Patent ID: 7828148
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: A61J,B65B

Abstract:
1. A multi-compartmented container, comprising: a rear wall defining a top rear edge, a bottom rear edge, a first rear side edge, and a second rear side edge; a front wall defining a top front edge, a bottom front edge, a first front side edge, and a second front side edge, the front wall being disposed in overlapping relationship to the rear wall; a plurality of lateral, heat-sealed seams extending between the top edges and the bottom edges at a plurality of positions between the first side edges and the second side edges, the plurality of scams connecting the rear wall to the front wall such that the rear wall defines a rear surface and the front wall defines a front surface; a bottom seam connecting the rear wall to the front wall along the bottom edges; seven packages defined between the first side edges and the second side edges by the plurality of lateral seams, the seven packages defining a linear arrangement; seven openings defined between the front layer and the rear layer along the top edges, each of the openings corresponding to one of the seven packages between the plurality of lateral seams; perforations through the rear wall and the front wall, the perforations being aligned with selected ones of the plurality of lateral seams, thereby permitting adjacent ones of the plurality of packages to be separated from one another; printed characters on the front surface of each of the seven packages indicating days of the week; ink receptive spaces on the front surface of each of the seven packages capable of receiving ink from a pen or marker; and a plurality of check blocks on the front surface of each of the seven packages for marking a period of the day; wherein each of the printed characters, the ink receptive spaces, and the plurality of check boxes provide indicia for dosage information, and wherein the rear wall is transparent, permitting viewing of any contents in the seven packages.