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The invention is directed to a container for tablets, pills or the like having means to permit easy dispensing of tablets, pills or the like without requiring a high degree of manual dexterity. The container comprises an integral body having a bottom wall and a circumferential side wall forming an e

The invention is directed to a container for tablets, pills or the like having means to permit easy dispensing of tablets, pills or the like without requiring a high degree of manual dexterity. The container comprises an integral body having a bottom wall and a circumferential side wall forming an enclosure. At the top of the enclosure is a cylindrical neck with a cylindrical opening therein. Below the neck and along a portion of the circumferential side wall is a bulbous portion. The container further has a smooth continuous inner wall surface extending along the bulbous portion and through to the cylindrical opening without any abutments. The container is therefore able to permit a person to reach into the enclosure with a finger, and slide a pill along the smooth inner wall out through the opening.

대표청구항 ▼

A container adapted for containing a plurality of tablets, pills, or the like, and characterized by the ability to permit the tablets, pills, or the like to be readily and individually grasped by one\s finger and slidably removed from the container without requiring a high degree of manual dexterity

A container adapted for containing a plurality of tablets, pills, or the like, and characterized by the ability to permit the tablets, pills, or the like to be readily and individually grasped by one\s finger and slidably removed from the container without requiring a high degree of manual dexterity, and comprising an integral body which includes a generally horizontal bottom wall having an outer periphery; a circumferential side wall extending upwardly from said outer periphery of said bottom wall so as to define an enclosure; a generally cylindrical neck positioned at the upper extremity of said side wall and defining a generally cylindrical opening which is sized to receive one\s finger therethrough and so that the finger is able to flex and reach downwardly a substantial distance within said enclosure, said neck being relatively short and having a length of only a small fraction of the length of one\s finger so that one\s finger may extend beyond the neck within the confines of the container; means on said neck for receiving a closure member for sealingly closing the container; a closure member cooperating with said means on said neck for sealingly closing the container, and wherein said closure member is relatively short and has a length of about the same as said neck; and wherein said side wall includes a bulbous portion extending downwardly from said neck and laterally outwardly from said opening of said neck and being continuously curved to said horizontal bottom wall, and with said bulbous portion and said neck defining a continuous inner wall surface which extends along the length of said bulbous portion and through said neck opening, and with said continuous inner wall surface being smooth along its entire length so as to permit a single tablet, pill, or the like to be grasped and isolated on said inner wall surface in said bulbous portion by one\s finger extending through said opening and then slidably withdrawn by one\s finger along said inner wall surface and outwardly through said neck opening without engaging any abutment.