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WO2004000660A2
WO2004000660A2 PCT/US2003/019717 US0319717W WO2004000660A2 WO 2004000660 A2 WO2004000660 A2 WO 2004000660A2 US 0319717 W US0319717 W US 0319717W WO 2004000660 A2 WO2004000660 A2 WO 2004000660A2
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Joseph J. Urban
Steve Barger
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Proclinical, Inc.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/28—Articles or materials wholly enclosed in composite wrappers, i.e. wrappers formed by associating or interconnecting two or more sheets or blanks
    • B65D75/30—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding
    • B65D75/32—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents
    • B65D75/325—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil
    • B65D75/327—Articles or materials enclosed between two opposed sheets or blanks having their margins united, e.g. by pressure-sensitive adhesive, crimping, heat-sealing, or welding one or both sheets or blanks being recessed to accommodate contents one sheet being recessed, and the other being a flat not- rigid sheet, e.g. puncturable or peelable foil and forming several compartments

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  • the present invention relates to packaging, and more specifically to child-resistant packaging for dosed products.
  • blister packages to contain small articles such as pharmaceutical or dose form products. These packages allow the user to access the product by applying pressure to the blister to force the product from an individual blister or capsule through a rupturable layer.
  • Known blister packages comprise a first sheet of transparent or translucent thermoformable material such as polyvinyl chloride or polystyrene having a plurality of flexible bubbles or blisters preformed therein and projecting outwardly from one surface to define separate compartments for individual doses of a product, typically a single pill or capsule, and a second sheet to cover the product.
  • the second layer is often made from a rupturable foil so that the user can push the product from the bubble side out through the foil. This construction did not offer much in the way of child resistance, and presented a potential hazard to children.
  • the present invention includes a child-resistant package for a dose form product and a method of forming a child - resistant package for such a dose form product.
  • the invention provides a child- resistant package for a product comprising a double cover comprised of separate outer and inner layers, wherein the outer layer is disposed adjacent the inner layer, and a barrier is disposed adjacent the inner layer of the double cover. The inner layer and the barrier together define at least one compartment into which a product can be positioned.
  • a child-resistant package for a product which comprises a cover and a double barrier disposed adjacent the cover, where the double barrier comprises separate outer and inner layers.
  • the outer layer is disposed adjacent the inner layer and the inner layer of the double barrier and the cover together define at least one compartment into which a product can be positioned.
  • the invention also provides a method of forming a child - resistant package for a product.
  • the method includes the steps of forming a double cover by disposing an outer layer adjacent an inner layer, the double cover defining at least one cavity.
  • the method also includes the steps of placing a product in the cavity of the double cover and disposing a barrier adjacent the inner layer of the double cover, thereby defining at least one compartment between the inner layer of the double cover and the barrier in which the product is contained.
  • Yet another embodiment of the method according to the present invention includes a method of forming a child - resistant package for a product including the steps of forming a double barrier by disposing an outer layer adjacent an inner layer, placing a product in a cavity of a cover, and disposing the cover adjacent the inner layer of the double barrier. In this way, at least one compartment is formed between the inner layer of the double barrier and the cover in which the product is contained.
  • the present invention also includes embodiments where both the cover and barrier are multi-layered. In such embodiments, the cover is multi-layered and the product is disposed between the multi-layered cover and a multi-layered barrier.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional side view of a portion of one embodiment of the present invention in which a double cover is disposed atop a barrier;
  • FIG. 2 is an illustration of the embodiment of FIG. 1 but with an exaggerated view of bonding adhesives for illustration purposes;
  • FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional side view of a portion of another embodiment of the present invention in which a cover is disposed atop a double barrier;
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional side view of a portion of yet another exemplary embodiment in which both the cover is double layered and the barrier is double layered;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional side view of yet another embodiment in which each of the layers of a double barrier is multi-layered;
  • FIG. 6 shows an exemplary embodiment of a ten-product package consistent with aspects of the present invention
  • FIG. 7 shows the embodiment of FIG. 5 but with a card disposed atop the cover of the package.
  • FIG. 8 shows the compilation of each layer in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the present invention includes child-resistant packages and methods for packaging dose form products.
  • the packages according to the present invention are optionally formed with three or more layers, with the packaged product disposed within a. bubble or other compartment formed between an inner layer and an outer layer.
  • the products which can be packaged in accordance with the present invention include many varieties, most notably dose form products such as pharmaceuticals in pill or capsule form.
  • Other products to which the present invention can be applied include, without limitation, medicaments (in pill, tablet, capsule, or lozenge form), drugs, vitamins, cosmetics, foods, nutriceutical products, pharmaceutical products, devices, and any other product for which dose-form consumption, or use, is desired.
