Sleeve blister package assembly for confectionary products

Abstract

A packaging assembly supports and dispenses a plurality of retail products, such as confectionary products. The assembly includes a housing having a plurality of package sleeves that are removably attached to one another. A blister tray attachment is slidably insertable into one or more of the package sleeves.

1 . A blister package assembly for consumable products comprising:
 a housing comprising a plurality of sleeves; and   a blister tray slidably insertable into at least one of said plurality of sleeves, said blister tray supporting consumable products,   wherein said plurality of sleeves are removably attached to one another using an adhesive, said adhesive applied to an outer surface of one of said plurality of sleeves.   
     
     
         2 . The package assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said adhesive is applied to a cut score formed on said outer surface. 
     
     
         3 . The package assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said cut score is a fifty percent cut score through a top layer of said outer surface. 
     
     
         4 . The package assembly of  claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of cut scores formed on said outer surface, each of said plurality of cut scores including adhesive. 
     
     
         5 . The package assembly of  claim 2 , wherein said plurality of sleeves are attached to said housing at a detachable perforated line so as to allow the removal of one of the plurality of sleeves. 
     
     
         6 . A method of providing a blister package assembly for consumable products comprising:
 forming a housing comprising a plurality of sleeves;   removably attaching said plurality of sleeves to one another using an adhesive; and   providing a blister tray slidably insertable into at least one of said plurality of sleeves, the blister tray supporting consumable products.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein said forming step further includes:
 forming at least one cut score on an outer surface of one of said plurality of sleeves; and   applying said adhesive to said at least one cut score.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 7 , further comprising forming said cut score by cutting a fifty percent cut score through a top layer of one of said plurality of sleeves. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6 , further comprising attaching said plurality of sleeves to said housing at a detachable perforated line so as to allow the removal of one of the plurality of sleeves. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein said forming step further includes:
 folding ends of a flat piece of paperboard material toward one another; and   attaching at least one surface of said ends to said housing.