# US 7,464,819 B2 · Child-resistant container > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 7,464,819 B2 - Document ID: US7464819B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 10/941,588 - Filed: 2004-09-14 - Published: 2005-06-02 - Granted: 2008-12-16 - Earliest claimed: 2001-11-30 - Assignees: West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. - Inventors: Michael G. Maietta - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7464819B2 ## CPC - B65D 83/0463: {formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container} - A61J 1/03: for pills or tablets (containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04) - A61J 1/035: {Blister-type containers (blisters in general B65D75/36)} - B65D 2215/02: requiring the combination of simultaneous actions - B65D 2251/1058: Latching mechanisms - B65D 2583/0409: of dates or follow-numbers - B65D 2583/0468: of drawer-and-shell type - B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE ## Abstract A child-resistant container for holding at least one item includes a housing having upper and lower walls and a first tray pivotally mounted to the housing on a pivot axis. The first tray is pivotable between a retracted position in which the first tray is positioned in the housing and an exposed position in which the first tray extends from the housing. A second tray is pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a retracted position in which the second tray is positioned in the housing and an exposed position in which the second tray extends from the housing. The first and second trays are adapted for holding the at least item. A common locking mechanism engages the first and second trays to releasably lock the first and second trays in the retracted position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A child-resistant container for holding at least one item, the container comprising: a housing having upper and lower walls; a first tray being pivotally mounted to the housing on a pivot axis for movement between a retracted position in which the first tray is positioned in the housing and an exposed position in which the first tray extends from the housing; a second tray being pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a retracted position in which the second tray is positioned in the housing and an exposed position in which the second tray extends from the housing, the first and second trays adapted for holding the at least one item; and a common locking mechanism including a flexible tab integral with the upper wall of the housing, the common locking mechanism releasably locking the first and second trays in the retracted position; a first blister pack and a second blister pack, the first blister pack being mounted on the first tray and the second blister pack being mounted on the second tray, the first and second blister packs being inaccessible when the first and second trays are in the retracted positions, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The child-resistant container of claim 1 wherein the common locking mechanism is mounted to the housing and releasably locks the first tray and the second tray in the retracted positions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The child-resistant container of claim 1 wherein the first and second trays each include an individual locking mechanism, the individual locking mechanisms being releasably engageable with the housing, the first and second trays being releasably locked in the retracted position by the common locking mechanism and the individual locking mechanisms, the first and second trays only being movable from the retracted position to the exposed position upon simultaneously releasing the common locking mechanism and the respective individual locking mechanism. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The child-resistant container of claim 1 further comprising: one or more supplemental trays being pivotally mounted to the housing on the pivot axis, the one or more supplemental trays being separate from the first and second trays, each of the supplemental trays being pivotable between retracted and exposed positions, the common locking mechanism being mounted to the housing and releasably maintaining the supplemental trays in the retracted position, the one or more supplemental trays each including an individual locking mechanism that releasably engages the housing when each of the supplemental trays are in the retracted position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The child-resistant container of claim 4 wherein one of the first, second and supplemental trays are moveable from the retracted position by application of a release force to the common locking mechanism and a depression force to the respective individual locking mechanism. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The child-resistant container of claim 1 wherein the second tray is pivotally mounted to the housing on the pivot axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The child-resistant container of claim 6 further comprising: one or more supplemental trays being pivotally mounted to the housing on the pivot axis, the one or more supplemental trays being pivotable between a retracted position, wherein the one or more supplemental trays are positioned within the housing and an exposed position, wherein the one or more supplemental trays are exposed from the housing, the first tray, the second tray and the one or more supplemental trays being engaged by and releasably locked in the retracted position by at least the common locking mechanism. ### Claim 8 A child-resistant container for holding at least one item, the container comprising: a housing having upper and lower walls; a first tray being pivotally mounted to the housing on a pivot axis for movement between a retracted position in which the first tray is positioned in the housing between the upper and lower walls and an exposed position in which the first tray extends from the housing; a second tray being pivotally mounted to the housing on the pivot axis for movement between a retracted position in which the second tray is positioned in the housing between the upper and lower walls and an exposed position in which the second tray extends from the housing, the first and second trays being stacked in the housing when the first and second trays are in the retracted positions; and a common locking mechanism mounted to the housing and biased towards a locking position, the common locking mechanism includes a flexible upper tab integral with the upper wall of the housing, a flexible lower tab integral with the lower wall of the housing and a push rod mounted to the upper or lower tabs. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The child-resistant container of claim 8 further comprising: the common locking mechanism releasably locking the first and second trays in the retracted positions; and an individual locking mechanism mounted to each of the first and second trays and releasably engaging the housing when the respective first and second trays are in the retracted position. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The child-resistant container of claim 8 wherein the at least one item is comprised of a first blister pack and a second blister pack, the first blister pack storing medication for a first time period and the second blister pack storing medication for a second time period, the first blister pack being removably mounted to the first tray and the second blister pack being removably mounted to the second tray. ### Claim 11 A container for holding at least one blister pack therein, the container comprising: a housing having upper and lower walls; and a tray being pivotally mounted to the housing for movement between a retracted position in which the tray is positioned in the housing and an exposed position in which the tray extends from the housing, the tray including a hole therein and being pivotal on a plane that is generally parallel to the upper and lower walls, the tray lying in a plane generally parallel to the upper and lower walls, the blister pack including a plurality of medication doses and being rotatably mounted to the tray such that one of the plurality of medication doses selectively aligns with the hole depending upon a rotational orientation of the blister pack. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The container of claim 11 further comprising: a blister disc being removably and rotatably mountable to the tray, the blister pack being fixed to the blister disc, the blister disc including a plurality of slots corresponding to the plurality of medication doses. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The container of claim 12 further comprising: a post extending generally perpendicularly from the tray, the blister disc being rotatably mounted on the post; and a disc knob removably mountable to the post, the disc knob being mounted to a distal end of the post when the blister disc is mounted to the tray to rotatably secure the blister disc on the tray. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The container of claim 12 wherein the blister pack is adhesively bonded to the blister disc. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The container of claim 11 further comprising: a blister disc rotatably secured to the tray, the blister disc including a plurality of slots, the blister pack being mounted to the blister disc, the plurality of medication doses being aligned with the plurality of slots. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The container of claim 11 further comprising: an alignment indicator located on an exposed face of the tray adjacent the hole, the blister pack having a generally disc-shape with a peripheral edge, the hole being covered by the blister pack when the blister pack is mounted to the tray, the alignment indicator being visible on the exposed face adjacent the peripheral edge when the blister pack is mounted to the tray. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The container of claim 11 further comprising: a second locking mechanism movably mounted to the upper wall, the second locking mechanism being movable between a locking position and a release position, the second locking mechanism engaging and locking the tray within the housing when the tray is in the retracted position and the second locking mechanism is in the locking position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The container of claim 17 wherein the tray is pivotally mounted to the housing and includes a cam surface and a shoulder, the cam surface moving the second locking mechanism from the locking position to the release position as the tray pivots from the exposed position toward the retracted position, the second locking mechanism engaging the shoulder when the tray is in the retracted position.