Patent ID: 7988016

Claim:
A pill dispensing container, further comprising: a pill storage compartment; a cap assembly, further comprising: a lower cap, secured to the storage compartment; an upper cap is secured to the lower cap such that the upper cap is movable from a closed position to a pill dispensing position; and a central pill channel having a proximal end secured to the lower cap, and extending from the lower cap to the upper cap, the central pill channel further having a distal end which is substantially flush with the upper cap in the closed position, and which extends past the surface of the upper cap when the upper cap is in the dispensing position; a discharge port on the distal end of the central pill channel having sufficient space to accept pills when the pill dispensing container is in the closed position and held upside down, the discharge port extending past the surface of the of the central pill channel in the dispensing position such that a pills in the discharge port are released; the upper cap is rotatably and slidably attached to the lower cap; the lower cap is secured to the pill storage compartment; the discharge port is sized to accept a single pill; the upper cap moves from the closed position to the dispensing position when the upper cap is pressed toward the lower cap; a key slot in the lower cap; and a key in the upper cap which is sized to slidably fit in the key slot, the key sliding along the key slot when the upper cap is moved between the closed and dispensing positions.