RU2802709C2 - Child-proof packaging - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: child-proof packaging.

SUBSTANCE: child-proof package (1) contains at least one known blister plate (10) having carrier film (20) and cover film (30). Carrier film (20) having at least one blister cavity (25) forms upper side (11) of blister plate (10) for accommodating packaged products (40), and cover film (30) is connected to carrier film (20) by planes and closes blister cavities (25) filled with packaged products (40), and also forms lower side (12) of blister plate (10) opposite upper side (11). On two opposite side edges (15, 16) or edge sections (17, 18) of blister plate (10), at least one substrate plate (50) is movably fixed, which in fixation position (70) flatly adjoins bottom side (12) of blister plate (10) and at the same time protects closed packaged products (40) from unintentional removal. Plate (50) of the substrate with the help of external force (90) by means of mirror compression (91, 92) of two opposite sections (5, 6) of the package reversely passes from position (70) of fixation to position (80) of extraction, moreover, during external force action (90), substrate plate (50) is located at a distance from lower side (12) of blister plate (10) to form internal space (100) of the package, and packaged product (40) by punching (35) cover film (30) can be released into inner space (100) of the package and removed from it.

EFFECT: technical result consists in ensuring the protection of the drug packaging from children, while providing convenience for the elderly as well.

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Description

The invention relates to child-proof packaging, in particular to packaging for a medicinal product, containing at least one blister plate, wherein the blister plate contains two films, one of which is made in the form of a carrier film having at least one blister cavity for placing the packaged product, in particular for housing a pharmaceutical form of the active substance, such as a tablet, and forms the upper side of the blister plate, and the other film is made in the form of a covering film with the possibility of pressing, and the covering film is at least in areas connected by surfaces to the supporting film, leaving free at least one blister cavity, and forms at least in areas opposite to the upper side the lower side of the blister plate, and the covering film also covers at least one blister cavity filled with packaged products.

A variety of packaging embodiments are already known from the prior art that are considered child-resistant and/or elderly-friendly.

According to the DIN EN 14 375 standard as of September 2016, types of pharmaceutical packaging that cannot be resealed are considered “child resistant” in Europe if at least 85% of the test group are small children in 42 to 51 months of age are unable to access more than 8 of at least 10 dosage units provided to them within 10 minutes, that is, for example, tablets, capsules or dragees. A package is considered age-friendly if, during a one-minute test, at least 90% of the test population of adults can access at least one of the dosage units.

However, in the USA, the relevant regulations, which are set out there in the Poisons Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA), are much stricter in comparison. There, in "child-resistant" packaging, children should not have access to a dose that could cause serious harm. In extreme cases, this is possible even with the removal of just one tablet or, accordingly, a dosage unit.

For example, DE 20 2004 003 781 U1 shows a child-resistant rectangular package of two films connected to each other, the flat closed area including at least one receiving space for filling material. To open and remove the filling material, such as a tablet, the receiving space is opened along a marked weakening line or by removing the outermost portion of the film.

Similarly, a container made of films, having two films connected to each other, as well as compartments for accommodating the loading material, is shown in DE 10 2004 062 864 A1, wherein at least one of the films is provided with marked locations for opening the films. The marked area is unlocked after bending the films, after which it is possible to remove the filling material from the container made of films.

A disadvantage of these known embodiments of tearable packaging is, at the very least, that films with tearable portions, which in most cases are in the form of metal foil, are expensive to produce. In addition, such opening packages also allow for the possibility of multiple dosage units being removed by young children at the same time, which is why these types of opening packages are not considered “child resistant”, at least in the United States.

In addition, so-called wallet-type packaging is already known from the prior art. For example, the patent documents DE 20 2006 007 553 U1, DE 44 29 503 C2 and EP 2 055 649 A1 show types of packaging in which blister packaging in the form of blister strips or blister plates serves as primary packaging for the packaged products and connected to secondary packaging, such as folded cardboard. Thus, to prevent accessibility to children, for example, tablets as packaged products are secured in a known manner by welding into the cavity of a blister plate or blister strip inside a folding carton or folded cardboard. For this purpose, the blister sheets can be, for example, glued to the outer secondary packaging, attached to it by heat sealing, rivets or labels or, alternatively, removably inserted into the secondary packaging. To protect against access by children, the outer secondary packaging, in most cases in the form of cardboard boxes, is designed, depending on the embodiment, in such a way that access to the blister plates located inside is difficult.

GB 2 352 231 A also shows a Wallet packaging in which the entire tablet-filled blister strip can be removed from the secondary packaging. To do this, the blister plate is pulled out of the secondary packaging through a side slot in it.

For such Wallet-type packages, it is also possible that small children may extract multiple dosage units after opening the outer carton packaging from the blister plates inside. In addition, the production of such multi-layer packaging with different packaging materials is expensive.

Blister packaging for medications such as tablets, capsules and dragees has long been known and must be attractive in appearance and safe to use. The concept of blister packaging is usually understood as transparent packaging, that is, such packaging of a product that allows the client or, accordingly, the buyer to see the packaged product.

Blister packs are widely used for packaging pharmaceutical forms of active substance, such as tablets. Such packaging is also called squeeze packaging and is usually produced in the form of strips or plates. A blister plate or blister strip usually contains two films, one of which in most cases is a carrier film made of transparent plastic. In the carrier film, individual recesses, so-called blister cavities, are formed into which the packaged products, in most cases individual dosage units of tablets, capsules or dragees, are packaged and which are sealed with a covering film, for example made of aluminum. For storing tablets, for example, deep-drawn plastic trays are used, sealed on the reverse side with an aluminum covering film.

These blister packs offer many advantages over glass or plastic bottles. They are more hygienic, depending on the film materials used, such blister packs make it possible to eliminate unwanted influences such as high humidity or dirt, and also to easily recognize the number of dosage units remaining in the package. Special blisters also allow you to create an image of a dosage plan on the packaging. For example, many birth control pills have the days of the week printed on their packaging. Thanks to this, it is possible not only to control the dose taken, but also to reliably distribute the different tablets according to the days of the menstrual cycle.

However, in addition to the primary purpose of packaging, blister packs that are “child resistant” must also be made convenient for use by older people, and the requirements of these two user groups are contradictory to each other. Because packaging that is child-resistant to protect small children may, on the other hand, pose an insurmountable obstacle for older people.

For example, so-called “push-pull” blisters are used, in which the blister packs as “child-resistant” are additionally equipped with removable (peelable) safety films. Moreover, it is first necessary to remove the removable films that prevent squeezing from the covering films before it becomes possible to squeeze out the corresponding dose from the package through the covering film. However, an elderly person often also has difficulty grasping such removable safety films and removing them.

In addition, a disadvantage of the currently known blister packs is often that the blind cannot distinguish from the blister plate which medicament is being referred to. However, this becomes a problem not only for blind or visually impaired people. In most cases, the blister plate is printed with the product name and the brand name of the drug on the sealing layer, that is, on the covering film, which in most cases is aluminum foil. When a plurality of dosage units are removed from the blister plate by pressing the covering film, the printed text with the name of the medicinal product is in most cases no longer recognizable or is only barely recognizable, thereby increasing the risk of unwanted errors.

Another disadvantage of conventional blister packs is that the dosage units are typically pressed out of the blister pack into the patient's hand or onto a substrate such as a countertop. However, one or more removed dosage units, such as tablets, may fall undesirably onto the floor, which is a problem, especially for older people. In addition, in most cases it is not possible to remove it manually in a hygienic manner. This applies in particular to people who must receive tablets at regular intervals also during their working hours and cannot wash their hands every time for this purpose. For example, we should mention here construction workers or skilled workers who, under certain circumstances, also have to remove tablets from regular medicinal packaging and touch them with contaminated hands.

Thus, the object of the present invention is to provide a child-resistant packaging, in particular a child-resistant packaging for a medicinal product, which at the same time is also convenient for the elderly and does not have the disadvantages mentioned in the prior art.

This problem is solved by child-proof packaging according to the restrictive part of claim 1 of the claims, which has the features of the distinctive part of claim 1 of the claims. Dependent claims relate to further preferred embodiments of the invention.

