Patent ID: 8459459

Claim:
A method for using a pill container; the method comprising: (a) providing a container having: a holder with: 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; an access opening; a bottom wall opposite of the access opening; and a channel wall spaced from and adjacent to the front wall; the holder defining a channel along the front wall, the channel being defined by the front wall, channel wall, and bottom wall; the holder slidably holding a lock bar within the channel along the front wall; the lock bar having a hook-receiving recess; the lock bar having opposite first and second free ends; at least one lid secured to the holder and having a projecting hook; (b) pushing the second free end of a lock bar projecting from the holder to move the lock bar from locking engagement with the at least one lid of the pill container to unlock the at least one lid by freeing the projecting hook from being trapped by the hook receiving recess in the lock bar; (c) moving the at least one lid from a position covering an interior volume of a compartment of the pill container to a position exposing the interior volume to allow access to the interior volume; (d) moving the at least one lid from the position exposing the interior volume to the position covering the interior volume; and (e) pushing the first end of the lock bar projecting from the pill container to move the lock bar into locking engagement with the at least one lid by trapping the hook in the hook receiving recess of the lock bar and lock the at least one lid in the position covering the interior volume of the compartment.