Patent ID: 7243817
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A tablet dispenser for dispensing individual solid objects, comprising: a lower housing, an upper housing with an upper elastomeric cover that covers at least a portion of a trigger mechanism, a lower elastomeric cover of at least a portion of the lower housing and a dispenser mechanism that is dimensioned to fit within the housings, the dispenser mechanism has a container region and a dispenser zone, the dispenser mechanism has a spring element and a lever mechanism pivotally mounted in the dispensing zone, an interior of the lower housing is provided with a pusher bar which extends from a fore wall of the lower housing back towards an upward extending leg of the lever mechanism, the pusher bar, the upward extending leg and a hook element of the lever mechanism are configured so that the pusher bar is not in contact with the upward extending leg and the upward extending leg is set back from an opening situated on the fore wall of the lower housing and the hook element of the lever mechanism extends into the dispenser zone blocking tablets from being dispensed through the opening when the dispenser mechanism is at rest but, when sufficient force is applied to the upper elastomeric cover, the dispenser mechanism moves forward, towards the fore wall of the lower housing and the upward extending leg of the lever mechanism contacts the pusher bar, as the upward extending leg pivots in the direction opposite the direction in which the dispenser mechanism is moving, the hook element of the lever mechanism also pivots to remove the impediment prohibiting the tablet from passing through the opening of the dispensing mechanism; wherein the lower elastomeric cover comprises a lip seal, wherein the lip seal is formed by two flexible lip sides that converge at a thin slit, wherein the lip seal allows a tablet to pass therethough, and wherein the lip seal forms a substantially moisture tight container.