Patent ID: 7104417
Filing Date: 2006-09-12
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for dispensing pills packaged in a pack comprising a base and a top rotatably mounted on the base and defining a housing for the pill pack, a pill dispensing window in said base, a radially extending plunger slidably mounted in the housing operable between inner and outer limit positions, said plunger having a ramp adapted to engage the pill pack for discharging one of the pills in the pack through the window in said base during cycling of the plunger between limit positions, means for limiting rotation of the pack only one pill increment at a time, and a child resistant means normally preventing cycling of the plunger between limit positions, said child resistant means comprising a hinged tab on the base, a pin-like projection on said tab, a plurality of circumferentially spaced pockets in the top adapted to receive said pin-like projection to prevent rotation of the top relative to the base, whereby when the tab is pressed inwardly, the pin is moved out of a respective pocket to allow rotation of the cover and associated pill pack.