Patent ID: 8857659

Claim:
A button cell battery dispensing package 10 comprising a display card comprising a first panel 12 and a second panel 30 , a cover 50 comprising a peripheral flange 60 and a central area, and a plurality of button cell batteries 70 ; wherein: the first panel 12 of the display card has a front surface, a rear surface, and an inside edge defining an opening therethrough; the second panel 30 of the display card has a rear surface, a front surface facing the rear surface of the first panel, and a battery access opening therethrough; the cover 50 has a front surface, a rear surface, a plurality of equally spaced blisters protruding from the front surface thereof, and a plurality of cavities in the rear surface thereof corresponding to the blisters protruding from the front surface of the cover; the batteries 70 are disposed in the cavities in the cover; the cover 50 is rotatably disposed with its peripheral flange 60 between the first and second panels and with at least portions of the blisters protruding through the opening in the first panel; the cover has at least one projection 52 from its rear surface; the second panel of the display card has a plurality of equally spaced cutouts 48 therethrough, the cutouts 48 corresponding to the cavities in the cover such that the at least one projection from the rear surface of the cover will project into a cutout when a cavity is positioned adjacent to the battery access opening to prevent free rotation of the cover in at least one direction.