In a child-proof packaging according to the invention, in particular in a packaging according to the invention for a medicinal product, which contains at least one blister plate, wherein the blister plate contains two films, of which one film is made in the form of a carrier film having at least one blister a cavity for accommodating packaged products, in particular for accommodating a pharmaceutical form of the active substance, such as a tablet, and also forms the upper side of the blister plate, and the other film is made in the form of a covering film with the possibility of pressing, and the covering film is at least in sections connected by planes with carrier film, leaving at least one blister cavity free, and forms at least in areas opposite to the upper side the lower side of the blister plate, while the covering film covers at least one blister cavity filled with packaged products, and on two opposite side edges or on two opposite sections of the edge of the blister plate, at least one backing plate is movably fixed and this backing plate is designed so that in the fixed position it at least in areas lies flat against the underside of the blister plate and at the same time protects the closed packaged product from unintentional extraction, as well as from pressing the covering film, and it is possible to reversely transfer the substrate plate from the fixation position to the extraction position by external force through mirror compression of two opposite and spaced sections of the package, and in the extraction position fixed by external force, at least one substrate plate is located at a distance from the underside of the blister plate to form an internal space of the package containing at least one opening for removing the packaged product, and in the extraction position it is possible to release the packaged product by pushing the covering film into the internal space packaging, as well as its removal from the internal space of the packaging through the specified at least one hole for removing packaged products.

The carrier film of the blister plate contains one or a plurality of fold edges and/or perforations as lines of weakness for folding, folding or creasing along these predetermined edges or lines of weakness. This ensures that, practically regardless of the choice of packaging material, the reversible movement of the transition between the fixation position, in which there is no external force on the spaced sections of the package, and the extraction position, fixed during the external force, is a reciprocating movement. Depending on the design, one or a plurality of fold edges in the carrier film of the blister plate can also provide sufficient fold edge stability or bending rigidity to the packaging.

In such packaging, children are advantageously prevented from accessing the packaged product, in particular the packaged pharmaceutical form of the active substance, such as a tablet, since the packaging is designed in such a way that small children cannot reach with one hand the opposite areas of the package, which must be squeezed in a mirror image hand to move the package from the locking position to the removal position. For this purpose, the two opposing portions of the packaging that are to be compressed are preferably too far apart for the hand of a small child to do this. The packaging is designed in such a way that it is sufficiently rigid only in the extraction position, fixed by external force by mirror compression, so that in this extraction position it is possible to remove the packaged product or tablet from the blister cavity by pressing the covering film of the blister plate. Thus, in any case, simultaneous impact on the packaging with both hands is required. It is necessary to bring the package into the extraction position by compression with one hand and fix it in it to ensure that the other free hand can simultaneously push one or more units of packaged products from the corresponding blister cavities into the interior of the package.

This means that two manual operations have to be performed simultaneously, which is practically impossible for small children at the test age of 42 to 51 months according to DIN EN 14 375, based on their motor abilities and the size of their children's hands. By selecting suitable distances between pressure points on opposite parts of the package, which must be squeezed with one hand to reversely fix the removal position to allow simultaneous pressing of the packaged product from the blister plate with the second hand, it is possible to reliably prevent possible access to the contents of the package or, accordingly, to the packaged product. products for certain age groups of small children, depending on individual requirements. Thus, when constructing the packaging according to the invention, it is necessary to ensure that the pressure points are located on opposite areas of the packaging at a sufficiently large distance from each other so that the child cannot squeeze them with one hand.

By a suitable choice of these dimensions, that is, the distances between the centers of pressure on opposite areas of the packaging according to the invention, as well as a suitable choice of known blister covering films, which make it possible to vary the pressing force required to push through or, accordingly, to remove the packaged product, it is also possible to particularly flexible adaptation of the packaging according to the invention to the relevant current safety regulations. Thus, for example, in the case of child-resistant packaging according to the current PPPA requirements in the USA, it is possible to design the packaging according to the invention in such a way that small children are not able to open this packaging only with their hands, without the use of an external tool. However, in tests with prototype packaging according to the invention, it was found that, at the same time, elderly people in nursing homes as test subjects had no problem picking up and squeezing the package with one hand so that it was locked in the withdrawal position, and elderly people managed to use the known method to remove individual tablets from the blister plates of the packaging with the other hand. In the following text, the term "blister plate" as chosen herein is to be understood as equivalent to the also commonly used designation "blister strip", as a blister pack for individual units of packaged products, such as tablets.

Depending on the choice of material and the design of the layers of covering films for the blister, it is possible, for example, to vary the pressing force for pressing or, respectively, for extracting the packaged product in the range of approximately 20 N to 120 N. These pressing forces were established in tests with the so-called Pharma cell Pin having a diameter of 10.5 mm. Thus, depending on the product being packaged or, correspondingly, depending on the degree of potential threat of pharmaceutical medicinal products in the packaged product, there are at least two parameters for particularly flexible and customized implementation of the packaging according to the invention in accordance with safety requirements.

Any materials known from the prior art can be used as a blister film. The carrier film and the covering film can be made of one or multiple layers. The covering film is sealed with the carrier film, for example by gluing, welding or varnishing. Typical materials for the carrier film can be used, for example, plastics such as polyamide (PA), polyester (UP), polycarbonate (PC), polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC) or corresponding copolymers. It is also possible, for example, to use composite materials as the carrier film, such as one or a plurality of plastic films with paper layers or cardboard layers. As the covering film, for example, foil is used, such as aluminum foil or aluminum-based composite materials made from aluminum and, for example, plastic. In the same way, it is possible to use, for example, composite films with sputtered aluminum or laminated paper films as a covering film.

The at least one backing plate, which, as a child-proof removal safety device in the package locking position, is adjacent to the underside of at least one or a plurality of blister plates filled with the packaged product, may be optionally formed from one or a plurality of layers. It is expediently possible to make the backing plate from the same material or, in the case of a multilayer structure, from the same materials from which the at least one blister plate is made. Likewise, it is possible within the scope of the present invention to make the backing plate from a different material than the materials used for the blister plates.

In a simple embodiment, it is possible to use as the substrate plate a single-layer or a homogeneous reinforcing layer, for example made of a transparent plastic material having an appropriate rigidity. It is also possible within the scope of the invention to design the substrate plate in the form of a multilayer reinforced plate.

The backing plate, in yet another preferred embodiment, may also be an additional blister plate that is mirror-image relative to the first blister plate and is also movably mounted on the blister plate, and in which the pressable covering films face each other and are directed towards each other. the internal space of the package. Thus, on the outside of the package, on each of its outer surfaces there are strong carrier films that protect the packaged products from the outside.

Thus, in the context of the invention, a substrate plate should be understood, depending on the packaging embodiment, as a planar reinforcing layer or a reinforcing plate of approximately the same size as one or a plurality of blister plates, made in a single layer or multilayer. The backing plate can be made, for example, of a carrier film which is also provided for the blister plate, or can optionally also be a blister plate itself with corresponding blister cavities for accommodating the packaged product.

The backing plate serves as a lining means or as a safety means for protecting the covering film of the blister plate and must, in the position of fixing the package, prevent the possibility of pressing or damaging the covering film of the blister plate. The backing plate thus acts as a covering plate for the coating or, correspondingly, for protecting the covering film disposed opposite it on the underside of the associated blister plate. In contrast to the known previously mentioned removable (peel-off) security films, which are glued directly onto them to protect the covering films and which have to be removed from these covering films again, the backing plate forms for the covering film to be protected the associated and opposing blister plate its own packaging area . The backing plate, although in a fixed position, is adjacent to the covering film located opposite it to protect it, but does not adhere to this film. In the packaging withdrawal position, it is possible - depending on the packaging embodiment - to move, shift, tilt, tilt and/or rotate the backing plate into a position spaced from the covering film by means of appropriate compression. This preferably does not require removal or removal of the backing plate from the covering film. The interior space of the package, which is enclosed between one or more blister sheets and one or more backing sheets, offers the advantage that the packaged product, for example a tablet, which in a fixed release position by pushing the covering film is extruded from the corresponding blister cavity, first falls into the interior of the package and can be removed from the interior of the package through the extraction opening.

This advantageously eliminates the need to press the tablet out of a conventional blister pack onto an external support, eg onto a table, and thereby avoid the possibility of it being lost. In addition, by appropriately designing the opening for removing the packaged product, it is possible to design it in such a way that it is possible, for example, to pour a tablet from the interior of the package directly into the patient's mouth, without the need to operate it with the hand.

