US PATENT SUBCLASS 206 / 528
FOR AMPULE, CAPSULE, PELLET, OR GRANULE

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206 /   HD   SPECIAL RECEPTACLE OR PACKAGE

528FOR AMPULE, CAPSULE, PELLET, OR GRANULE {9}
529  DF  .~> Suppository type
530  DF  .~> Single unit container
531  DF  .~> Structure for "press-out" of content unit
532  DF  .~> With rupture means for access
534  DF  .~> With indicia or indicator
534.1  DF  .~> Single layer in edge-to-edge array {1}
535  DF  .~> Stacked within container {1}
538  DF  .~> Compartmented {1}
540  DF  .~> Plural loose content

DEFINITION

Classification: 206/528

(under the class definition) A container for a (a) relatively small receptacle or vial, usually frangible or made of a gelatinous-like substance or (b) a pill, tablet, lozenge or troche; each unit of (a) or (b) usually encompasses a single dose or charge for medication or other purposes-which in instances of plural unit contents include means for limited access to, or limited disposal from, such plural unit container.

(1) Note. content such as (a) or (b) above which is completely encapsulated between two or more flaccid sheets

bonded together, without means for limited access to, or limited disposal from, a plural unit container is considered a laminate packet for subclass 484.

(2) Note. The term "limited" connotes the inclusion of structure which an operator may manipulate to provide an opening for less than a single action removal of total content.

(3) Note. Included here are patents for a similar container or package of lighter flints or pyrophoric elements.

(4) Note. This is only the residual locus for an ampoule or capsule, per se. See notes below for other loci.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS: 438+, for a container for a body treatment article or material.

484, for a laminate package. See (2) Note, above.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS

220, Receptacles,

8, for a sectional container with telescoping components.

221, Article Dispensing, See References to Other Classes for the line between this Class 206 and Class 221.

424, Drug, Bio-Affecting and Body Treating Compositions,

14+, for a structured dosage unit intended to be used as a whole without disassembly. See II, Class 206 note under the class definition of Class 424.

588, Hazardous or Toxic Waste Destruction or Containment, appropriate subclasses for the containment of hazardous or toxic waste.

604, Surgery,

403+, for medicament holding receptacles which are adapted for charging; and subclass 72 for gaseous substances held in reservoirs or injection.