Interlocking dimple-hinged door blister package

Claim 1

A thermoformed blister of flexible plastic material for a reclosable blister card display package to contain cotton swab sticks having a predetermined length comprising: (a) a bubble body comprising (i) an article compartment for holding a plurality of cotton swab sticks; (ii) top, left, right and bottom peripheral flanges for sealing to a backing card to close the article compartment; (iii) a body front face including a portion defining an egress opening in the body front face, said egress opening being slightly smaller than the predetermined length to enable said cotton swab sticks to pass therethrough, a pair of opening extension apertures being cut outward along opposite borders of said egress opening, said apertures being of a spaced apart dimension greater than the predetermined length to permit individual extraction of said cotton swab sticks from said compartment; (iv) left and right body side walls each having a respective outer surface and perpendicularly flanking the body front face; (v) means on each of the left and right body side walls for forming a seal; and (b) a cover independent of the body and connected to a flange of the body by an integral hinge, the cover comprising (i) a cover front face; (ii) a means on the cover front face for sealing that face to the body front face; (iii) a left and right cover side wall each having an inner surface, said respective inner surface being engageable and contacting a respective one of said outer surfaces of said left and right body side walls; (iv) means on each of the left and right cover side walls for forming a seal, the sealing means of respective left and right cover and body side walls cooperating with one another, and said sealing means being a projecting button engaging a matchingly contoured depression.