Patent ID: 8006845

Claim:
A lockable pill container comprising: (a) a holder defining at least one compartment, the at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill-holder interior volume; (i) the holder having: a front wall; a rear wall opposite of the front wall; a first side wall extending between the front wall and rear wall; a second side wall extending between the front wall and rear wall; a bottom wall opposite of the access opening; and a channel wall spaced from and adjacent to the front wall; (ii) the holder defining a channel along the front wall, the channel being defined by the front wall, channel wall, and bottom wall; (b) at least one lid; (i) the at least one lid being moveably attached to the rear wall; (ii) the at least one lid including a projecting hook extending therefrom; (iii) the at least one lid being moveable between a covering position and an open position; (A) the covering position being a position in which the at least one lid covers the access opening of the at least one compartment blocking access to the access opening; and (B) the open position being a position in which the at least one lid is spaced away from the at least one compartment allowing access to the respective access opening; (c) a lock bar slidably held within the channel along the front wall; (i) the lock bar having a hook-receiving recess sized to receive the projecting hook of the at least one lid; (ii) the lock bar being slidable in: (A) a first direction to a locked position to trap the hook in the hook receiving recess and lock the at least one lid in the covering position; and (B) from the locked position to an opposite second direction to an unlocked position to free the hook from being trapped within the hook receiving recess and unlock the at least one lid from the covering position; and (iii) the lock bar having a first free end and an opposite second free end; (i) the first free end projecting from the holder when the lock bar is in the unlocked position; and (B) the second free end projecting from the holder when the lock bar is in the locked position.