  • One embodiment of the present invention includes a child-resistant package for a dose form product comprising a double cover and a single barrier. This embodiment is comprised of separate outer and inner layers, wherein the outer layer is disposed adjacent the inner layer, and a barrier is disposed adjacent the inner layer of the double cover. The inner layer and the barrier together define at least one compartment into which a
  • FIG. 1 shows such a package embodiment of the present invention, generally designated by the numeral "10," where the cover is formed from two layers and the barrier layer is formed from one layer.
  • the package 10 has a cover including an outer cover layer 100 and an inner cover layer 110. More specifically, outer cover layer 100 of package 10 is disposed atop, but adjacent to, inner cover layer 110. Together outer cover layer 100 and inner cover layer 110 therefore form a double- layered cover that, in the illustrated embodiment, includes a bubble 120. Disposed below the two layered-cover is a barrier such as a backing layer 130. Barrier 130 is disposed adjacent inner cover layer 110 of the double cover to enclose a product 140 within the compartment formed by the bubble 120 and barrier 130.
  • each layer can be comprised of either foil, film, plastic or paper, or combinations thereof.
  • Each respective layer is optionally bonded, using an appropriate adhesive or other attachment material or method, to its adjacent layers, where contact is made between them.
  • inner cover layer 110 can be bonded to barrier 130, and with the exception of the air space 150 defined between the inner cover layer 110 and the outer cover layer 100 (discussed below), outer cover layer 100 can be bonded to inner cover layer 110.
  • outer cover layer 100 is comprised of a transparent film, such as a polyethylene or polyvinyl chloride or other polymeric film
  • inner cover layer 110 is comprised of either a similar transparent polymeric film, plastic, paper, or opaque foil material.
  • the outer cover layer can be comprised of a tough, penetration resistant polymeric film such that access to the product can only be made through the barrier.
  • a space either air, vacuum, or inert gas, is provided between inner cover layer 110 and outer cover layer 100.
  • This interstitial space 150 allows penetration through outer cover layer 100 (when penetration occurs, although outer cover layer 110 is designed, as noted above, to be penetration- resistant) without penetration of inner cover layer 110.
  • Barrier 130 is optionally comprised of paper, plastic, film, or foil, or other suitable materially, and is optionally bonded to, in the case of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, inner cover layer 110 over at least a portion of inner cover layer 110 that is not raised to form a compartment such as bubble 120 for product 140.
  • FIG. 2 shows such an embodiment in detail, with features deliberately exaggerated and shown out of scale for the purpose of illustration.
  • FIG. 2 shows adhesive 230 in exemplary locations as well as no-bond region 200 set apart from bonded region 210 by a perforation 220. The user can thus peel barrier 130 away from inner cover layer 110 beginning at perforation 220, thereby providing access to the product 140.
  • a child-resistant package for a product which comprises a cover and a double barrier disposed adjacent the cover, where the double barrier comprises separate outer and inner layers.
  • the outer layer is disposed adjacent the inner layer and the inner layer of the double barrier and the cover together define at least one compartment into which a product can be positioned.
  • This embodiment is similar to the first embodiment described above but the bubble is comprised of only one layer and the barrier is comprised of multiple layers.
  • FIG. 3 shows an embodiment, generally designated by the numeral "30," with cover layer 300 disposed around product 140.
  • Inner barrier layer 310 and cover layer 300 together define a compartment optionally configured in the form of a bubble 320.
  • Outer barrier layer 330 is disposed adjacent inner barrier layer 310. Materials, and adhesives or other bonding methods are the same as those described above in regard to FIG. 1. In this embodiment, the main difference is that the user must first peel away outer barrier layer 330 before being able to penetrate or otherwise remove inner barrier 310.
  • FIG. 4 shows yet another exemplary embodiment of the present invention, generally designated by the numeral "40," which is essentially a combination of the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 and 3. Specifically, FIG. 4 shows an embodiment that can be considered a double-double containment embodiment.
  • Product 140 is disposed within a compartment such as a bubble 400, which is formed by inner cover layer 410 and outer cover layer 420.
  • An optional air space 430 is disposed between layers 410 and 420.
  • a double barrier layer is disposed below product 140 and is comprised of inner barrier layer 440 and outer barrier layer 450. In order to access product 140 from the blister package 40 shown in FIG.
  • the user can peel away outer barrier layer 450 and then remove inner barrier layer 440. Removal of inner barrier layer 440 is typically accomplished by the user pulling on a tap or perforated portion of inner barrier layer 440, and peeling or tearing it away.
  • the user can peel away outer barrier layer 450 and then remove a product-containing blister (formed from a portion of the inner cover layer 410 and the inner barrier layer 440) from the space between the outer barrier layer 450 and the outer cover layer 420.
