Patent ID: 8066122

Claim:
A child-resistant package comprising a case including a base, a lid, a hinge coupled to the base and lid to support the lid for movement relative to the base from a closed position on the base to an opened position away from the base, and a first pivot post coupled to the base and lying under the lid upon movement of the lid to the closed position, a first blister card supported on the first pivot post for pivotable movement about a first card pivot axis between a stored position inside an interior region between the lid and the base upon movement of the lid to the closed position and an exposed position extending outside of the interior region while the lid remains in the closed position, the first blister card including a first retention aperture, and a card-pivot controller mounted on the lid for movement relative to the lid and to the first blister card, wherein the card-pivot controller includes a first card retainer arranged to extend into the first retention aperture in the first blister card while the first blister card lies in the stored position in the interior region of the case to block pivoting movement of the first blister card about the first card pivot axis toward the exposed position and a retainer mover coupled to the first card retainer for movement relative to the lid to move the first card retainer relative to the lid to withdraw the first card retainer from the first retention aperture formed in the first blister card to free the first blister card to pivot about the first card pivot axis and move toward the exposed position while the lid remains in the closed position, wherein the case further includes a second pivot post coupled to the base and arranged to lie under the lid upon movement of the lid to the closed position and in spaced-apart relation to the first pivot post, and further comprising a second blister card supported on the second pivot post for pivotable movement about a second card pivot axis between a stored position inside the interior region and an exposed position extending outside of the interior region, and wherein the second blister card includes a first retention aperture that is aligned to communicate with the first retention aperture in the first blister card when each of the first and second blister cards is moved to assume the stored position in the case and the first card retainer extends into the first retention apertures in each of the first and second blister cards while the first and second blister cards lie in the stored position in the interior region of the case to block pivoting movement of the first blister card about the first card pivot axis and to block pivoting movement of the second blister card about the second card pivot axis.