Child resistant package
View Patent ↗A child resistant package comprising a child-resistant packaging containing there within a solid food item comprising a medicine, wherein the packaging has the shape of a box. The packaging is provided with a perforation and the solid food item is provided with a ‘void’, such as a recess, cut, indentation or hole. The perforation defines a portion of the packaging that is separated at least in part from the remainder of the packaging when the perforation is pierced/punched. The position and shape of the void in the solid food item and the perforation in the packaging correspond, such that, when opening the packaging, the void in the food item facilitates piercing the perforation by enabling the portion of the packaging defined by the perforation to be pushed into the void in the solid food item.
1. A child resistant package comprising
an outer packaging,
wherein the outer packaging is configurable to form a box shaped packaging,
wherein an interior of the box shaped packaging is configured to accept a solid food item comprising a medicine,
wherein the outer packaging is provided with at least one perforation,
wherein the solid food item comprises a void,
wherein the void comprises at least one of a recess, a cut, an indentation, and a hole in the solid food item,
wherein a position and shape of the void and the perforation in the outer packaging correspond when the outer packaging is configured as the box shaped packaging, such that, when opening the package, a portion of the outer packaging defined by the perforation is situated within the void,
wherein opening the outer packaging comprises piercing the perforation,
wherein the outer packaging comprises two overlapping surfaces, an outer surface and an inner surface, and
wherein the outer and inner surfaces are provided with corresponding perforations and the inner surface is divided by the perforation in a first, inner, part and a second, outer, part.
2. The child resistant package of claim 1 , wherein the first, inner, part of the inner surface is glued to the outer surface and the other second, outer, part is not.
3. The child resistant package of claim 1 , wherein the perforation is close to an edge of the void.
4. The child resistant package of claim 3 , wherein a distance between the perforation and the edge of the void closest to the perforation is between 0.5 and 2.5 mm.
5. The child resistant package of claim 1 , wherein the solid food item comprises a chocolate bar or tablet or a candy.
6. The child resistant package of claim 1 , wherein only a single solid food item is provided in the box shaped packaging.
7. The child resistant package of claim 1 , wherein the box shaped packaging comprises two or more solid food items, each in a separate compartment and accessible from different sides.
8. The child resistant package of claim 1 , wherein the solid food item and the packaging comprise two or more corresponding perforations and voids respectively.
9. The child resistant package of claim 1 , wherein the void has a beveled edge.
10. The child resistant package of claim 1 ,
wherein there is a lateral off-set in position in the box shaped packaging between the void in the solid food item and the perforation, and
wherein the box shaped packaging enables a lateral shift of the solid food item to align the void and the perforation.
11. A child resistant package comprising
an outer packaging,
wherein the outer packaging is configurable to form a box shaped packaging,
wherein an interior of the box shaped packaging is configured to accept a solid food item comprising a medicine,
wherein the outer packaging is provided with at least one perforation,
wherein the solid food item comprises a void,
wherein the void comprises at least one of a recess, a cut, an indentation, and a hole in the solid food item,
wherein a position and shape of the void and the perforation in the outer packaging correspond when the outer packaging is configured as the box shaped packaging, such that, when opening the package, a portion of the outer packaging defined by the perforation is situated within the void,
wherein opening the outer packaging comprises piercing the perforation, wherein the packaging comprises a surface comprising a first layer and a second layer;
wherein the first layer and the second layer are partially bonded together;
wherein the first layer and the second layer have perforations corresponding to the void; and
wherein the piercing of the perforations enables at least a part of the first layer to be separated from the second layer.
12. The medical product of claim 11 , wherein the edible item comprises a chocolate flavor.
13. The medical product of claim 11 , wherein the edible item comprises a candy flavor.
14. The medical product of claim 11 , wherein the edible item and the package comprise at least two corresponding voids and perforations.
15. The medical product of claim 11 , wherein the void comprises at least one beveled edge.
16. The medical product of claim 11 , wherein a distance between the perforation and an edge of the void closest to the perforation is between 0.5 and 2.5 mm.
17. The medical product of claim 11 , wherein:
the product comprises two or more edible items;
the package comprises a separate compartment for each edible item;
the package comprises perforations corresponding to the voids of each edible item in each compartment.
18. A child resistant package comprising
an outer packaging,
wherein the outer packaging is configurable to form a box shaped packaging,
wherein an interior of the box shaped packaging is configured to accept a solid food item comprising a medicine,
wherein the outer packaging is provided with at least one perforation,
wherein the solid food item comprises a void,
wherein the void comprises at least one of a recess, a cut, an indentation, and a hole in the solid food item,
wherein a position and shape of the void and the perforation in the outer packaging correspond when the outer packaging is configured as the box shaped packaging, such that, when opening the package, a portion of the outer packaging defined by the perforation is situated within the void,
wherein opening the outer packaging comprises piercing the perforation,
as packaged, there is a lateral off-shift between the void and the perforation; and the package is configured to enable a lateral shift of the edible item to align the void and the perforation.
19. The medical product of claim 18 , wherein the edible item comprises a chocolate flavor.
20. The medical product of claim 18 , wherein the edible item comprises a candy flavor.