According to the invention, it is possible to reversely transfer the packaging substrate plate from the fixation position to the extraction position by means of external force through mirror compression of two areas opposite to each other and located at a distance from each other. By this it is understood that the packaging is designed in such a way that the transfer of at least one substrate plate alone or in combination with at least one corresponding blister plate or together with other substrate plates is possible by means of an external force by squeezing the acting force with one hand person who would like to open the package from the locking position to the removal position. This movement transition is reversible in the form of a back-and-forth movement between the locking position - without external force acting on spaced-apart package areas - and the withdrawal position - during external force on spaced-apart package areas. Depending on the embodiment and on the application of the packaging, the respective two areas of the packaging, opposite and spaced apart from each other, can be marked, for example, by color and/or contain a structural or tactile design, such as, for example, relief, knurling or thickening .

After pushing the packaged product dosage unit into the interior of the package, during which time the package is secured by compression in its withdrawal position, it may be necessary, depending on the embodiment and design of the package, to subsequently re-grip the package to empty the interior of the package. This may be the case, for example, if it is necessary to squeeze the side tabs on the short sides to move the package from its locking position to its release position. However, it is possible for the side tabs to be subsequently opened to empty the interior of the package, which may require re-clamping the package. This further, additional handling operation allows for improved protection when handling the packaging against unintentional use by small children.

By means of a movable fastening of at least one backing plate on two mutually opposite side edges or on two opposite edge sections of the blister plate, these parts of the package are movably connected to each other.

The packaging according to the invention is in no way limited to housing packaged products containing pharmaceutical active substances, that is, medicinal packaging. Likewise, it is possible to store in the packaging in accordance with the invention any packaged product units which, for example, are so small that, due to their size, they are dangerous for small children and can be swallowed by small children. By way of example only, in addition to dietary supplement preparations, chewing gum or chewing pills such as nicotine chewing gum, small electronic parts, spare parts, tool attachments, disposable dispensing accessories, disposable needles and the like can also be mentioned. can also be securely stored in packages according to the invention. Thus, it may be preferable to store in child-resistant packaging according to the invention, for example, spare parts for electronic cigarettes or for LED lamps, which are very small and can be swallowed by small children.

In the following description, the correspondence of certain concepts relating to place, position or orientation, for example, "horizontally", "vertically", "in the horizontal direction", "in the vertical direction", "above", "below", "inside", " outside", "in front of", "above this", "below this", etc., are chosen for simplicity only, and these data may refer to the depiction in the drawings, but not necessarily to the position when using or storing the packaging according to invention. In order to clarify that, in the proper use of the packages according to the invention, the protective covering films of the blister plates are oriented inwardly in each case, towards the interior space of the package, the undersides of the blister plates, covered at least in sections with the covering films, correspond to the interior, with respect to the interior packaging space, sides of blister plates.

It is possible to design the packaging according to the invention in a particularly advantageous manner if at least one backing plate contains a carrier film or is formed from a carrier film.

As already mentioned above, the backing plate in any case serves as a mechanical protection for the blister plate in order to protect the packaged product or tablets from unintentional removal due to pressing of the covering film. For this purpose, in a particularly simple and economical embodiment of the invention, it is possible to movably attach at least one support plate made of a carrier film or containing such a carrier film to a blister plate. This backing plate containing the carrier film is designed such that, in the locking position, at least in portions it lies flat against the underside of the blister plate and at the same time protects the closed packaged product from unintentional removal, as well as from pushing through the covering film.

In the packaging according to the invention, it is possible in a particularly advantageous manner to design the blister plate and at least one backing plate in the shape of rectangles, wherein the backing plate is secured respectively on two opposite side edges or on two opposite edge sections of the longitudinal sides of the blister plate.

In this embodiment of the invention, it is possible to arrange blister cavities to accommodate packaged product units according to the dimensions of a rectangular blister plate in rows or in a matrix. The at least one backing plate is expediently also designed with a rectangular shape and has essentially the same overall dimensions as the corresponding blister plate for which the backing plate is provided to protect. Both plates are attached to each other with the ability to move relative to each other along their mutually opposite longitudinal sides. Depending on the embodiment, it is possible to fasten both plates to each other directly at the edges of their longitudinal sides or along edge sections along the edges of their longitudinal sides. Removal of packaged products already extruded from the blister cavities from the internal space of the package between the blister plate and the corresponding backing plate is carried out in the package removal position on one of its short sides.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, at least one backing plate can be movably secured in the packaging on two opposite edge portions of the blister plate by means of connecting tabs, preferably having a plurality of connecting partitions arranged in series.

In this embodiment, the interior space of the package is limited on the sides by movable connecting tabs or connecting partitions. These connecting tabs or connecting partitions are arranged in such a way that they allow reversible translational movement or relative movement in the longitudinal direction of the blister plate and its corresponding backing plate between the locking position and the removal position of the package.

In the packaging according to the invention, it is particularly advantageous to be able to attach at least one labeling strip to the blister plate and/or to the backing plate.

Thanks to the presence of at least one labeling strip on the packaging, the printed text, for example the name of the product and/or the name of the manufacturer of the packaged product or, respectively, the medicinal product, can be easily read at any time. It is also possible to carry out markings, for example in Braille, so that blind or visually impaired people can identify directly on the packaging which packaged product or medicinal product is being referred to, regardless of the dosage units or packaged product units that have already been removed. The marking strip can be installed on the package on one side or on both sides.

One or more marking strips connected directly to the blister plate and/or backing plate may be printed, for example, with timing information for retrieving packaged dosage units.

Likewise, it is within the scope of the invention that the one or more marking strips are capable of being provided with printed or embossed information to enable the packaging to be designed with individual withdrawal interval information.

In the packaging according to the invention, it is advantageously possible for at least one marking strip to be attached to a side edge or an edge section of the blister plate and to protrude beyond the boundaries of the blister plate.

In this embodiment, it is not only possible to read one or more protruding marking strips in a particularly simple manner, but also to design them in such a way that, thanks to these marking strips, the compression of the package, that is, the transfer of the package from the locking position to the withdrawal position, is even greater for children's hands difficult. This is achieved, for example, by means of rough and/or jagged areas on the outer edges of the strips, which are not pleasant for small children to grip with small children's hands and which therefore prevent compression precisely in these areas of the packaging.

A particularly reliably protected design of the packaging according to the invention during its use is possible if the side of the inner space of the packaging located opposite the opening for removing the packaged product is designed to be closed by means of a closing tab.

In this embodiment, removal of the packaged product or tablet from the interior of the package is only possible through the package release opening. This makes it possible to successfully prevent packaged products from being unintentionally removed or falling out of the interior of the package.

In another preferred embodiment of the packaging according to the invention, it is possible to equip said at least one opening for removing the packaged product from the interior space of the packaging with at least one closing tab configured to be closed. In this packaging option, in order to be able to remove packaged products from the packaging that are already in the internal space of the package, it is necessary to additionally open the tab that closes the hole for removing the packaged products, as a result of which the reliability of preventing the loss of packaged products is further increased.

In a particularly advantageous case, in the packaging according to the invention, the at least one support plate is an additional blister plate having a carrier film, at least one blister cavity for accommodating the packaged product, in particular for accommodating the pharmaceutical form of the active substance, for example tablets, and a covering film, wherein said at least one additional blister plate is arranged such that its supporting film forms the outer surface of the package, and its covering film faces the interior of the package.

This packaging design offers the advantage that at least one additional blister plate is used as a backing plate to protect the at least one "first" blister plate. Thus, at least two blister plates are located mirror-image relative to each other and, in the fixation position, mutually protect their adjacent covering films from unintentional extrusion of the packaged product from the blister cavities. This embodiment is particularly economical since it is possible to provide another blister plate in its function as a substrate plate of the same material or materials as at least one “first” blister plate. Depending on the embodiment of the packaging according to the invention, the packaging may lack a recognizable preferred location or position of at least one "first" blister plate, as well as one or a plurality of additional blister plates serving as backing plates. In this preferred embodiment, it is possible, for example, for the blister plates connected to each other to be identical and/or to be symmetrically arranged relative to the packaging axis and/or the packaging plane. Another advantage offered by such packaging, in which two or multiple blister plates are provided, is that it is possible to pack a maximum number of dosage units of the packaged product in the blister plates in a small packaging space.

