Pharmacal package construction

Claim 1

A pharmacal package construction comprising a pair of backing sheets, a pair of mutually cooperating single-piece blister sheets each having a plurality of hollow blisters and each being secured one for one to the backing sheets with the blister hollows facing the respective backing sheet, said backing sheetS serving to close said blisters, contents in said closed blisters, the backing sheets being divided along lines of weakening into portions each adhesively secured to and closing a respective blister and each portion being individually severable and peelable from the blister sheet to expose the content of the blister for retrieval, said backing sheets being arranged with the blisters of respective sheets in interposed side-by-side relation with respect to each other with said blister sheets substantially coplanar to occupy a minimum of space, hinge means swingably connecting together an adjacent pair of edges of said backing sheets, and means holding the blisters of respective sheets in adjacent relation with said backing sheets and backing sheet portions outermost, to define a package exteriorly protected by said backing sheets and adapted for automatic handling and for retrieval of content from a selected blister while the blister sheets are held in adjacent relation.