Patent ID: 8091708

Claim:
A child resistant product package, comprising: a face panel including blister apertures and removable tab strip access pads; a blister pack having blisters each holding a product therein, the blister pack being disposed on the face panel such that the blisters are received in the blister apertures respectively to extend through the face panel; a tab strip insert having removable tab strips each including a grasping region and a product access prevention region, the tab strip insert being disposed on the blister pack such that the grasping regions of the tab strips are substantially aligned with the tab strip access pads of the face panel respectively and such that the product access prevention regions of the tab strips are substantially aligned with the blisters of the blister pack respectively; and a back panel including product access apertures and removable tab strip grasping pads, the back panel being disposed on the tab strip insert such that the product access apertures are substantially aligned with the product access prevention regions of the tabs strips respectively and such that the tab strip grasping pads are substantially aligned with the grasping regions of the tabs strips respectively, wherein the face panel and the back panel are fastened together such that the face panel and the back panel collectively form a housing for the tab strip insert and the blister package, wherein each of the tab strips is joined to a respective one of the tab strip access pads and a respective one of the tab strip grasping pads whereby the tab strips may be removed from the tab strip insert one at a time when the respective one of the tab strip access pads and the respective one of the tab strip grasping pads are removed from the face panel and the back panel respectively, and wherein the tab strip access pads are disposed in a row, the face panel further including a bending panel portion extending alongside the row of the tab strip access pads, each of the tab strip access pads being separated from the bending panel portion by a cut line, the cut lines defining end edges of the tab strip access pads respectively, the bending panel portion being connected to the face panel along a bending line for bending movement about the bending line with respect to the face panel, and the bending line is interrupted by the tab strip access pads so that the end edges of the tab strip access pads are exposed for easy access thereto upon bending movement of the bending panel portion without removal of the bending panel portion.