  • the removal of the blister can be facilitated by the absence of adhesion between (1) the inner cover layer 410 of the product-containing blister and the outer cover layer 420 and (2) the inner barrier layer 440 of the product- containing blister and the outer barrier layer 450.
  • the product-containing blister can be opened by the user either by removing the inner barrier layer 440 to access the product 140 or by pushing the product 140 through the inner barrier layer 440 by pressing the inner cover layer 410 against the product 140.
  • inner barrier layer 440 and outer barrier layer 450 are comprised of two or more layers.
  • inner barrier layer 440 is a laminate of outer paper layer 510 and inner foil layer 520.
  • Outer barrier layer 450 is comprised of perforated paper layer 530 and peel-away polymeric layer 540.
  • peel-away polymeric layer 540 is peeled-away
  • perforated paper layer 530 is torn away
  • inner barrier 440 (comprised of a combination or lamination of the paper layer 510 and foil layer 520) is peeled away or otherwise removed or pierced to access product 140.
  • FIG. 6 shows another version of the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, which is generally designated by the numeral "60."
  • Package 60 is a double-double containment blistercard package for ten (10) dose-form products.
  • FIG. 6 shows the outer cover layer 420 having recesses 611 disposed therein to assist in a user's grabbing and peeling away of portions of the inner barrier layer 440.
  • inner cover layer 410 is shown together with inner barrier layer 440, and the inner barrier layer 440 is provided with lines of perforations so that distinct portions of the inner barrier layer 440 can be separated from the inner cover layer 410.
  • the inner cover ' layer 410 and the inner barrier layer 440 together define the bubbles or compartments in which the product is placed.
  • Outer barrier layer 450 is comprised of perforated paper layer 530 and a pair of peel-away polymeric layers 540. This outer barrier layer 450 is disposed on or adjacent inner barrier layer 440, which in turn is placed adjacent inner cover layer 410, which is in turn placed adjacent or into outer cover layer 420 as shown by the arrows in FIG. 6.
  • peel-away polymeric layer 540 is peeled-away, along with perforated paper layer 530, and inner barrier layer 440 (comprised of the paper layer 510/foil layer 520 laminate) is peeled away or otherwise removed to access product 140 disposed within inner cover layer 410.
  • FIG. 7 shows an additional embodiment, generally designated by the numeral "70," where outer card 700 is disposed on top of the blistercard packages described above. Typically, outer card 700 is disposed atop the package for labeling or other packaging purposes. Outer card 700 simply has holes disposed therein to allow for the presence of each blister or bubble 120.
  • FIG. 8 shows an embodiment, generally designated by the numeral "80," similar to that shown in FIG. 6 but with the addition of outer card 700 shown in FIG. 7.
  • the product is put into inner cover layer 410, before inner barrier layer 440 is placed thereon.
  • a product is disposed within and between inner cover layer 410 and inner barrier layer 440.
  • This combination is then inserted into outer cover layer 420, which together are put into outer card 700 so that individual blisters extend through openings in the outer card 700.
  • Outer card 700 is attached to outer barrier 450, which is then folded along line 800 to enclose the product, inner barrier layer 440, inner cover layer 410, and outer cover layer 420.
  • the invention also includes a method of forming a child - resistant package for a product.
  • the method comprises the steps of forming a double cover by disposing an outer layer adjacent an inner layer, the double cover defining at least one cavity.
  • the double cover is as defined above.
  • the method also includes the steps of placing a product in the cavity of the double cover and disposing a barrier adjacent the inner layer of the double cover, thereby defining at least one compartment between the inner layer of the double cover and the barrier in which the product is contained.
  • the barrier is as defined above.
  • the cover or bubble formed is comprised of two layers.
  • Yet another embodiment of the method according to the present invention includes a method of forming a child - resistant package for a product comprising the steps of forming a double barrier by disposing an outer layer adjacent an inner layer, placing a product in a cavity of a cover, and disposing the cover adjacent the inner layer of the double barrier.
  • the cover and barrier are as defined above. In this way, at least one compartment is formed between the inner layer of the double barrier and the cover in which the product is contained.
  • This embodiment of the method is similar to the one described just above but the cover or bubble formed is comprised of only one layer.

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L'invention concerne un emballage-coque à l'épreuve des enfants destiné à un produit. Cet emballage comprend un revêtement double composé de couches interne et externe séparées, la couche externe étant adjacente à la couche interne, et une barrière adjacente à la couche interne du revêtement double, la couche interne et la barrière formant au moins un compartiment, dans lequel un produit peut être placé. Ladite invention a également trait à des modes de réalisation, dans lesquels le revêtement est une couche simple et la barrière inférieure est une couche double, et le revêtement et la barrière sont des couches multiples. L'invention a aussi pour objet un procédé d'élaboration d'un emballage à l'épreuve des enfants comprenant l'emballage susmentionné.
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