Tablet package for use in chronologically dispensing tablets
US4015717A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 25, 1975 |
| Grant date | Apr 5, 1977 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 25, 1995 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65D2583/0409
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A tablet package for use in chronologically dispensing tablets includes a sheet of material having pockets therein for receiving tablets, a frangible closure layer secured to the sheet of material to enclose the tablets and a plurality of time related indicia disposed on the closure layer associated with each tablet and aligned with the pockets such that dispensing of a tablet ruptures the closure layer to obliterate the indicia associated with that tablet. The tablet package is particularly useful with a tablet dispenser formed of a housing including a body having a dispensing opening therein and a cover pivotally connected with the body and carrying an ejector tab aligned with the dispensing opening, the tablet package being disposed in the body. A tablet to be dispensed is moved between the ejector tab and the dispensing opening; and, in order to dispense the tablet, a user need only squeeze the housing to move the body and cover relative to each other such that the ejector tab engages the tablet to rupture the frangible closure layer and permit the tablet to drop through the dispensing opening.
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