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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Frazier, Williamsport, PA (US);
Allen D Lowe, Montgomery, PA (US);
Assignee:
Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation, Raritan, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
221-5 ; 221 25 ; 221 86 ; 116308 ; 206534 ;
Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing a series of different pills over a prescribed period. In all embodiments, the pill package disposed in the dispenser is locked in place and cannot be removed therefrom. In one embodiment, the daily indicator employed for designating the period the particular pills are to be taken can be preset to start the regimen on any day selected by the user. Also, after the first pill has been taken and the tray containing the pill package has been moved to dispense a second pill the indicator cannot be repositioned.