to be made as to whether solid particles or a liquid or a liquid with still undissolved particles are disposed within the container while preventing the actual colour of the contents to be determined when viewing the contents through the jacket.