Patent ID: 8158078

Claim:
A test strip container for providing ease of access to test strips comprising: a lower housing having an outer and an inner surface which define a cavity for containing the test strips, the lower housing comprising an aperture defined by the lower housing through which the plurality of test strips may extend; an upper housing having surfaces which abut with the surfaces of the lower housing for enclosing the cavity; a retaining member connected to the lower housing within the cavity and configured to releasably retain the test strips in a nested configuration wherein such of the test strips extends radially outward from the retaining member, said retaining member comprising a radial paddle structure having a plurality of members which extend radially outward from the center axle, wherein the spaces between the plurality of members form a plurality of compartments such that the test strips may be placed within the plurality of compartments; and a center axle which is substantially normal to the lower housing and which extends through the retaining member in the lower housing, wherein rotation of the center axle may result in rotation of the retaining member configured to releasably retain the test strips in a nested configuration, such that the test strips may be rotated and accessed through the aperture, wherein the test strip container has an open configuration and a closed configuration, in which: the open configuration comprises the upper housing being separated from the lower housing wherein such of the test strips in the nested configuration are accessible in the cavity of the lower housing, and the closed configuration comprises the surfaces of the upper housing and the lower housing abutting to conceal the test strips within the test strip container.