Seal
US7823742B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 2, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2575/3236
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A seal for a pill dispenser having a body including a plurality of recesses formed in a surface of the body, each recess having an open mouth bounded by a surrounding portion of the body surface, the seal comprising a cover film defining a plurality of apertures to provide access to the open mouths of the recesses, each aperture being cut in the cover film so as to be smaller than the open mouth of the corresponding recess and being closed by a liner cut from a liner film, the liner being larger than the aperture and being adhered to the cover film around the entire periphery of the aperture, the seal in use being adhered to the body surface of the pill dispenser so that the liners are located between the cover film and the open mouths of the corresponding recesses and each liner is removable.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.