Low profile medicament container

Abstract

A low profile medicament container and dispenser is provided for dispensing medicaments such as lip balm to the lips or skin of a user. The cross-section of the body portion of the container has a major axis and a minor axis and the minor axis dimension is 50% or less of the major axis dimension. The container supports medicament from breakage during dispensing with sidewalls configured to have a soft lip engagement surface to reduce the distance medicament must be advanced beyond the container. The lip engagement surface may be formed from a lower durometer material than the body of the container. The medicament may be advanced with a thumb actuated slide mechanism or rotatable lead screw arrangement with a shaped knob to maintain the low profile shape of the container.

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