Multi-compartment article dispensing package

A base member for a dispensing package for holding an item therein, said dispensing package including a square shaped cover sheet having a plurality of closure members disposed in an array of at least three rows and three columns releasably secured to one another along frangible separation lines, said base member comprising:

• a plurality of individual compartment units releasably secured to one another and disposed in an array of at least three rows and three columns, each compartment unit being of a square profile and comprising a flange and a chamber depending from said flange, said flange extending around the periphery of said chamber and having four corners, adjacent ones of said compartment units merging together at a respective cruciform shaped frangible separation line, said cruciform shaped frangible separation line including respective portions of a selected corner of each of said compartment units, said selected corner of each of said compartment units including a fold line contiguous with said cruciform shaped frangible separation line, said flanges of said multi-compartment base being detachably connected along frangible separation lines connecting said corners so that each compartment unit may be separated from the other compartment units, base member being configured to be releasably secured to said cover sheet whereupon said frangible separation lines of the cover sheet are coincident with said frangible separation lines of said base member and respective ones of the closure members are releasably secured to respective ones of said compartment units to form respective sealed compartment units with an item disposed therein, each of said sealed compartment units being configured to be detached from said other sealed compartment units, whereupon the selected corner of the sealed compartment unit detached from said other sealed compartment units can be folded downward with respect to its closure member to enable said closure member to be grasped and removed from said sealed compartment unit to expose the item.