Patent ID: 8857617

Claim:
A medicine dispenser comprising: a disc-shaped cap having a cylindrical rim with a schedule-element display aperture, a ratchet wheel, and a number of lugs extending radially inward from a lower edge of the cap; a disc-shaped schedule-display element, mounted within the cap to form a cap-and-schedule-display assembly, having a cylindrical rim with an outer display surface along which schedule elements are positioned, a ratchet wheel complementary to the ratchet wheel of the cap, one or more grips on an inner surface, and biasing features extending from an inner surface of the cylindrical rim; and a cylindrical container, onto which the cap-and-schedule-display assembly is mounted, which includes boss features regularly spaced along an outer surface and positioned to interact with the lugs and biasing features to provide child-proof locking of the cap and to advance a displayed schedule element by one and only one element when the cap is removed and reaffixed to the cylindrical container.