Package of pharmaceutical composition and the like molded in situ

Claim 1

A PACKAGING AND MOLDING UNIT COMPRISING A MAIN BODY OF STIFF POLYSTYRENE BEING OPENING AT ONE END AND HAVING AN INTERIOR SURFACE WHICH DEFINES A CYLINDER AT SAID OPEN END AND A TAPERED CLOSED END OPPOSED THERETO; AN INNER SLEEVE OF FLEXIBLE POLYETHYLENE HAVING AN INTERIOR SURFACE AND TELESCOPED TO A PREDETERMINED DEPTH SUBSTANTIALLY WITHIN THE CYLINDER OF SAID MAIN BODY, SAID SLEEVE CLOSED ONLY AT THE END OPPOSED TO SAID TAPERED CLOSED END OF SAID MAIN BODY TO THUS SEAL MAIN BODY, THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID INNER SLEEVE BEING SHAPED TO DEFINE IN COOPERATION WITH SAID TAPERED END A MOLD CAVITY HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE DIAMETER LARGER THAN THE DIAMETER AT EITHER END; AND A PRODUCT SUCH AS A SUPPOSIITORY MOLDED TO FILL SAID CAVITY AND REMOVABLE THEREFROM IN SAID MOLDED SHAPE ON OPENING SAID UNIT, THE VOLUME OF SAID MAIN BODY BEING AT LEAST AS GREAT AS THE VOLUME OF SAID PRODUCT.