In the packaging according to the invention, in the locking position, it is particularly advantageous for the blister cavities of two adjacent blister plates, which are filled with packaged products, to be positioned one above the other when superimposed. In this embodiment, the blister cavities of two corresponding blister plates, which in the package fixing position are adjacent to each other by their covering films, are located on top of each other with coincidence when applied. With this packaging embodiment, it is possible to achieve particularly secure storage of the packaged product, which is protected from unintentional pressing of the covering films.

As an alternative to this, it can also be provided within the scope of the invention that, in the locking position, the blister cavities filled with packaged products of two adjacent blister plates are arranged offset relative to each other. In this packaging embodiment, it is also possible to reliably protect the packaged products from unintentional pressing of the covering films.

In a particularly attractively shaped embodiment of the packaging according to the invention, it is possible to create a pillow-shaped package, wherein both outer surfaces of the package are formed either by a first blister plate and an additional blister plate with the packaged product filling the blister cavities, or, alternatively, by one blister plate and an opposing one. a substrate plate without packaged products, which are connected to each other at two opposite side edges of the blister plate, the side edges forming the longitudinal sides of the package, and on each of the opposite short sides of the blister plates, correspondingly mirror-overlapping closing tabs are fixed.

The mirror-overlapping closure tabs on the short sides of the package may advantageously serve as first and second opposing and spaced portions of the package that need to be compressed in a mirror-image manner to secure the pillow-shaped package in its release position. In the locking position, the package is essentially flat and both of its outer surfaces or outer sides are adjacent to each other with their inner surfaces. Due to the compression of the pillow-shaped package on the short sides, it bends and forms, in the withdrawal position, an internal space of the package which has an approximately oval cross-section. It is advisable to make the closing tabs on the short sides of the packaging also cut with a corresponding oval rounded shape.

Another beautifully shaped packaging option according to the invention can be made in the form of a straight prism having an even number of outer surfaces, and the outer surfaces are formed by one or many blister plates with packaged products filling the blister cavities or, alternatively, at least one blister plate and one or a plurality of substrate plates without packaged product, which are connected at their adjacent opposite side edges and form the longitudinal sides of the package.

It is possible in this way to form a strip of, for example, four, six or eight blister plates or alternatively also substrate plates without packaged products as outer surfaces of a straight prism. In this case, the blister plates and/or substrate plates are connected at the edges of their longitudinal sides with the corresponding adjacent blister plates and/or substrate plates. To increase the mobility of blister plates and/or substrate plates located next to each other in the form of a strip, the edges of their longitudinal sides can be made in the form of folded edges and/or contain perforations to weaken the material of the supporting films.

Depending on the requirements for packaging, it is possible to make some, some or all of the outer surfaces of the packaging prism in the form of blister plates containing the same or different numbers of blister cavities. For example, in the case of a hexagonal prism, it is possible to design each second outer surface as a strip-shaped blister plate with blister cavities, wherein the outer sides, respectively provided alternately between two blister plates, are designed as substrate plates without blister cavities.

In the packaging according to the invention, it is particularly advantageous that the distances between the packaging regions opposite each other in the locking position can be made greater than the distance between the same packaging regions opposite each other in the withdrawal position. As already stated earlier, by suitable selection of package dimensions it is possible to provide in the locking position a sufficiently large distance between the opposing portions of the package that need to be compressed to move the package, for example by moving, sliding, tilting and/or rotating into the withdrawal position, so that both These areas of the packaging could not be grasped by the hand of a small child.

Since in this embodiment the distance between the same opposing portions of the package in the withdrawal position is less than in the locking position, it is easy for elderly people or blind or visually impaired people to easily determine which of both reversible positions the package is in at any given time . In this way, a further improvement in user-friendliness of the packaging is advantageously achieved.

For child-resistant packaging, it may be appropriate, for example, if the distance between the packaging areas opposite each other in the locking position is at least 8 cm, preferably at least 10 cm. These safety distances in the locking position between the packaging areas opposite each other, which must be squeezed to bring the package into its withdrawal position, and are, to the best of the Applicant's current knowledge, large enough for the hands of small children. However, older people should be able to reach these safe distances with one hand.

Further details, features and advantages of the invention follow from the following explanations of embodiments of packages according to the invention, or drug packages, shown schematically in each of the drawings. The drawings show:

- FIG. 1 shows a front oblique view of a first embodiment of a pillow-shaped package according to the invention, the package in the figure showing a blister plate on the top side of the package having blister cavities to accommodate the packaged product, which on the bottom side of the package is protected by a backing plate to form an internal packaging space;

- FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional side view of the short side of a second embodiment of a pillow-shaped package according to the invention, wherein a blister plate with blister cavities is provided on the top side of the package to accommodate the packaged product, and a backing plate without blister cavities is provided on the bottom surface of the package. , which in the position of fixing the package is adjacent to the blister plate;

- FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional side view of the short side of FIG. 1 design of this package with a blister plate, wherein in this package, on the top side of the package, a blister plate with blister cavities is arranged to accommodate the packaged product, and on the bottom side of the package, another blister plate is provided as a backing plate;

- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of the longitudinal side of FIG. 1 or, respectively, in FIG. 2B of an embodiment of a package according to the invention having the shape of a pillow, the package being shown in its locking position;

- FIG. 4 is an angled front view of the package shown in FIG. 2B or, respectively, in FIG. 3 in the form of a pillow, in which the package is in its withdrawal position, secured by compression;

- FIG. 5 shows an angled top view of the interior of the package shown in FIG. 4 , in which the package is shown in its emptying position, secured by compression;

- FIG. 6 is an angled top view of the package shown in FIG. 4 and fig. 5, after unloading the tablet as a dosage unit of packaged products from the interior of the package;

- FIG. 7 shows an angled top view of another embodiment of the pillow-shaped package according to the invention, wherein the closing tabs on the left short side of the package are welded to each other;

- FIG. 8 shows, in an oblique plan view, another embodiment of a package according to the invention, wherein the backing plate is movably secured to the underside of the package by means of connecting tabs in the form of a plurality of successive connecting partitions at two opposite portions of the edge of the blister plate;

- FIG. 9 is shown in a side sectional view along the section line IX-IX drawn in FIG. 8, detail of the packaging shown in FIG. 8;

-In fig. 10shown in an angled view of the longitudinal side of the package shown infig. 8Andfig. 9, when moving from the fixation position to the packaging removal position;

- FIG. 11 is an oblique view of the longitudinal side of the package of FIGS. 8-10 in its compressed withdrawal position;

- FIG. 12 shows, in an oblique plan view, another embodiment of the packaging according to the invention in the form of a hexagonal straight prism in a flat-rotated locking position;

- FIG. 13 is an angled side view of the package shown in FIG. 12, in its compressed withdrawal position, with a view into the interior of the prism-shaped package being possible;

- FIG. 14 is an angled top view of the package shown in FIG. 13, with a folded closing tab on the short sides of the package;

- FIG. 15 is a side view of the package of FIGS. 12-14 in its compressed withdrawal position;

- FIG. 16 shows, in an oblique side view, a detail of a further embodiment of the packaging according to the invention in the form of two blister plates which, in their locking position, are arranged mirror-image above each other in overlap when applied, and which are connected along both edges of their longitudinal sides with marking strips forming edge areas of blister plates;

- FIG. 17 is a side view of the short sides of the package shown in FIG. 16, in its compressed withdrawal position;

- FIG. 18 shows in front view another embodiment of a package according to the invention in the form of a pillow, the package being shown in its locking position, and on the top side of the package a hole has been punched in the carrier film, here located at the top, for removing the packaged product;

- FIG. 19 is an oblique view of the package shown in FIG. 18 in its compression-locked withdrawal position;

- FIG. 20 shows a fragment from the front of another embodiment of a package according to the invention in the form of a pillow, the package being shown in its withdrawal position, and on its upper side a hole has been punched in the carrier film, here located at the top, for removing the packaged product;

- Fig. 21 relates to a detail of an angled view of yet another embodiment of a pillow-shaped package according to the invention, wherein an opening is cut into the upper support film for extracting the packaged product, the opposite lower support film being deep-drawn;

- FIG. 22 is an oblique view of a detail of a further embodiment of the pillow-shaped packaging according to the invention, which is shown here in its withdrawal position and in which an opening for extracting the packaged product is punched through both mutually opposed supporting films;

- Fig. 23 illustrates another embodiment of a pillow-shaped package according to the invention, in a side view, with a roll-out insert with text attached to the labeling strip;

- FIG. 24 is a front view of another embodiment of a pillow-shaped package according to the invention, the package being shown in its locking position and the labeling strip being equipped with a tamper-proof removal device;

- FIG. 25 shows a fragment from the front of another embodiment of a package according to the invention in the form of a pillow, wherein the package is shown in its withdrawal position and a hole is punched on the top side of the package in the supporting film at the top together with the closing tab for removing the packaged product.

