Child resistant multiple dosage blister pack dispenser
US6726053B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 29, 2002 |
| Grant date | Apr 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61J1/035
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A child resistant multiple dosage blister pack dispenser includes a main housing bottom component having walls and a bottom panel for supporting a blister pack, and a main top component. The bottom panel has a plurality of orifices located so as to position a blister pack thereabove, with individual dosages of the blister pack located above the orifices. These orifices are of sufficient size and shape to push individual dosages from the blister pack therethrough. The main housing top component is permanently connected to the bottom component and is laterally moveable relative to the bottom component. The top component has a first position, being a rest position, and having a second position, being a dispensing position. There is a biasing spring connected to at least one of the bottom component and the top component, that biases the top component relative to the bottom component so that the top component is in its first position. There are a plurality of push tabs located on the top component in an array corresponding to the plurality of orifices on the bottom component. These plurality of push tabs are not located above the orifices or the individual dosages when the top component…
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