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A two-piece package for housing and dispensing a unit dose product. The product to be dispensed is contained on an internal slide card that is removably and lockably engaged within an outer sleeve. The package sleeve includes an exterior panel having an inner pocket for accommodating an insert. This

A two-piece package for housing and dispensing a unit dose product. The product to be dispensed is contained on an internal slide card that is removably and lockably engaged within an outer sleeve. The package sleeve includes an exterior panel having an inner pocket for accommodating an insert. This package may include additional features that provide a child resistant and user-friendly dosing means that can be opened and closed numerous times while in use, then disposed of when the all the unit doses are exhausted.

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1. A unit dose package having improved child resistance characteristics comprisinga) an outer sleeve including a plurality of side panels, a plurality of hinge panels, said side panels and hinge panels being operatively connected to each other; and wherein at least one side panel includes a foldable

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A unit dose package having improved child resistance characteristics comprisinga) an outer sleeve including a plurality of side panels, a plurality of hinge panels, said side panels and hinge panels being operatively connected to each other; and wherein at least one side panel includes a foldable extension thereof, said extension being folded toward the interior of the sleeve to form a false bottom; and further wherein one of the side panels includes an internal slide card retaining element and a first inner slide card releasing element, and another of said plurality of side panels includes a second inner slide card releasing element;wherein the outer sleeve includes a pair of offset notches for grasping and removing an internal slide card; and wherein the outer sleeve is at least partially laminated with a polymeric film material;b) a foldable exterior panel hingedly attached to one edge of the outer sleeve, said exterior panel being formed from an extension panel divided into two sections by a fold line, the sections being folded about the fold line to form the exterior panel having an interior pocket; andc) an internal slide card having encapsulated thereon one or more blisters each containing a unit dose of a material to be dispensed, the slide card being comprised of a slide card body and an extension, the extension being folded inward and positioned parallel to the slide card body when the package is closed. 2. The package of claim 1, wherein the exterior panel is separated from the outer sleeve by a perforated fold line. 3. The package of claim 1 wherein the exterior panel has notched openings for access to and withdrawal of the contents of the interior pocket. 4. The package of claim 1 wherein the extension panel additionally comprises an end flap separated therefrom by a fold line; said end flap being inwardly foldable for attachment to the extension flap to form an interior pocket. 5. The package of claim 1 wherein the polymeric film material is in the form of a tape strip around one or more edges of the outer sleeve. 6. The package of claim 1, wherein the polymeric film material is laminated over an entire surface of the outer sleeve. 7. The package of claim 1, wherein the outer sleeve is constructed from a paperboard or plastic substrate. 8. A method of packaging unit dose materials comprising:a) cutting a blank for forming an outer sleeve from a substrate material, the blank having an extension panel having a fold line disposed thereon; the blank further including a pair of notches positioned in an offset parallel relationship to each other when the blank is folded;b) forming an internal slide card from a substrate material, said internal slide card including a body and a foldable extension thereofc) folding the blank to form an outer sleeve including a plurality of side panels, the side panels having included therein at least one slide retaining means and at least one slide releasing means, at least one side panel comprising a foldable extension thereof which, when folded, forms a false bottom within the interior of the sleeve;d) folding the extension panel about the fold line and affixing the edge thereof to the outer sleeve to provide a symmetrically folded exterior panel with an interior pocket;e) encapsulating unit doses of a material onto the internal slide card;f) folding the extension of the slide card to position the extension parallel to the body of the slide card;g) inserting the folded slide card into the sleeve such that the extension thereof becomes slidably and lockably engaged with the slide retaining means in the side panels of the sleeve; andh) placing an insert within the interior pocket of the exterior panel. 9. The method of claim 8 further including laminating at least a portion of the outer sleeve with a polymeric film material. 10. The method of claim 8, wherein the unit dose material is a pharmaceutical. 11. A blank for forming a lockable outer sleeve for housing an internal slide card of a unit dose package, comprising a plurality of side panels, an extension panel, and a plurality of hinge panels; at least one of said side panels comprising an extension thereof forming an internal slide card retaining element, and at least one side panel thereof additionally comprising a first internal slide card releasing element; and at least another side panel comprising a second internal slide card releasing element; and the extension panel having a fold line disposed thereon; and further comprising, in combination, a pair of notches, each notch being formed along an outer edge of the sleeve in an offset parallel relationship to the other, and a false bottom formed by a foldable extension of at least one side panel. 12. The blank of claim 11 additionally comprising an end flap separated therefrom by a fold line, said end flap being inwardly foldable for attachment to the extension flap to form an interior pocket. 13. The blank of claim 11 wherein the internal slide card retaining element is formed from an extension of one or more side panels. 14. The blank of claim 11, wherein the first internal slide card releasing element is in the form of a release button located in one side panel. 15. The blank of claim 11, wherein the second internal slide card releasing element is in the form of a cutaway located in one side panel. 16. The blank of claim 15, wherein the cutaway additionally includes a node for engagement of an edge of the internal slide card. 17. The blank of claim 11 further including a polymeric film material laminated over at least a portion of one or both surfaces thereof. 18. The blank of claim 17 having a strip of polymeric film material affixed at or near the edge of at least one panel thereof. 19. The blank of claim 18 wherein the strip covers one or both of the notches formed along the edge of the outer sleeve. 20. A unit dose package having improved child resistance characteristics comprising:an outer sleeve including a plurality of side panels, a plurality of hinge panels, said side panels and hinge panels being operatively connected to each other; and wherein at least one side panel includes a foldable extension thereof, said extension being folded toward the interior of the sleeve to form a false bottom; and further wherein one of the side panels includes an internal slide card retaining element and a first inner slide card releasing element, and another of said plurality of side panels includes a second inner slide card releasing element; wherein the outer sleeve includes a pair of offset notches for grasping and removing an internal slide card; and wherein the outer sleeve is at least partially laminated with a polymeric film material; an internal slide card having encapsulated thereon one or more blisters each containing a unit dose of a material to be dispensed, the slide card being comprised of a slide card body and an extension, the extension being folded inward and positioned parallel to the slide card body when the package is closed.