Patent ID: 7331460

Claim:
A medicament package ( 10 ) for housing a medicament (M), comprising: (a) a blister portion ( 100 ) having: (i) a base layer ( 110 ) having a base layer perimeter ( 120 ), a base layer exterior surface, and a base layer interior surface ( 140 ); (ii) a blister layer ( 150 ) having a blister layer perimeter ( 160 ), a blister layer exterior surface ( 170 ), a blister layer interior surface ( 180 ), and including an article receiving blister ( 190 ), having a blister perimeter ( 196 ) and a blister height ( 198 ), formed therein, wherein the article receiving blister ( 190 ) is designed for holding the medicament (M); wherein (iii) at least five percent of the surface area of the base layer interior surface ( 140 ) is joined to the blister layer interior surface ( 180 ) thereby sealing the medicament (M) in the article receiving blister ( 190 ); (b) a blister shield ( 300 ) having a blister shield height ( 360 ), a blister shield support bearing edge ( 303 ), a blister shield top surface ( 310 ), and a blister shield bottom surface ( 320 ), wherein the blister shield ( 300 ) is formed with a blister well ( 340 ) having a well interior perimeter ( 342 ) such that the blister well ( 340 ) cooperates with the article receiving blister ( 190 ); (c) a backing substrate ( 400 ) having a backing substrate perimeter ( 401 ), a backing substrate interior surface ( 410 ), and a backing substrate exterior surface ( 420 ), wherein the backing substrate ( 400 ) is formed to have an article dispensing region ( 440 ) having an article dispensing region perimeter ( 442 ), wherein the article dispensing region ( 440 ) is configured to cooperate with the blister portion ( 100 ); and (d) wherein the blister portion ( 100 ) is located between the blister shield ( 300 ) and the backing substrate ( 400 ) such that the article receiving blister ( 190 ), the blister well ( 340 ), and the article dispensing region ( 440 ) substantially align and the blister well ( 340 ) cooperates with the article receiving blister ( 190 ) to shield, in part, the article receiving blister ( 190 ) from the application of lateral forces thereby requiring application of a substantially orthogonal force to the article receiving blister ( 190 ) to result in the medicament (M) breaking through the base layer ( 110 ), and passing out of the article dispensing region ( 440 ).