Tablet dispenser

A tablet dispenser, comprising:

• a housing formed with a compartment for receiving a plurality of tablets to be dispensed, and with a dispensing opening for dispensing tablets from said compartment;
• said housing including a top wall, a bottom wall, first and second opposed side walls, and first and second opposed narrow end walls, said dispensing opening being formed in said first end wall adjacent said bottom wall;
• said compartment being of a length and width to receive a plurality of tablets, but of a thickness, defined by said first and second narrow end walls, only slightly greater than the thickness of one of the tablets such that the tablets received therein form a single layer;
• and a dispensing member mounted between said side walls adjacent said dispensing opening in said first end wall and manually movable either to a closed position closing said dispensing opening, or to an open position to dispense a tablet from said compartment through said dispensing opening;
• said dispensing member being pivotally mounted at a pivot point intermediate a first end thereof facing the top wall and a second end thereof facing the bottom wall;
• said second end of the dispensing member being formed on an inner surface thereof with a recess for receiving a single tablet, such that manually pressing said first end of the dispensing member inwardly towards said second end wall, while in its closed position, pivots said second end of the dispensing member outwardly from said first end wall to said open position to dispense the single tablet received in said recess in said second end through said dispensing opening.