Sealed hypodermic needle package

Claim 1

A PACKAGED HYPODERMIC NEEDLE COMPRISING AN ELONGATED GENERALLY TUBULAR SHEATH OF ONE-PIECE MOLDED CONSTRUCTION WHOSE LOWER END IS CLOSED AND WHOSE UPPER END IS FORMED WITH AN OPEN MOUTH, INCLUDING AN OUTWARDLY PROJECTING HORIZONTAL FLANGE FORMED WITH AN ANNULAR GROOVE SURROUNDING THE MOUTH OF THE SHEATH TO FORM A CONTINUOUS LINE OF REDUCED THICKNESS, AN ANNULAR SHOULDER FORMED IN THE INTERIOR OF THE SHEATH, THE INTERNAL DIAMETER OF THE SHEATH ABOVE THE SHOULDER BEING LARGER THAN THAT BELOW THE SHOULDER, AND A PLURALITY OF INWARDLY PROJECTING RADIAL RIBS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH THE SHEATH ABOVE THE SHOULDER; A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE MOUNTED IN THE SHEATH AND INCLUDING AN ELONGATED ADAPTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTWARDLY PROJECTING RADIAL WINGS FORMED INTEGRALLY THEREWITH, AND A CANNULA HAVING ITS UPPER END SECURED IN THE ADAPTOR, THE NEEDLE AND THE SHEATH BEING SO DIMENSIONED THAT WITH THE LOWER END OF THE ADAPTOR RESTING ON THE ANNULAR SHOULDER, THE LOWER END OF THE CANNULA IS SUPPORTED ABOVE THE LOWER END OF THE SHEATH, THE UPPER END PORTION OF THE ADAPTOR PROJECTS BEYOND THE UPPER FACE OF THE FLANGE AND THE RIBS ENGAGE BETWEEN THE WINGS TO LIMIT RELATIVE ROTATION BETWEEN THE NEEDLE AND THE SHEATH; AND A CLOSURE MEMBER EXTENDING ACROSS THE OPEN MOUTH OF THE SHEATH HAVING A DISHED CENTRAL PORTION ENCLOSING THE PROJECTING UPPER PORTION OF THE ADAPTOR AND A PERIPHERAL PORTION SECURED TO THE FLANGE ON THE OUTER SIDE OF THE ANNULAR GROOVE, SO THAT THE CLOSURE MEMBER MAY BE WHOLLY REMOVED FOR ACCESS TO THE ENCLOSED NEEDLE BY BREAKING ALONG THE LINE OF REDUCED THICKNESS.