Patent ID: 7581642

Claim:
A unit dose package, comprising: a hollow plastic container body having an end with an elongate opening defined by a rim; a blister card having a plurality of separate blister compartments with a plurality of items separately secured therein for being dispensed from said container body, said elongate opening of said container body corresponding in size to an end profile of said blister card so that said blister card is slidable only in an end-to-end direction relative to said container body through said elongate opening between a retracted position in which said blister card is located within said container body and a dispensing position in which a part of said blister card extends through said opening of said container body; a plastic cap removably securable to said container body to seal said opening and prevent access to said blister card, said cap having an end wall with a spring captured to an underside thereof; and a locking mechanism for preventing a distal end of said blister card from passing through said elongate opening of said container body.