The following general description of the figures applies to all figures shown as a whole. In the following, for each of the different embodiments, the same designations for the same or correspondingly comparable packaging elements are used.

Each of the figures 1-7 shows one of various embodiments of a pillow-shaped package 1, comprising in each case two outer surfaces 2 or, respectively, two outer sides 2 of the package 1, which are connected to each other along the longitudinal sides 3 of the package 1. Closing tabs are located on the opposite short sides 4, and the opposite short sides 4 are designated as the packaging sections opposite each other, namely as the first packaging section 5 and as the second packaging section 6 located opposite it, and these packaging sections 5, 6 must be squeezed by hand, to move the package 1 from the fixation position 70 to the extraction position 80. Depending on the embodiment and application of the packaging, areas 5 and 6 of the packaging can be directly marked and designated as pressure areas. Alternatively, it is possible to designate sections 5 and 6 of the packaging only in the separately supplied instructions for use for servicing the packaging, thereby further increasing the child-proof design of such packaging. Of course, it is possible to designate sections 5 and 6 of the packaging both directly on the packaging and in the instructions for use.

The pillow-shaped package 1 contains a blister plate 10 having a top side 11 as well as a bottom side 12. As indicated at the outset, hereinafter the chosen designations of the top side 11 and also the opposite top side 11 of the bottom side 12 of the blister plate 10 serve as only to simplify and clarify the identification of the relevant parties. The blister plate 10 is positioned in relation to the package 1 in such a way that its upper side 11 forms the outer side 11 of the blister plate 10 or, respectively, the outer surface 2 of the package 1. The lower side 12 of the blister plate 10, on the contrary, forms the inner side of the package 1.

Shown in FIG. 1, the blister plate 10 is made here essentially in the shape of a rectangle and contains a longitudinal side 13 as well as a short side 14. The blister plate 10 contains a carrier film 20, which is located in FIG. 1 on the top side 11 or outer side 11 of the blister plate 10 and thus also forms the outer surface 2 of the package 1. The carrier film 20 is made, for example, of transparent plastic and has a film thickness 21 of, for example, approximately 200 μm ( micrometers). The carrier film 20 has fold edges 22 and/or perforations 23, or weakening lines 23, to allow folding, folding or creasing along these predetermined edges or weakening lines, respectively. The carrier film 20 contains blister cavities 25 to accommodate packaged products 40. In the one shown in FIG. 1 package 1, for example, a total of ten blister cavities 25 are arranged to accommodate the packaged product 40 on the blister plate 10 in two parallel rows of five blister cavities 25. The packaged product 40 is depicted here for simplicity as individual tablets 41.

A covering film 30, for example made of aluminum, is applied to the underside 12 of the blister plate 10, the covering film 30 having, for example, a film thickness 31 of approximately 20 μm (micrometers). The cover film 30 is surface bonded to the carrier film 20 at least in portions, leaving the blister cavities 25 free. The cover film 30 is bonded to the carrier film 20, for example, by heat sealing or gluing. The arrow 35 indicates the direction 35 of pressing the covering film 30 to extract the tablets 41 located there from the blister plate 10 through the covering film 30 by pressing in the direction of the arrow 35 from above or, respectively, from the outside onto the blister cavities 25 of the carrier film 20. In this case, the covering film 30 is destroyed.

To prevent unintentional or unauthorized removal, for example by small children, of packaged products 40 or tablets 41 from the blister plate 10, according to the invention, on two opposite side edges 15, 16 of the blister plate 10, a support plate 50 is movably secured to it for protection cover film 30 of the blister plate 10. The first side edge 15 herein, in the embodiments shown in Figures 1 to 7, represents the first edge 15 of the longitudinal side of the blister plate 10. Likewise, the second side edge 16 represents the second edge 16 of the longitudinal side of the blister plate 10. On each of the short sides 4 of the package 1 there is a closing tab 60.

In fig. 2A shows a pillow-shaped package 1 according to the invention, wherein on the top side of the package there is a blister plate 10 having a row of blister cavities 25 for receiving tablets 41 and on the bottom side of the package a backing plate 50 is provided which does not have any blister cavities. The backing plate 50 in the fixing position 70 of the package 1 is adjacent on the underside 12 of the blister plate 10 to the covering film 30 applied there. Thus, in the fixing position 70, the backing plate 50 serves as a cover plate for protecting the sensitive covering film 30 on the underside 12 of the blister. plate 10. The backing plate 50 is here made of a carrier film 55, which here is made of the same material as the carrier film 20 of the blister plate 10 and is connected to this carrier film 20 along the first longitudinal side edge 15 as well as along the second edge 16 longitudinal side. The backing plate 50 comprises an upper side 51 or an outer side 51, which forms the outer surface 2 of the package 1. The backing plate 50 includes, opposite the top side 51, a lower side 52, which forms the inner side 52 of the package.

It is also within the scope of the invention that, for example, the backing plate 50 is made from a portion of the carrier film 20 of the blister plate 10 and thus the carrier films of the blister plate 10 and the backing plate 50 are connected to each other as a single unit. It is possible, for example, to fold that portion of the carrier film that forms the backing plate 50 for protecting the cover film 30 of the blister plate 10 along the side edge 15 of the blister plate 10 to form a fold edge 22 and gluing or welding it to the opposite side edge 16 of the blister plate 10 to its carrier film is 20.

In fig. 2B is a side view of the short side 4 of FIG. 1 of the design of this package 1, wherein on the top side of the package there is a blister plate 10 with blister cavities 25 for accommodating tablets 41, and on the bottom side of the package another blister plate 56 is provided as a substrate plate 50.

This further blister plate 56 also has blister cavities 57 adjacent to each other in two parallel rows for housing tablets 41. The blister plate 56 contains a carrier film 55, which in this case is integrally connected to the carrier film 20 of the blister plate 10. of the first edge 15 of the longitudinal side of the package 1, the supporting films 20 and 55 are folded at a distance in the lateral direction from the covering films 30 and 58 to form fold edges 22. In the region of the opposite second edge 16 of the longitudinal side, both carrier films 20 and 55 are welded to each other to form a marking strip 120. The carrier films 20 and 55 in this case are made, for example, of transparent plastic. The covering films 30 and 58 are made, for example, from composite aluminum foil. Thanks to the mirror arrangement of both blister plates 10 and 56 - the sensitive covering films 30 and 58 are in a protected position in the inside of the package and are directed towards each other - the additional blister plate 56 with the supporting film 55 located on the outside thus serves as a cover plate for protecting the sensitive covering film 30 on the underside 12 of the blister plate 10, as well as protecting its own covering film 58. The carrier film 20 has fold edges 22 and/or perforations 23 or weakening lines 23, respectively, to allow folding, folding or creasing along these specified edges or lines of weakness.

In fig. 3 shows the longitudinal side 3 of FIG. 1 or, respectively, in FIG. 2B is an embodiment of a package according to the invention 1 in the shape of a pillow, with the package 1 in its locking position 70 in this figure. The covering film 58 of another blister plate 56, here serving as a backing plate 50, is adjacent to the opposite covering film 30 of the blister plate 10. Punching of the blister cavities 25, 57 in the push-out direction 35 from the outside is not possible in this locking position 70. Both sections 5 and 6 of the package opposite each other on the opposite short sides 4 of the package 1 in the flat position 70 of fixing the package 1 are at the maximum distance 7 from each other.

