Patent ID: 7845495

Claim:
A product packaging system with a lock release, comprising: an outer sleeve; a movable insert selected from the group consisting of a movable tray, a slide card, and a package that fits within the outer sleeve comprising a product, the insert having an inaccessible position that prevents user access to the product, and an accessible position that allows user access to the product; a locking mechanism on the outer sleeve comprising a motion inhibiting portion that engages the movable insert to maintain the inaccessible position; an unlocking mechanism having a breaking portion that breaks the engagement of the inhibiting portion of the locking mechanism permitting the movable insert to move to the accessible position; the locking mechanism comprises cutouts on an interior surface of said outer sleeve; the movable insert comprises protrusions that engage the cutouts in an interference manner; and the unlocking mechanism breaking portion movable in sliding contact with the interior surface of said outer sleeve to between said cutouts and said protrusions to disengage the protrusions from the cutouts, wherein the unlocking mechanism is an access card, comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface; and a front edge, the front edge serving to initially contact and break the engagement and the top surface and bottom surface serving to keep the engagement broken as long as the unlocking mechanism is in contact with the locking mechanism.