A tab member for use in a latchable slidable package. The tab member has opposed major faces connected by opposed side edges and comprises a body portion and a cut out defining a resiliently deformable latch member connected to the body portion by at least one live hinge. The latch member incorporates a latch formation that is moveable by a user in an unlatching direction substantially orthogonal to at least one side edge. The tab member is substantially planar, and the unlatching direction lies substantially in a plane of the tab member. The tab member can be incorporated into a latchable slidable package to provide child resistance by virtue of the latch member and the latch formation. The substantially planar nature of the tab member means that the tab member can be easily accommodated in the package. Because the unlatching direction of the latch formation lies substantially in a plane of the tab member, the movement of the latch formation as the package is unlatched is substantially restricted to the same plane. Thus, the volume of the package that must be given to accommodate the tab member and the movement of the latch formations can be kept low, thereby reducing the overall size and weight of the package.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
A container such as a package for retail display comprises a tubular housing (12) having first and second opposed open ends, and a sliding carrier (14) supported in the housing (12). The carrier (14) is movable through the first end of the housing between a retracted position in which a first portion of the carrier is within the housing and a second portion of the carrier protrudes from the second end; and an extended position in which the first portion of the carrier protrudes from the first end and the second portion is within the housing. An insertion stop structure (36, 38) limits movement of the carrier from the extended position upon reaching the retracted position and limits protrusion of the second portion of the carrier from the second end of the housing. A withdrawal stop structure (40, 42) limits movement of the carrier from the retracted position upon reaching the extended position.
A child resistant package comprises a support for supporting hazardous material and a structure for selectively blocking access to the hazardous material. The structure comprises opposed major faces connected by opposed minor side walls, and the support comprises side walls facing the side walls of the structure. The support is movable with respect to the structure in an access direction that is generally aligned with the side walls. The package further comprises an engagement mechanism having an enabled mode and a disabled mode, the engagement mechanism comprising a latch member. In the enabled mode, the latch member is movable in a latch direction between an engaged state, in which the latch acts between the side walls of the support and the structure to prevent movement of the support relative to the structure in the access direction, and a disengaged state, in which movement of the support in the access direction is permitted. The latch path intersects the access direction and extends between the opposed major faces of the structure. In the disabled mode, a barrier member prevents the latch member from acting between the side walls of the support and the structure, such that the latch member is prevented from adopting the engaged state.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
B65D 6/06 - Containers having bodies formed by interconnecting or uniting two or more rigid, or substantially rigid, components made wholly or mainly of metal, plastics, wood or substitutes therefor characterised by shape of drawer-and-shell type
A band-drive component comprises a generally planar bridge member extending between support members that extend, or are movable to extend, out of the plane of the bridge member and are arranged for attachment to a sleeve of a band-drive article. A band-drive article therefore comprises a sleeve and a discrete band-drive component disposed within and attached to the sleeve, that component comprising a generally planar bridge member extending between support members that extend out of the plane of the bridge member and are attached to the sleeve.
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
G11B 33/04 - CabinetsCasesStandsDisposition of apparatus therein or thereon modified to store record carriers
A45C 11/24 - Etuis for purposes not covered by a single one of groups , ,
Methods and systems are disclosed for detecting and/or verifying the position of a join in an band for a band-drive article. One method comprises providing a band comprising first and second web portions, each having a marker and being joined at a join, the markers of the web portions defining a discontinuity, such as a contrast, about the join. The discontinuity is detected with a detector and an actual position of the join determined, based on the detected discontinuity. The actual position of the join may then be verified against a reference position or a reference range. A marked band for a band-drive article having a join and facilitating detection of the join by a detector is also disclosed.
A retractable mirror comprising: a structure; a mirror movable with respect to the structure, in a first direction, from a retracted position in which the mirror has a first orientation to an extended position in which the mirror has a second orientation that differs from the first orientation; bias means for biasing movement of the mirror from the first orientation into the second orientation; a tab member movable by a user with respect to the structure, in a second direction that differs from the first direction, from a closed position of lesser extension to an open position of greater extension; and drive means connecting the mirror and the tab member such that movement of the tab member in the second direction drives movement of the mirror in the first direction.
Child-resistant packages and components thereof are disclosed. One of the disclosed child-resistant packages (100) comprises: a support (200) for supporting hazardous material in use; a structure (300) for selectively blocking access to hazardous material supported by the support, the support being movable in a first direction with respect to the structure between a secured position in which access to the hazardous material is blocked by the structure and an access position in which the hazardous material is accessibly clear of the structure; at least one latch member (240, 242) movable by a user between an engaged state in which the support is prevented from moving out of the secured position and a disengaged state in which the support is allowed to move out of the secured position toward the access position; and a tab member (400) movable by the user with respect to the structure in a second direction different to the first direction, the tab member being coupled to the support to effect movement of the support out of the secured position in the first direction when the latch member is in the disengaged state. Another child- resistant package comprises at least one concealing cover co-operable with an associated latch member in the secured position for movement of the associated latch member between the engaged state and the disengaged state.
A container (12) suitable for use in packaging pharmaceutical products such as tablets and capsules. The container (12) can be withdrawn from a box or sleeve (14) in a first direction X to a fully extended position whereby a user can remove any item stored by the container (12). The container (12) has a base (32) which includes an end portion (40) that remains substantially within the box or sleeve (14) when in the fully extended position. The base (32) carries at least one chamber formation (42) for containing an item to be removed by the user. The base (32) also has at least one stabilising formation (44) on the end portion (40) that interacts with the box or sleeve (14) when in the fully extended position to resist pivoting of the container (12) relative to the box or sleeve (14). The or each stabilising formation (44) differs in size and/or shape to the or each chamber formation (42), and has a length in the first direction X that is greater than or equal to its width in a second direction Y. The second direction Y is substantially orthogonal to the first direction X across the base (32).
B65D 75/34 - 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 and having several recesses to accommodate a series of articles or quantities of material
B65D 83/04 - Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
A61J 1/03 - Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
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PRODUCTION OF BAND-DRIVEN PACKAGES AND THEIR COMPONENTS
Methods are disclosed for making a band-driven package (12) or a band-drive component for a package (12), and machines (14) for performing the methods. One method comprises feeding first and second flexible webs (34,36) in a feed direction, one web being fed each side of a substrate such that the webs (34,36) are in mutual face-to-face disposition ahead of and behind the substrate (10) with respect to the feed direction; joining the face-to-face webs (34,36) at a first join ahead of the substrate (10) and at a second join behind the substrate (10), the joins bounding web portions that together encircle the substrate between the joins; and dividing the joined web portions from the remainder of the webs (34,36) such that the joined web portions together define a band (20) that encircles the substrate (10), to be slid around the substrate (10) in use of the package (12).