In fig. 4 shows the one shown in FIG. 2B or, respectively, in FIG. 3, a pillow-shaped package 1 is shown, in which the package 1 is in its withdrawal position 80, secured by hand compression in the direction of the arrow. The external force 90 through mirror compression is schematically shown by both opposing arrows 91 and 92, which are intended to illustrate the directions of pressure applied to, for example, the thumb and index finger of the hand of the user of the package 1. Compared with that shown in FIG. 3 with a distance of 7 in the fixation position 70, a distance of 8 in FIG. 4 between both opposing packaging sections 7 and 8 in the withdrawal position 80 is significantly reduced or shortened. Both portions 7 and 8 of the package that need to be compressed in the pillow packages shown here are respectively the lateral closing tabs 60. As a result of the external force 90, the package having the shape of the pillow 1 is arched to form the interior space 100 of the package. This results in the fact that during the pressing 90 of the closing tabs 60 from the outside, that is, as long as the package 1 is fixed by hand in its withdrawal position 80, the blister plate 10 and the backing plate 50 or, in this case, another blister plate 56 with their lower sides or, respectively, the inner sides 12 and 52 are not adjacent to each other, and therefore it is possible to remove the tablets 41 from the blister cavities 25, 57 from the blister plates or blister strips by pressing 35 with the other, free hand.

In fig. 5 shows an angled top view of the interior 100 of the package shown in FIG. 4 packages 1, wherein in this figure the package is in its lateral compression-locked emptying position 130. The tablet 41, which, as described above, has already been removed at the withdrawal position 80 from the blister plates and pressed into the interior space 100 of the package, can be removed from the package 1 after grasping and opening the side closure tab 60 at the emptying position 130. To fix the package 1 in this emptying position 130, the package must be compressed at its longitudinal edges 15, 16 in the pressing direction 140, which is schematically indicated by two oppositely directed arrows 140.

The open closing tabs 60 in this case form an approximately oval opening 110 for removing the packaged product 40. In this practical manner, tablets 41 can be dispensed without contact from the packaging interior 100 into the user's mouth.

In fig. 6 shows the package 1 after the tablet 41 as a packaged product dosage unit has been unloaded from the interior space 100 of the package.

In fig. 7 shows another embodiment of a package 1 according to the invention in the shape of a pillow, wherein the closing tabs 60 on the left short side 4 of the package are welded to each other in areas 61. Thus, after opening, only the closing tabs 60 on the right short side are available. 4 packs as openings 110 for removing 41 tablets.

Figures 8-11 show another embodiment of a package 1 according to the invention, in which the backing plate 50 is movably secured to the underside of the package by means of connecting tabs 65 in the form of a plurality of successive connecting partitions on two opposite edge portions 17 and 18 of the blister plate 10 with the possibility of folding.

In fig. 8 shows this package 1 in its locking position 70. Both the blister plate 10 and the backing plate 50, which in this case is an additional blister plate 56, comprise along the edges of the longitudinal sides of each of them a first edge region 17 and an opposite second edge region 18, and in these extreme regions 17 and 18 a plurality of connecting tabs 65 are secured between the blister plate 10 and the backing plate 50. Depending on the length of these connecting tabs 65 or connecting partitions, it is possible to move both elements connected to each other, i.e. the blister plate 10 and the backing plate 50, out of their position 70 locking into their withdrawal position 80 shown in FIG. 11, by means of lateral compression in the first packaging section 5 and in the second packaging section 6. The blister plate 10 and the backing plate 50 are each made in the form of a U-shaped profile, the fold edges 22, which run parallel to each other in the longitudinal direction of the package 1, serving to increase the rigidity of the blister plate 10 or the backing plate 50, respectively.

In fig. 9 is shown in a sectional side view along the lines drawn in FIG. 8 section lines IX-IX detail shown in Fig. 8 packaging 1. The covering films 30 and 58 of the blister plate 10 or, respectively, of another blister plate 56 in its function as a backing plate 50 for the top blister plate 10 according to the design are directly adjacent to each other in the fixation position 70. In a purely schematic representation of FIG. 9 only shows the apparent air gap or distance between the blister plate 10 and the backing plate 50 for clarity. If, in this fixation position 70, one tries to remove the tablets 41 from the blister cavities 25 or 57 of the package 1 by pressing 35 from the outside, the two covering films 30 and 58 are in any case adjacent to each other and alternately and mutually stabilize or protect each other. friend before they can be pushed through. The above also applies to the images of FIGS. 2A, 2B, 12 and 16, where to better show the function of the package in its fixation position 70, the adjacent layers of blister plates 10 and related backing plates 50 are shown as if with a distance between them. This serves, as already mentioned, only for greater simplicity of the image and for correlating the individual layers with the corresponding packaging elements.

In fig. 10 shows the longitudinal side of the package 1 shown in FIG. 8 and fig. 9, when moving from the locking position 70 to the removal position 80 of the package 1. This direction 95 of movement, which is caused by an external force 90 due to mirror compression or, respectively, movement 91, 92 by two fingers of the user's hand, is symbolized by a double arrow 95.

In fig. 11 shows the longitudinal side of the package 1 shown in figures 8-10 in its compressed withdrawal position 80. The upper blister plate 10 is here spaced from the backing plate 50 to form an interior package space 100.

Figures 12-15 refer to another embodiment of the package 1 according to the invention, having the shape of a hexagonal straight prism.

In fig. 12 shows this package 1 according to the invention in the form of a hexagonal straight prism in a flattened locking position 70. To increase the mobility of the blister plates 10 and/or the substrate plates 50, 56 located next to each other in the form of strips, the edges of the longitudinal sides are made in the form of fold edges 22. Alternatively or in addition to the fold edges 22, perforations 23 or weakening lines 23 can also be provided for weakening the material of the supporting films 20, 55.

In fig. 13 shows this package 1 in its compressed withdrawal position, whereby a view into the interior 100 of the prism-shaped package 1 is possible.

In fig. 14 shows this package 1 with folded closing tabs 60 on the short sides of the package 1. To secure the package 1 in this emptying position 130, the package must be compressed at the edges 15, 16 of its longitudinal sides in a pressing direction 140, symbolized by two opposing arrows 140.

In fig. 15 is a side view of the package depicted in FIGS. 12-14 in its compressed release position 80.

Both figures 16 and 17 refer to another embodiment of the packaging 1 according to the invention in the form of a blister plate 10 and a backing plate 50, also in the form of another blister plate 56. Both blister plates 10 and 56 in their fixation position 70 are arranged mirror-image above each other each other with coincidence when applied, and are connected along both edges 15, 16 of their longitudinal sides with strips 120 for marking, forming sections 17, 18 of the edge of the blister plates 10 and 56.

In fig. 16 shows this package 1 according to the invention in its locking position 70.

In fig. 17 is a side view of the short side of the package shown in FIG. 16, in its compressed extraction position 80. Preferably, it is possible to make both marking strips 120, for example, rough, so that they are easier for the user to grasp and squeeze. At the same time, it is possible to process these marking strips 120 with appropriate measures for their implementation, for example relatively sharp outer longitudinal edges, in such a way that small children feel them as unpleasant upon contact. This further prevents small children from squeezing the packaging 1 by squeezing the marking strips 120, which are perceived as unpleasant to grip.

Each of the packages 1 shown here contains blister sheets 10 or backing sheets 50, which have substantially rectangular contours. However, the invention is not limited to blister sheets 10 or backing sheets 50 in the form of rectangles or strips, but it is of course also possible to use for the packaging 1 according to the invention, for example, square, round or elliptical blister sheets 10 or, accordingly, there are 50 substrate plates.

