Patent ID: 8708149
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: A61J,B65D

Abstract:
1. A pill blister pack container for holding a pill blister pack, the pill blister pack having at least one opening, the container comprising: a bottom portion highedly attached to a top portion about a first edge; the bottom portion includes a base and a bottom front wall distal to the first edge and extending away from the base, the bottom portion further includes a pair of bottom side walls extending away from the base and separately positioned between the first edge and the bottom front wall; a flange extending from the base and being positioned within a portion of each side wall; the top portion includes a top and a top front wall distal to the first edge and extending away from the top, the top portion further includes a pair of top side walls extending away from the top and separately positioned between the first edge and the top front wall, and each top side wall having an aperture defined therein and being positioned to receive a flange when the container is in a closed position, and wherein the bottom portion has an outer parameter smaller than an inner parameter defined by the top portion, such that when the container is in the closed position, the bottom side walls fit between the top side walls; at least one support post extending between the top and base, each of the at least one support post being sized to receive the at least one opening defined by the pill blister pack; a channel extending from outside edges on the first edge and around a portion of the top containing the at least one support post to define within the channel a support member portion; and wherein each support post, of the at least one support post, is a two piece interlocking support member, the interlocking support member having a first piece extending from the base towards a second piece that extends from the top towards the first piece, the two piece interlocking support member having a means to interlock the two pieces together, and wherein when the container is in the closed configuration, the means to interlock the two pieces together secures the two pieces together such that when the container is re-opened the interlocking support member maintains a secure engagement between the first piece and the second piece of the two piece interlocking support member at the same time the top is capable of moving to an opened position about the channel.