Patent ID: 8079475

Claim:
A blister package for retaining individual products, the package comprising: an outer laminate, and a receptacle substrate, the receptacle substrate having a planer sealing flange and at least one retaining receptacle hollow formed to retain product therein, the outer laminate comprising a first layer having a score pattern thereon for promoting propagation of a tear in the outer laminate upon forcing the product from the receptacle hollow against the outer laminate, and a sealing layer positioned between the first layer and the receptacle substrate, the sealing layer bonded on one side to the receptacle substrate flange and covering the receptacle hollow, and the sealing layer bonded to the first layer on the opposite side of the sealing layer from the flange substrate and receptacle hollow, and wherein the score pattern extends substantially across the portion of the outer laminate covering the receptacle hollow of the receptacle substrate, the score pattern having a plurality of spaced curved score lines forming a repeating pattern with the ends of each of the score lines positioned in a crosswise direction to the body of an adjacent line, and wherein the score pattern is defined by a plurality of aligned rows with the score lines within each of the rows having an alternating pattern, such that each score line is oriented in an alternating crosswise angle with respect to the direction of each adjacent score line in the row.