The following figures 18-25 are explained in detail below:

In fig. 18 shows another embodiment of a package according to the invention 1 having the shape of a pillow, the package 1 being shown here in its locking position 70. On the top side of the package 1 or, respectively, on the top side 11 of the blister plate 10 in the carrier film 20, here located at the top, a hole 110 is punched for removing the packaged product. The substrate plate 50, which is fixed to the blister plate 10 along two opposite edges 15, 16 of the longitudinal side and in the fixation position 70 is adjacent to the underside 12 or, respectively, to the inner side of the blister plate 10, is made from a portion of the carrier film 20 of the blister plate 10. The carrier films 20, 55 of the blister plate 10 and the substrate plate 50 are connected to each other as a single unit. The upper, according to the figure, blister plate 10 contains in this case, for example, two rows of blister cavities 25 for placing packaged products 40. Specifically here, for example, seven pieces of tablets 41 are packed in the upper blister plate 10. In this case, the hole 110 for extraction into The upper carrier film 20 is punched in a round shape and is located on the corresponding section of the carrier film 20 of the blister plate 10 already before welding both carrier films 20 and 55 into the side strip 120 for marking. The corresponding opposite portion of the carrier film 55 of the substrate plate 50 in this embodiment is not stamped or deformed. The extraction hole 110 in this case is preferably positioned such that a portion of the cut-out extraction hole 110, for example, approximately half of the cross-section of the circular extraction hole 110, is located in the area of the side marking bar 120. This has the advantage that only the remaining other approximately half of the removal opening 110 is free as a cross-section for removing the packaged product 40, and in the package 1 locking position 70, the removal opening 110 is securely closed. The side closing tabs 60 on both opposite short sides 4 of the package 1 are welded to each other along the portions 61. Thus, the punched withdrawal hole 110 is the only opening of the package 1 for removing the packaged product.

In the extraction position 80 of the package 1, as shown in FIG. 19, the ejection opening 110 is here open in a roughly semicircular shape adjacent to a marking bar 120 in the region of the blister plate 10. This has the advantage that the ejection opening 110 is minimal to allow for the retrieval of only one unit of packaged product. 40 or, respectively, a single tablet 41. Depending on the selected thickness 21 of the carrier film 20, the edge of that half of the cut-out circular opening 110 for extraction, which is welded to the carrier film 55 of the substrate plate 50 in the area of the marking strip 120, acts as a limiting edge for the extracted packaged products 40.

Depending on the embodiment, the extraction hole 110 cut in the carrier film 20 may also deviate from a circular shape and have, for example, the shape of a rectangle, a square, an ellipse or a polygonal curve portion. Likewise, it is possible to vary the portion of the extraction opening 110 which, in the welded position of the finished package 1, is adjacent to the area of the marking strip 120 and is therefore not free as a cross-section for the actual removal of the packaged product. For example, it is possible to locate the extraction opening 110 entirely on a portion of the carrier film 20 of the blister plate 10 that does not form a marking bar 120 but actually exists as a removal-free cross-section adjacent to the interior space 100 of the package. Likewise, it is possible to advantageously position the extraction hole 110 such that only a certain portion of the extraction hole 110, for example, only one quarter or one third of the surface of the punched extraction hole 110 creates an abutment in the area of the marking strip 120, but the remaining cross-section is free is provided to actually remove the packaged product 40 from the package interior 100.

In fig. 20 shows a fragment from the front of another embodiment of a package according to the invention 1 having the shape of a pillow, the package 1 in this case being shown in its ejection position 80 and having an ejection hole 110 punched on its upper side in the top-shown carrier film 20 of the blister plate 10 packaged products 40. In this package 1, both the labeling strip 120 protruding to the right in the figure and the closing tabs 60 on the opposite short sides 4 of the package 1 are marked. The markings can be printed or pasted, for example, directly on the carrier films or, respectively, on the outer surfaces 2 of the packaging. The side closure tabs 60 on the short sides 4 are welded to each other along the portions 61. The cut-out opening 110 for this embodiment is the only opening for removing the packaged product.

In fig. 21 shows a fragment of another embodiment of the packaging 1 according to the invention, having the shape of a pillow, and in the supporting film 20 of the blister plate 10, here located at the top, a hole 110 is punched for removing the packaged product 40. That section of the opposite, lower supporting film 55 of the backing plate 50, which corresponds to the ejection opening 110 in the carrier film 20 is in this case formed by deep drawing and preferably forms an outlet tray for the packaged product 40. The ejection opening 110 is also in this case preferably positioned in this way, with reference to FIG. 18 that approximately half of the cut out extraction hole 110 is located in the area of the side marking bar 120.

A single unit of packaged product 40, such as a tablet 41, can only be removed from the removal opening 110 individually and thus falls into a deep-drawn portion of the carrier film 55 in the area of the labeling strip 120, which acts as a release tray or slant for individual packaged product 40. The edge of the deep-drawn recess of the lower carrier film 55 acts as a resistance to the packaged product 40 and prevents the extracted packaged product 40 from being accidentally lost during removal before being held by the user.

In fig. 22 shows an oblique view of a fragment of another embodiment of the pillow-shaped package 1 according to the invention, which is shown in its withdrawal position 80. In this case, both supporting films 20, 55 opposite each other are punched after lamination of the marking strip 120. Here, the extraction hole 110 is positioned such that a portion of the punched extraction hole 110, for example, half of the circular extraction hole 110, is located in the area of the side marking bar 120. Thus, the extraction opening 110 obtained by punching both support films 20, 55 has the advantage that the free longitudinal edge of the marking strip 120 also extends in the area of the extraction opening. This makes it possible to remove from the package 1 in position 80 through the opening 110 to extract only one individual unit of packaged product 40 or, respectively, one individual tablet 41. In this case, the transit free longitudinal edge of the marking strip 120 acts as a clamp for that packaged product 40 or, respectively, that tablet 41, which is located within the extraction opening 110. Depending on the selected position and the proportion of the extraction hole 110 placed in the area of the marking strip 120, it is thus also possible to prevent the packaged product 40 from falling out of the extraction opening 110 undesirably. In order to further improve the reliability of the packaging 1 as child-proof, the extending free longitudinal edge of the labeling strip 120 is in this case, for example, jagged or rough, which is particularly perceived by children as an unpleasant gripping sensation.

In fig. 23 shows a side view of another embodiment of a pillow-shaped package 1 according to the invention, with a foldable text insert 121 attached to the labeling strip 120. The text insert 121 in this case, for example, is glued to the labeling strip 120 by means of an adhesive film and is folded into an accordion-like fold that can be unfolded. In fig. 23 the text insert 121 is shown in an already unfolded position.

In fig. 24 shows a front view of another embodiment of a pillow-shaped package 1 according to the invention, the package 1 being shown in its locking position 70 and the labeling strip 120 being equipped with a tearable removal protection device 125 . The removal protection device 125 serves to ensure that the package 1 remains in its locking position 70 until the removal protection device 125 is removed or opened. As an anti-removal device 125, the marking strip 120 has, in the area of abutment along the edge 16 of the longitudinal side of the blister plate 10 or, respectively, the underlying substrate plate 50, perforations 23 or, respectively, weakening lines 23 of the supporting films 20, 55 extending from opposite short sides 4 of the package 1 along the edge section 16 of the longitudinal side. These areas of perforations 23 or, respectively, weakening lines 23 along the edge 16 of the longitudinal side must first be opened before the packaging 1 is transferred in the manner already described above by means of an external force 90 by means of a mirror compression 91, 92 of both packaging sections 5, 6 opposite each other into its extraction position 80 and thereby also open the extraction hole 110 punched in the upper support film 20. The side closure tabs 60 on the short sides 4 are welded to each other along the portions 61. The punched ejection hole 110 is the only ejection hole for the packaged product in this embodiment.

Subsequently, after opening the perforations 23 along the longitudinal side edge 16, both outer flaps or both sections of the marking strip 120 can be removed by further opening along the weakening lines 23, which run, for example, at an angle in the direction of the free longitudinal edge of the strip 120 for marking. In fig. 24, the marking strip 120 in this case, for example, contains in the middle of its longitudinal side a hanging hole 126, which serves for hanging the package 1, for example, at the point of sale.

In fig. 25 shows in fragmentary form another embodiment of a package 1 according to the invention having the shape of a pillow, wherein the package 1 is shown in its withdrawal position 80 and on the top side of the package a hole 110 is punched in the upper support film 20 for removing the packaged product. The extraction opening 110 in this case is preferably located transverse to the longitudinal direction of the package and has an outline of, for example, approximately rectangular shape. The extraction hole 110 in this embodiment is cut into the carrier film 20 only along three sides, maintaining distances from the edges. The fourth side, preferably the longitudinal side of the rectangular contour, is not cut or punched, but is only processed to form a line of weakness 23 or a perforation line 23 of the carrier film 20. Alternatively or in addition to the perforation 23 of the contour, it is also possible to equip the contour edge 22 folds along this fourth side. Thus, a movable and foldable cover tab 60 remains within the ejection opening 110 and remains connected to the adjacent carrier film 20 along one side of the ejection opening 110 to form a fold edge 22 and/or a perforation line 23. This is configured with By being retractable, the closing tab 60, when the package 1 is in its locking position 70, ensures that the withdrawal opening 110 is in a closed position. When the package 1, due to an external force 90 by means of mirror compression 91, 92 of both packaging areas 5, 6 opposite to each other, is moved to its ejection position 80, the ejection hole 110 punched in the upper support film 20 opens and the foldable closing tab 60 is thus folded along the weakening line 23 or, respectively, the perforations 23 and/or the fold edge 22 inward into the interior space 100 of the package and thus automatically unlocks the opening 110 for removal.

