Medication dispenser with removable liner and full skirted compartment covers
OwnerPaul J. Keffelerinventor
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Abstract
A medication dispenser includes a reusable container adapted to receive one or more disposable multicompartment liners for sanitary storage of medication out of contact with the reusable container. The open-topped compartments of the liners are closed by individual covers which are locked onto the container with a fracturable tab which must be broken to open a compartment. Each cover has a depending peripheral flange adapted for insertion into a peripheral channel around each compartment of the liner to form an air-tight seal for tamper-proof sanitary airtight storage of a patient's medication.
Claims21
A medication dispenser, comprising
- a container comprising at least one upstanding sidewall, opposite upstanding end walls, and a divider wall extended between said end walls in spaced relation from said one side wall to define a generally trough shaped cavity,
- a multicompartment liner removably insertable into said cavity, said liner defining a plurality of open-topped compartments and a plurality of peripheral channels, each surrounding a respective compartment, whereby medication placed within said compartments is maintained out of direct contact with said container,
- a plurality of disposable compartment covers, each adapted to overlie and close a respective one of said compartments upon insertion of said liner into said container cavity,
- each cover including a separate integral fracturable tab and adjacent to one end thereof,
- coacting lock means on said container and on the individual tabs for independently securing each tab in snap-fit locked relation onto said container, each cover being fractured from its respective tab in response to upward movement of the opposite end of said cover to open said compartment, and
- each cover further including a top wall and a peripheral flange depending from said top wall and being of a size, shape, and position for receipt within a respective peripheral channel of said liner to provide a substantially air tight closure of the respective compartment upon securement of said covers in snap-fit locked relation onto said container and liner.
A multicompartment liner and cover assembly for a medication dispenser container including at least one upstanding side wall, opposite upstanding end walls and a divider wall tended between said end walls in spaced relation from one side wall to define a generally trough shaped cavity, and a plurality of cover lock means on said container adjacent said divider wall, said compartment liner and cover assembly comprising,
- a multicompartment liner removably insertable into said cavity, said liner defining a plurality of open-topped compartments and a plurality and a plurality of peripheral channels, each surrounding a respective compartment, whereby medication placed within said compartment is maintained out of direct contact with said container,
- a plurality of disposable compartment covers, each adapted to overlie and close a respective one of said compartments upon insertion of said liner into said container cavity,
- each cover including a separate integral fracturable tab adjacent one end thereof for independent securement to said container,
- coacting lock means on each tab adapted for cooperation with a respective tab in snap-fit relation onto said container, each tab being fractured from its respective cover in response to upward movement of the opposite end of said cover to open said compartment, and each cover further including a top wall and a peripheral flange depending from said top wall and being of a size, shape and position for receipt within a respective peripheral channel of said liner to provide a substantially air-tight closure of the respective compartments upon securement of said covers in snap-fit locked relation onto said container and liner.
A multicompartment liner for a medication dispenser container assembly including a container having at least one upstanding side wall, opposite upstanding end walls and a divider wall extended between said end walls in spaced relation from one side wall to define a generally trough shaped cavity, and a plurality of cover lock means on said container adjacent said divider wall and a plurality of disposable compartment covers,
- each cover including a separate integral fracturable tab adjacent one end thereof for independent securement to said container, coacting lock means on each tab adapted for cooperation with a respective cover lock means for securing said cover in snap-fit relation onto said container, each tab being fractured from its respective cover in response to upward movement of the opposite end of said cover to open said compartment, and a top wall and a peripheral flange depending from said top wall,
- said compartment liner comprising,
- a multicompartment liner removably insertable into said cavity said liner defining a plurality of open-topped compartments whereby medication placed within said compartments is maintained out of direct contact with said container,
- said liner further defining a plurality of peripheral channels, each surrounding a respective compartment and being of a size, shape and position for receiving a depending peripheral flange of a respective cover in sealing engagement therein upon securement of said covers in snap-fit locked relation onto said container with a liner inserted therein, thereby to provide a substantially air-tight closure of said compartments.
A multicompartment cover assembly for a medication dispenser container assembly including a container having at least one upstanding side wall, opposite upstanding end walls and a divider wall extended between said end walls in spaced relation from one side wall to define a generally trough shaped cavity, and a plurality of cover lock means on said container adjacent said divider wall, and a multicompartment liner removably insertable into said cavity, said liner defining a plurality of open-topped compartments whereby medication placed within said compartments is maintained out of direct contact with said container, said liner further defining a plurality of peripheral channels, each surrounding a respective compartment, said cover assembly comprising,
- a plurality of disposable compartment covers, each adapted to overlie and close a respective one of said compartments upon insertion of said liner into said container cavity,
- each cover including a separate integral fracturable tab adjacent one end thereof for independent securement to said container,
- 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, each tab being fractured from its respective cover in response to upward movement of the opposite end of said cover to open said compartment, and
- each cover further including a top wall and a peripheral flange depending from said top wall and being of a size, shape and position for receipt within a respective peripheral channel in sealing engagement therewith upon securement of said covers in snap-fit locked relation onto said container with a liner inserted therein thereby to provide a substantially air-tight closure of said compartments.
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