Patent ID: 6026726
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: A61J,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for opening with a knife a set of individual pill containers, said set of individual pill containers comprising:a container-defining sheet made of plastic material, said container-defining sheet having a top surface of a rectangular shape comprising a given number of evenly spaced apart cavities embossed therein, each of said cavities being upwardly opened and thus defining a container having a bottom, each of said container being surrounded by a flange of a given width; anda container-sealing sheet which is fastened over the top surface of said container-defining sheet, said container-sealing sheet being shaped and sized to cover at least all the containers and surrounding flanges of the container-defining sheet, wherein said device comprises a flat base member and a ""U""-shaped flange which projects downwardly from said flat member, said ""U""-shaped flange member comprising a bottom flange portion and two lateral opposite flanges portions having a given length;said base member and flange portion together defining a cavity sized to fit onto the set of individual pill containers when said set is in an upside down position; each of said two lateral opposite flange portions being provided with an continuous horizontal slot which extends over its length at a short distance from the flat base member, so that, when the set of individual pill containers is inserted upside down in the cavity, the slots extends slightly under the bottom of the containers;whereby one can cut the bottoms of the containers of the set of individual pill containers by inserting a knife through the slots of the two lateral flange and moving said knife from a first position which is distant from the base member to a second position which is close to the base member.