Child-resistant single pill dispenser
AssigneeBayer HealthCare LLC
InventorsJOSEPH MARTIN, ERIC SCHMIDT, ROBERT G. PETIT
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Abstract
A child-resistant dispenser includes a housing (110); and a slider (150) disposed on the housing and configured to slide from a closed position to a dispensing position, the slider comprising a movable engagement portion (148) that engages a stop (122) on the housing, wherein the engagement between the movable engagement portion and the stop restricts movement of the slider to the dispensing position and the movable engagement portion is configured to disengage from the stop in response to a release force applied to the slider.
Claims21
A child-resistant dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a slider disposed on the housing and configured to slide from a closed position to a dispensing position, the slider comprising a movable engagement portion that engages a stop on the housing,
- wherein the engagement between the movable engagement portion and the stop restricts movement of the slider to the dispensing position and the movable engagement portion is configured to disengage from the stop in response to a release force applied to the slider.
A prefilled child-resistant dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- a slider disposed on the housing and configured to slide from a closed position to a dispensing position, the slider comprising a movable engagement portion that engages a stop on the housing;
- and
- product contained within the dispenser for dispensing by the dispenser,
- wherein the engagement between the movable engagement portion and the stop restricts movement of the slider to the dispensing position and the movable engagement portion is configured to disengage from the stop in response to a first release force applied to the slider.
A method of dispensing a unit of product from a dispenser that comprises a housing and a slider disposed on the housing, the method comprising:
- moving at least a portion of an engagement portion of the slider to release an engagement between the slider and the housing that prevents the slider from moving to a dispensing position;
- and
- while the engagement is released, moving the slider along a side of the housing to a dispensing position in which a single unit of product is dispensed.
-22. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.