Patent ID: 7798330

Claim:
A lockable pill container comprising: (a) a holder defining a plurality of compartments; the holder defining a first holder end and a second holder end; (i) at least some of the plurality of compartments each has a respective access opening providing access to a pill-holder interior volume; (b) a plurality of lids, each corresponding to a respective access opening; and being moveable between a covering position and an open position; (i) the covering position being a position in which at least one of the plurality of lids covers a respective access opening to block access to the respective access opening; and (ii) the open position being a position in which the at least one of the plurality of lids is spaced away from the respective access opening to allow access to the respective access opening; (iii) at least some of the plurality of lids each including a first locking member having a hook that is sized to project into the holder when the at least some of the plurality of lids is in the covering position; (c) a second locking member moveable between a locking position and a release position; (i) the locking position including a position in which the second locking member engages the first locking members of at least one of the lids in the covering position; (ii) the release position including a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from the first locking members of the at least some of the lids; (iii) the second locking member including opposite first and second ends and a one piece elongate member therebetween; (A) the first end of the second locking member projecting from the first holder end when the second locking member is in the release position; (B) the second end of the second locking member projecting from the second holder end when the second locking member is in the locking position; (C) the second locking member being moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a direct force against the second end to move the second end in a direction toward the second holder end; (D) the second locking member being moveable from the release position to the locking position by application of a direct force against the first end to move the first end in a direction toward the first holder end; (E) the second locking member defining a top surface having a plurality of hook-receiving cavities; (1) when the second locking member is in the release position, one of the hook-receiving cavities is aligned to receive a respective hook when at least one of the lids is moved to the covering position; and (2) when the second locking member is in the locking position, the hook-receiving cavities are not aligned with the hooks so that a pre-positioned hook in a respective hook-receiving cavity is covered by an adjacent portion of the second locking member.