Patent ID: 7793785

Claim:
A medication dispenser, comprising: a container comprising a bottom, first and second upstanding side walls having upper and lower ends and inner and outer surfaces, first and second upstanding end walls having upper and lower ends and inner and outer surfaces; said container having a plurality of open topped medication compartments provided therein; a plurality of compartment covers, each adapted to overlie and close a respective one of said compartments; each of said covers having inner and outer ends and opposite side edges; each cover including a fractuable tab depending therefrom from said inner end thereof; each of said covers having a cover lifting tab depending therefrom which extends outwardly from said outer end thereof beyond the upper end of the associated side wall of the container; each of said first and second side walls of said container having spaced-apart protrusions extending outwardly from the outer surface thereof adjacent said upper end thereof; said protrusions having outer ends which are positioned outwardly of and below said outer ends of said cover lifting tabs; said protrusions being positioned between said cover lifting tabs; said protrusions being integrally formed with said container; each of said protrusions having an upper end with a width sufficient so as to be positioned directly below the side edges of a pair of adjacent covers; each of said protrusion having a width greater than the distance between said side edges of the pair of adjacent covers.