Patent ID: 7481331

Claim:
A dispensing container for use with a blister pack having a series of blisters each containing a dose of one or more medications which can be expelled from the blisters by a user for use of the medication, the dispensing container comprising: a holder portion for receiving and supporting the blister pack; the holder portion having a plurality of openings therein arranged to be aligned with the blisters in the blister pack such that the medication in each blister can be expelled from the blister through the opening; a catching container for receiving the holder portion therein arranged such that medication expelled from the blisters through the openings is caught and held in the catching container; a collecting chute with a bottom mouth at a bottom of the catching container arranged such that the medication caught and held in the catching container falls to the collecting chute and can be discharged by the user from the catching container through the bottom mouth when required; a wall mounting arrangement arranged such that with the dispensing container mounted on a vertical wall surface the holder portion mounts the blister pack vertically with the catching container behind the blister pack and the collecting chute and bottom mouth at a bottom wall of the catching container; the catching container including a front door panel hingedly attached thereto which can be moved from a closed position covering the holder portion and the blister pack therein so that the front door panel prevents the expelling of the medication with the front door panel in the closed position to an open position exposing the holder portion and the blister pack therein for expelling of the medication; a valve flap at the bottom mouth arranged such that the medication is held by the valve flap in the catching container at the bottom mouth after being expelled until required; the valve flap including a push lever portion extending beyond the bottom mouth which can be pushed by the user when required by the user to release the medication from the bottom mouth so as to fall downwardly from the bottom mouth to the user.