Carousel device for storing medication containers

A rotatable, cylindrical device for storing medication containers, the device comprising:

• (a) a circular stationary base member having a horizontal surface;
• (b) a circular adapter member having a flat bottom and a circular central receiving portion;
• (c) means for connecting the base member to the adapter member;
• (d) means for enabling said adapter member to rotate about a longitudinal axis, said means affixed to the surface of the base member;
• (e) a plurality of stacked tiers, each comprising:
• (1) a disk-shaped plate member with a top surface and a bottom surface, the plate member having a circular central opening;
• (2) at least three rectangular vertical permanent dividers, each having a lower edge permanently affixed to the upper surface of the plate member along a radius so that each is disposed equidistant from another permanent divider, each of the permanent dividers further having a surface with a boss;
• (3) an alignment cylinder affixed to the bottom surface of the plate member, said cylinder having an open upper end and a lower end sized for insertion through the central opening and into the alignment cylinder of another plate member, said alignment cylinder further having at least three L-shaped grooves, each of the L-shaped grooves disposed for receiving the boss on the surface of one of the permanent dividers;
• the plurality of tiers being arranged with the alignment cylinder of the lowermost plate member being inserted into the receiving portion of the adapter member, and with each of the other tiers having the alignment cylinder of the plate member being inserted through the central opening and into the alignment cylinder of the plate member directly below said tier.