Insert for sleeve-and-insert type package

1. A packaging system comprising:

a releasably lockable sleeve including a catch flap disposed at an open end of the sleeve; and

an insert card slidably received in the sleeve for movement between a first position where the insert card is fully received in the sleeve and a second position where the insert card is nearly removed from the sleeve, said insert card comprising:

a monolithically formed base panel defined by opposing edges spaced apart by opposing ends the opposing edges extending along a length of the insert card;

a folded locking panel connected to the base panel such that the folded locking panel engages with the catch flap when the insert card is in the second position whereby the insert card is prevented from being fully removed from the sleeve; and

at least one blister integrally formed within said base panel to define the perimeter of a blister opening within said base panel, said blister configured to receive an item through said blister opening,

wherein said base panel comprises a first rib disposed such that the first rib is in engagement with the catch flap to prevent said at least one blister from engaging the catch flap when said insert card is in the first position.

2. The packaging system of claim 1 wherein said base panel includes an abutment for inhibiting a face-contacting relationship between said base panel and said locking panel, said abutment being spaced apart from said at least one blister.

3. The packaging system of claim 1 , wherein said locking panel is hingedly attached to said base panel along at least a portion of one of said opposing ends of said base panel, and said first rib extends from a first end thereof adjacent to said one of said opposing ends of said base panel toward the other of said opposed ends of said base panel.

4. The packaging system of claim 3 , wherein said first rib extends from said first end to a second end thereof adjacent to said other of said opposing ends of said base panel, and said base panel further includes a second rib connected to said first rib at said second end of said first rib.

5. The packaging system of claim 4 , wherein said second rib extends along said other of said opposed ends of said base panel.

6. The packaging system of claim 5 , wherein said first rib extends along one of said opposing edges of said base panel.

7. The packaging system of claim 6 , wherein said second rib extends from said second end of said first rib to a terminal end of said second rib adjacent to the other of said opposed edges of said base panel, and said base panel further includes a third rib connected to said second rib at said terminal end of said second rib.

8. The packaging system of claim 7 , wherein said third rib extends along said other of said opposed edges of said base panel.

9. The packaging system of claim 8 , wherein said third rib extends from said terminal end of said second rib toward said locking panel.

10. The packaging system of claim 8 , wherein said third rib has a height that is no less than the height of said at least one blister.

11. The packaging system of claim 3 , wherein said locking panel includes an abutment for inhibiting a face-contacting relationship between said base panel and said locking panel, said abutment being spaced apart from a free end edge of said locking panel, opposite a hinged connection between said locking panel and said base panel.

12. The packaging system of claim 1 , wherein the first rib extends along the length of the insert card such that the first rib is in engagement with the catch flap to prevent said at least one blister from engaging the catch flap when said insert card is disposed between the first and second positions.

13. A packaging system comprising:

a lockable sleeve having a catch flap; and

an insert card slidably received in said lockable sleeve for movement between a fully received position and a fully extended position where the insert card is nearly removed from the lockable sleeve, said insert card comprising:

a base panel having first and second sides and defined by opposing edges spaced apart by opposing ends;

at least one locking panel hingedly attached to said base panel and disposed in engagement with said catch flap to prevent said insert card from being fully removed from said lockable sleeve when the insert card is in the fully extended position; and

at least one blister integrally formed within said base panel to define the perimeter of a blister opening within said base panel, said blister protruding from said first side of said base panel,

wherein said base panel comprises a first rib protruding from the first side of the base panel such that the first rib is in engagement with the catch flap to prevent said at least one blister from engaging said catch flap when said insert card is in the fully received position.

14. The packaging system of claim 13 , wherein said lockable sleeve has a wall to which said catch flap is hingedly connected, and said insert card is inserted into said lockable sleeve such that said first side of said base panel is disposed adjacent to said wall of said lockable sleeve.

15. The packaging system of claim 13 , wherein the first rib extends substantially parallel to the opposing edges of the base panel such that the first rib is in engagement with the catch flap to prevent said at least one blister from engaging the catch flap when said insert card is disposed between the fully received position and the fully extended position.

16. The packaging system of claim 15 , wherein said locking panel is hingedly attached to said base panel along at least a portion of one of said opposing ends of said base panel.

17. The packaging system of claim 16 , wherein said catch flap is hingedly connected to a wall of said lockable sleeve.

18. The packaging system of claim 17 , wherein said base panel has first and second opposed sides, said at least one blister protrudes from said first side of said base panel, and said insert card is inserted into said lockable sleeve such that said first side of said base panel is adjacent to said wall of said lockable sleeve.

19. The packaging system of claim 15 , wherein said first rib extends substantially parallel to said opposing edges of said base panel.

20. The packaging system of claim 15 , wherein said first rib has a height that is no less than the height of said at least one blister.