Medication dispenser
OwnerPaul J. Keffelerinventor
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Abstract
A medication dispenser includes a container defining a plurality of open topped medication compartments adapted to be closed by a compartment cover assembly including a plurality of individual covers connected together by fracturable links. Each cover includes an integral fracturable tab depending from one end and coacting means on the container and tabs for securing the tabs in snap-fit relation when the cover is positioned to close its respective compartment. Thus each tab is independently secured relative to the container and fractured from its respective cover in response to upward movement of the opposite end of the cover to open the compartment.
Claims16
A medication dispenser, comprising,
- a container comprising a bottom, opposite upstanding side walls, opposite upstanding end walls, a divider wall extended between said end walls in spaced relation from one side wall and a plurality of partitions connected to and extended between said divider wall and one side wall to define a plurality of open topped medication compartments,
- a plurality of compartment covers, each adapted to overlie and close a respective one of said compartments,
- each cover including a separate integral fracturable tab depending therefrom adjacent one end thereof, and
- coacting lock means on said container and on the individual tabs for independently securing each tab in snap fit locked relation onto said container when said covers are positioned to close said compartments whereby each cover is fractured from its respective tab in response to upward movement of the opposite end of said cover to open said compartment.
A compartment cover assembly for a medication dispenser container including a bottom, opposite upstanding side walls, opposite upstanding end walls, a divider wall extended between said end walls in spaced relation from one side wall, a plurality of partitions connected to and extended between said divider wall and one side wall to define a plurality of open topped medication compartments and a plurality of cover lock means on said container adjacent said divider wall, one cover lock means being associated with each compartment,
- said compartment cover assembly comprising,
- a plurality of compartment covers, each adapted to overlie and close a respective one of said compartments,
- each cover including an integral fracturable tab depending therefrom adjacent one end thereof,
- a plurality of fracturable links interconnecting the said one end of a plurality of covers to form an integral cover assembly, and
- coacting lock means on each tab adapted for cooperation with a respective cover lock means to secure the respective tab in snap-fit relation onto said container when the covers are positioned to close said compartments whereby each tab is adapted to be independently secured relative to said container and fractured from its respective cover in response to upward movement of the opposite end of said cover to open said compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.