Patent ID: 8479921

Claim:
A child resistant package comprising: a tray having a plurality of spaced apart cavities formed therein, each of the cavities having at least one sidewall defining a compartment for receiving a product therein; a polymeric sheet material overlying said tray such that a product disposed in each of the compartments is enclosed therein, wherein each region of the sheet material overlying an individual compartment includes a discrete zone of weakening having a plurality of microperforations, the density of the microperforations in the zone of weakening being from about 100 to 400 microperforations per cm 2 , and a puncture and/or tear resistant zone that is free of microperforations, wherein said zone of weakening is positioned adjacent to at least one sidewall of each of the said individual compartments, and wherein each of the puncture and/or tear resistant zones of the sheet material are bite resistant and resistant to being ruptured by a child and access to an individual compartment is obtainable by applying pressure to the zone of weakening overlying the individual compartments so as to rupture the sheet material in the zone of weakening and thereby create an opening through which a product can be removed from a thus opened individual compartment.