List of symbols

1 package

2 outer surface (or, respectively, outer side) of the package

3 longitudinal side of the package

4 short side of the package

5 first section of packaging

6 second packaging section

7 distance between packaging sections in the fixed position

8 distance between packaging sections in the extraction position

10 blister plate

11 top side or outer side of the blister plate

12 the lower surface or, respectively, the inner side of the blister plate

13 longitudinal side of the blister plate

14 short side of blister plate

15 the first lateral edge (or, accordingly, the edge of the longitudinal side) of the blister plate

16 the second side edge (or, accordingly, the edge of the longitudinal side) of the blister plate

17 first section of the edge of the blister plate

18 second section of the edge of the blister plate

20 carrier film

21 carrier film thickness

22 fold edge of carrier film

23 perforation or, respectively, line of weakening of the carrier film

25 blister cavity

30 covering film

31 film thickness

35 direction of pressing the covering film (arrow)

40 packaged products

41 tablets

50 backing plate

51 top side or outer side of the backing plate

52 bottom side or inner side of the backing plate

53 longitudinal side of the backing plate

54 short side of backing plate

55 carrier film

56 (optional) blister plate

57 blister cavity

58 covering film

60 closing tongue

61 welded sections of the closing tongue

65 connecting tongue, connecting partition

70 (first) locking position

80 (second) extraction position

90 external force while in the extraction position (arrow)

91 (first) direction of mirror compression pressure (arrow)

92 (second) direction of mirror compression pressure (arrow)

95 direction of movement between locking position and withdrawal position (double arrow)

100 inner packing space

110 hole for removing packaged products, hole for removing packaged products

120 strip (tongue) for marking

121 inserts with text

125 anti-extraction device

126 hanging hole

130 emptying position

140 Direction of pressure when in the emptying position (arrow)

Claims (20)

1. Child-resistant packaging (1), in particular packaging for a medicinal product, containing at least one blister plate (10), wherein the blister plate (10) contains two films, one of which is made in the form of a carrier film (20), having at least one blister cavity (25) for accommodating packaged products (40), in particular for accommodating a pharmaceutical form of the active substance, for example tablets (41), and forms the upper side (11) of the blister plate (10), and the other film is made in the form of a covering film (30), made with the possibility of pressing, and the covering film (30) at least in sections is connected by planes with the supporting film (20), leaving free the specified at least one blister cavity (25), and at least in sections it forms the lower side (12) of the blister plate (10), opposite to the upper side (11), and the covering film (30) closes said at least one blister cavity (25) filled with packaged products (40), characterized in that on two opposite side edges (15, 16) or on two opposite sections (17, 18) of the edge of the blister plate (10) at least one substrate plate (50) is movably fixed, and this plate (50) The substrate is designed so that in the fixation position (70) it, at least in areas, lies flat against the underside (12) of the blister plate (10) and at the same time protects the closed packaged product (40) from unintentional removal, as well as from pushing through (35 ) covering film (30), Moreover, it is possible to reversely transfer the substrate plate (50) from the fixation position (70) to the extraction position (80) by external force (90) through mirror compression (91, 92) of two opposite to each other and located at a distance (7, 8) sections (5, 6) of packaging from each other, wherein the transition movement between the fixation position (70), in which there is no external force on the packaging areas (5, 6) located at a distance (7, 8) from each other, and the extraction position (80), fixed by means of an external force (90) ), represents a reciprocating movement, wherein the carrier film (20) comprises at least one fold edge (22) and/or at least one perforation (23) as a weakening line (23) to allow it to be folded, folded or crumpled along said specified edge (22) fold and/or weakening line (23), moreover, while in the extraction position (80), fixed by external force (90), said at least one substrate plate (50) is located at a distance from the lower side (12) of the blister plate (10) to form an internal space (100 ) a package containing at least one opening (110) for removing the packaged product, wherein in the extraction position (80) it is possible to release the packaged product (40) by pushing (35) the covering film (30) into the inner space (100) of the package, as well as removing the packaged products (40) from the internal space (100) of the package through the specified at least one opening (110) for extraction. 2. Packaging (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one backing plate (50) contains a carrier film (55) or is formed from a carrier film (55). 3. Packaging (1) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said at least one blister plate (10), as well as said at least one backing plate (50), are respectively made in the shape of rectangles, wherein the plate (50 ) the substrate is fixed on each of two opposite side edges (15, 16) or on each of two opposite sections (17, 18) of the edge of the longitudinal sides (13) of the blister plate (10). 4. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-3, characterized in that said at least one substrate plate (50) is movably fixed to two opposite sections (17, 18) of the edge of the blister plate ( 10). 5. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-4, characterized in that at least one strip (120) for marking is fixed on the blister plate (10) and/or on the substrate plate (50). 6. Packaging (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that said at least one marking strip (120) is fixed on the side edge (15, 16) or on a section (17, 18) of the edge of the blister plate (10) and protrudes beyond the blister plate (10). 7. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-6, characterized in that the side of the internal space (100) of the package, opposite the opening (110) for removing the packaged product, is made closed by means of a closing tab (60). 8. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-7, characterized in that said at least one opening (110) for removing packaged products from the internal space (100) of the package is closed by means of a closing tab (60). 9. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-8, characterized in that said at least one backing plate (50) is an additional blister plate (56) having a carrier film (55), at least one blister cavity (57) for accommodating packaged products (40) , in particular to accommodate a pharmaceutical form of the active substance, for example a tablet (41), as well as a covering film (58), wherein said at least one additional blister plate (56) is arranged such that its supporting film (55) forms the outer surface ( 2) packaging (1), and its covering film (58) faces the direction of the internal space (100) of the packaging. 10. Packaging (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that in the fixation position (70) the blister cavities (25, 57) of two adjacent blister plates (10, 56) filled with packaged products (40) are located one above the other with coincidence when superimposed. 11. Packaging (1) according to claim 9, characterized in that in the fixation position (70) the blister cavities (25, 57) filled with packaged products (40) of two adjacent blister plates (10, 56) are located offset along attitude towards each other. 12. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-11, characterized in that the package (1) is made in the form of a pillow, and both outer surfaces (2) of the package (1) are formed either by the first blister plate (10) and an additional blister plate (56) with filling blister cavities (25, 57) a packaged product (40), or alternatively a blister plate (10) and an opposing substrate plate (50) not containing the packaged product, which are connected to each other at two opposite side edges (15, 16) of the blister plate (10), wherein the side edges (15, 16) form the longitudinal sides (3) of the package (1), and on each of the opposite short sides (14) of the blister plates (10, 56) closing tabs (60) that overlap each other in a mirror manner are fixed. 13. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-11, characterized in that the packaging (1) is made in the form of a straight prism having an even number of outer surfaces (2), and the outer surfaces (2) are formed by one or many blister plates (10, 56) with filling blister cavities (25 , 57) packaged product (40) or alternatively at least one blister plate (56), as well as one or a plurality of substrate plates (50) not containing packaged product, which are connected in a row next to each other at their opposite side edges ( 15, 16) and form the longitudinal sides (3) of the package (1). 14. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-13, characterized in that the distance (7) between the sections (5, 6) opposite to each other of the package in the fixation position (70) is greater than the distance (8) between the same sections (5, 6) opposite to each other of the package in extraction position (80). 15. Packaging (1) according to one of paragraphs. 1-14, characterized in that said at least one backing plate (50) is made from a portion of the carrier film (20) of the blister plate (10), and the carrier films (20, 55) of the blister plate (10) and the plate (50) the substrates are connected to each other into a single unit.