Method for dispensing moisture-sensitive unit dose packages

A method of dispensing and storing moisture-sensitive packages from a filled container, comprising the steps of:

• (a) urging at least some of the packages toward a substantially covered exit aperture which is formed within the container by supporting said packages upon an inclined ramp which is spaced above a bottom surface of the container and which has a lower portion proximate said aperture;
• (b) pivoting a wall which is formed integrally with the ramp, the wall substantially completely obstructing the aperture in a first position and permitting access through the aperture to the packages within the container when the wall is pivoted to a second position;
• (c) lifting a cover so as to permit access through the aperture into the container, wherein the cover is formed integrally with a surface of the container which contains the aperture, the cover being capable of substantially obstructing the aperture;
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• (d) releasing the cover so as to substantially cover the aperture automatically subsequent to removal of one of said packages from the container through the aperture.