Card and blister package

Abstract

A card and blister package for small articles of commerce has a clear plastic blister piece, a card and a retainer piece. The blister walls form an article-receiving cavity and a plurality of upwardly projecting spaced-apart male prongs extending along the upper edge of the blister piece. A generally rectangular card has shaped perforations for receiving there-through the prongs of the blister piece and the retainer comprises a generally rectangular ring having a plurality of sockets for receiving the prongs of the blister piece, whereby the prongs can be engaged through the perforations, snapped into engagement with the ring sockets, and UV-activated adhesive on the engaged parts illuminated by UV light so as to bond to the ring to the blister to secure the package.

1 . A card-and-blister package for small articles of commerce, including: 
 a) a blister piece having walls that define a cavity for receiving said articles of commerce, and an upper edge perimeter portion;    b) a card member adapted to engage said blister upper edge portion to cover said cavity; and    c) a retainer ring adapted to make engagement with said perimeter portion to secure said card.    
   
   
       2 . A package as defined in  claim 1  wherein said card has a plurality of perforations and wherein said ring has attachment means and said upper blister perimeter portion has attachment means and said ring and blister attachment means engage each other by way of said card perforations.  
   
   
       3 . A package as defined in  claim 2  wherein said ring attachment means includes socket elements and said blister attachment means includes prong elements for engaging said sockets.  
   
   
       4 . A package as defined in  claim 2  wherein said ring attachment means includes prong elements and said blister attachment means includes socket elements.  
   
   
       5 . A package as defined in  claim 3  wherein said card perforations are configured and spaced for receiving there-through said blister prong elements.  
   
   
       6 . A package as defined in  claim 4  wherein said card perforations are configured and spaced for receiving there-through said ring prong elements.  
   
   
       7 . A package as defined in  claim 5  wherein said perforations have edges that engage said prongs to hold said card against relative lateral movement.  
   
   
       8 . A package as defined in  claim 6  wherein said perforations have edges that engage said prongs to hold said card against relative lateral movement.  
   
   
       9 . A package as defined in  claim 2  wherein said retainer ring is attached by a hinge to said blister edge portion and whereby said ring can be rotated to bring its attachment means into engagement with said corresponding blister attachment means.  
   
   
       10 . A package as defined in  claim 2  wherein said card perforations include first and second spaced apart slots, and said blister attachment means includes first and second flaps pivotally attached respectively to opposing sides of said perimeter portion, and the distal end of each said flaps having a male connector element and said flaps adapted to be engaged through said slots, and said ring having socket elements configured to engage said flap male elements, whereby each of said flaps can be fully inserted through said slots respectively and rotated through about 90 degrees, whereby the ring socket elements can engage the flap male elements to secure the card to said blister.  
   
   
       11 . A package as defined in  claim 10  including first and second additional spaced apart slots adapted to receive there-through said flap male elements, whereby each said flap can be fully inserted through said slots and rotated through about 90 degrees, to bring said flap male elements into engagement with said first and second additional slots  
   
   
       12 . A package as defined in  claim 1  including an inner blister module having an article-receiving portion with sidewalls and a bottom, and a flange extending around the upper edge of said module article-receiving portion, wherein said blister piece has a generally flat major surface with an opening for receiving said module article-receiving portion, to hold said module against relative lateral movement, and the flange engaging said major surface to hold said module against outward movement, and said flat major surface holding said flange against said card.