Bend & peel medication dispenser

Abstract

There is provided a child resistant and senior friendly tamper evident package having a blister sheet with blister pockets for medicants, a rupturable foil sealed to a back side of the blister sheet, a layer of paper secured to a back side of the rupturable foil, and a reinforcing layer of a paperboard material being adhered to the paper layer with a portion of the reinforcing layer in registry with the blister pockets not being adhered thereto. There are provided tear strips and tab members to assist in removing the tear strips which delaminate.

I claim:  
     
         1 . A child-resistant and senior friendly tamper evident package, said package comprising a blister sheet having at least one blister pocket projecting from a front side thereof; 
 a rupturable foil sealed to a back side of said blister sheet to form a continuous cover over said blister pocket, said foil being of a thickness and material which can be ruptured to provide access to the pocket;    a layer of paper secured to a back side of said rupturable foil;    a reinforcing layer of a paperboard material, said reinforcing layer being adhered to said paper layer, a portion of said reinforcing layer in registry with said blister pockets not being adhered to said paper; and    a tear strip formed in said reinforcing layer, said tear strip being associated with said blister pocket such that said reinforcing layer will delaminate.    
     
     
         2 . The package of  claim 1  wherein said package has a plurality of blister pockets projecting from a front side thereof, and a plurality of tab members, a tab member associated with each of said pockets.  
     
     
         3 . The package of  claim 1  wherein said blister sheet is formed from a polyvinyl chloride sheet.  
     
     
         4 . The package of  claim 1  wherein said paper layer comprises paper having a weight of between 13 lbs-17 lbs.  
     
     
         5 . The package of  claim 4  wherein each of said blister pockets contains a single dose of medicant.  
     
     
         6 . A method of forming a child resistant and senior friendly tamper evident package, said method comprising the steps of: 
 providing a blister sheet having a front surface and a rear surface and having a plurality of blister pockets projecting from a front side thereof;    filling said blister pockets with a medicant;    sealing a rupturable foil to a back side of said blister sheet to form a continuous cover over said blister pockets;    adhering a layer of paper to a back side of said rupturable foil; and    placing a reinforcing back layer of a paperboard material over said layer of paper, and securing said back layer to said paper layer and selected areas while leaving areas of said back reinforcing layer in registry with said blister pockets in a non-adhered condition.