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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2013
R.j. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Jerry W. Pipes, Clemmons, NC (US);
Wesley S. Jones, Lexington, NC (US);
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Abstract
A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a tray slidably received in a dispensing container. The tray may be a blister pack including units of a product received in sealed cavities. A locking apparatus may be configured to releasably retain the tray in a locked configuration. The locking apparatus may include one or more locking protrusions that engage corresponding locking apertures in the tray. The locking apparatus may also include buttons positioned on opposing sides of the tray. When the buttons are depressed toward one another, the locking protrusions may move relative to the locking apertures such that the tray is unlocked and may be withdrawn from the dispensing container.