Pill Dispenser

A child-resistant rectangular slide dispenser for packaging and dispensing pills, comprising:

• a one-piece molded base connected to a separate one-piece molded plastic cover;
• said base forming one side of the dispenser and having at least one row of spaced-apart hollow compartments for containing pills, and a deformable elastomeric seal located on a surface of said base between and surrounding said openings of said compartments and confronting said cover in a compressed state such as to tightly seal said compartments with said cover;
• said cover forming an opposite side of the dispenser and being connected to said base in a manner permitting said cover to slide relative to said base, said compartments of said base having openings and said cover extending over said openings of said compartments, said cover comprising at one end thereof a row of flip-up dispensing caps corresponding to said at least one row of spaced-apart hollow compartments;
• wherein when said row of flip-up dispensing caps is aligned with said at least one row of spaced-apart hollow compartments, contents of said at least one row of spaced-apart hollow compartments may be dispensed.

A method of manufacturing a child-resistant dispenser for packaging and dispensing pills, comprising the steps of:

• injection molding a cover from a plastic material and separately injection molding a base having a plurality of spaced-apart hollow compartments from a plastic material, wherein one of said injection molding steps including injection molding an elastomeric material via a dual shot injection molding operation such that a deformable elastomeric seal is molded integrally on a surface of one of said cover or base for forming a confronting surface with an opposite one of said cover or base;
• loading pills in the compartments of the base;
• and
• after said loading step, connecting said cover to said base to form a dispenser in which the elastomeric seal is in a compressed state and provides a tight seal of said compartments via connection of said cover to said base.