Patent ID: 6364155
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A pill dispensing package that comprises:a circular base having a pill dispensing opening adjacent to its periphery, a circular package disk having a peripheral array of frangible elements disposed for selective alignment with said base dispensing opening and indicia for indicating dosage periodicity, a circular cover overlying said package disk and secured to said base, having means for manual urging against said package disk to dispense a pill through said opening, first interengaging means between said base and said cover for resiliently urging said cover axially away from said base and circumferentially with respect to said base, and being constructed to permit limited axial motion between said cover and said base and limited circumferential motion with respect to said base, and second interengaging means between said cover and said package disk for rotating said package disk with respect to said base when said cover is moved axially toward said base.