Patent ID: 7748554
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A pillbox comprising: a plurality of individual storage units, each unit comprising two compartments, each compartment being for an AM and PM portion of the day, respectively, each unit having two side walls, two end walls, and a bottom and each compartment having a top, each top comprising a hinged lid for accessing the compartment, the hinged lid being hinged pivotally at a hinge area, each individual storage unit having a first part of a two-part complementary interlocking mechanism on at least one of the sidewalls, the first part of the interlocking mechanism allowing each individual storage unit to attach releasably to another individual storage unit having a second part of the two-part complementary interlocking mechanism whereby all the individual storage units can be interlocked together to form a unitary pillbox containing two compartments for each day of the week; each individual storage unit being separable from any other attached individual storage unit via said two-part complementary interlocking mechanism, further comprising a center region between the compartments of an individual storage unit, said center region having two adjacent slots disposed parallel to the end walls, further wherein the hinged lid for each compartment is separable from the storage unit, each hinged lid having a tab depending from the hinged lid and being pivotable from the lid at the hinge area, the tab being insertable into a respective one of the slots to secure the hinged lid to the storage unit for access to the respective compartment, each tab being releasably and frictionally held in place in the respective slot and being removable from the slot integral with the lid when the lid is removed.