Patent ID: 7690511

Claim:
A child-resistant blister packaging comprising: a cover sheet having at least one aperture, said aperture having a first end and a second end, a backing card having at least one exit port, and a blister laminate arranged between said cover sheet and said backing card, wherein said exit port is in registry with said second end of said aperture, said blister laminate comprising a blister sheet and a rupturable layer, wherein said blister sheet has a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface having at least one blister containing a pill-receiving cavity integrally formed therein and projecting from said top surface and through said first end of said aperture, and wherein said rupturable layer is laminated onto said bottom surface of said blister sheet, said rupturable layer extending over and sealingly closing said pill-receiving cavity, said blister laminate further comprising at least one carrier tab, at least one separable connection means, and at least one deformation gap adjacent to said carrier tab, said carrier tab being integrally connected to a deformation neck and said carrier tab having a perimeter wherein said blister resides within said perimeter, wherein said carrier tab is held stationary by said at least one separable connection means and said blister is not in registry with said exit port, and upon severing said at least one separable connection means, said carrier tab and blister is movable and said blister is guided by said aperture and said deformation neck from said first end of said aperture to said second end of said aperture to align in registry with said exit port.