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A child-resistant package includes a case and blister cards. The blister cards are mounted for movement between stored positions inside the case and exposed positions outside the case.

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1. A medicated-material package comprising, a case including a container formed to include an interior card-storage region, a closure mounted on the container for movement relative to the container to cover a top aperture opening into the interior card-storage region, and a first anchor post coupled

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A medicated-material package comprising, a case including a container formed to include an interior card-storage region, a closure mounted on the container for movement relative to the container to cover a top aperture opening into the interior card-storage region, and a first anchor post coupled to the container and arranged to lie in the interior card-storage region,a tablet carrier located in the interior card-storage region and configured to include a first blister card formed to include a first post-retention aperture, wherein the first anchor post is arranged to extend through the first post-retention aperture to tether the first blister card to the case and the closure includes a card-anchor lid configured to mate with the container and with the first anchor post to block withdrawal of the first anchor post from the first post-retention aperture and removal of the first blister card from the interior card-storage region and a card-access lid configured to mate with the container and cooperate with the card-anchor lid to close the top aperture opening into the interior card-storage region, wherein the closure further includes a lid-pivot controller coupled to the card-access lid to move therewith and includes lid-retainer means for mating with the card-anchor lid when the card-anchor lid is in a closed position mating with the container and the first anchor post to retain the card-access lid in a closed position mating, with the container and cooperating with the card-anchor lid to close the top aperture opening into the interior card-storage region,wherein the lid-retainer means includes a pliable wall and a first locking, lug coupled to the pliable wall to move therewith during elastic deformation of the pliable wall and the first locking lug is arranged to project away from the card-access lid to mate with an underside portion of the card-anchor lid when the card-access lid is moved to assume the closed position on the container to block movement of the card-access lid away from the container to an opened position, andwherein the lid-pivot controller further includes a retainer mover coupled to the pliable wall and provides means for moving, the pliable wall relative to the card-access lid and into an open cavity formed at least partially by the pliable wall in the card-access lid to disengage the first locking lug from mating engagement with the underside portion of the card-anchor lid to free the card-access lid to be moved by a user to the opened position. 2. The package of claim 1, wherein the first blister card includes an anchor section formed to include the first post-retention aperture and a first tablet-carrying section configured to carry tablets and coupled to the anchor section along a frangible tear line extending therebetween. 3. The package of claim 2, wherein the first tablet-carrying section is arranged to underlie the card-access lid upon movement of the card-access lid to a closed position mating with the container, a first portion of the anchor section is formed to include the first post-retention aperture and arranged to underlie the card-anchor lid upon movement of the card-anchor lid to a closed position mating with the container, and a second portion of the anchor section is arranged to interconnect the tablet-carrying section and the first portion of the anchor section and to underlie the card-access lid upon movement of the card-access lid to the closed position. 4. The package of claim 3, wherein the closure further includes a first lid hinge arranged to interconnect the container and the card-access lid and support the card-access lid for pivotable movement about a first lid pivot axis between the closed position mated with the container to cover the first tablet-carrying section of the first blister card and an opened position separated from the container to expose the first tablet-carrying section of the first blister card and a second lid hinge arranged to interconnect the container and the card-anchor lid and support the card-anchor lid for pivotable movement about a second lid pivot axis arranged to lie in substantially spaced-apart parallel relation to the first lid pivot axis between the closed position mated with the container to cover the first anchor post and the first portion of the anchor section and an opened position separated from the container to expose a free end of the first anchor post and the first portion of the anchor section to free a user to move the anchor section relative to the first anchor post to withdraw the first anchor post from the first post-retention aperture to untether the first blister card from the case. 5. The package of claim 2, wherein the tablet carrier further includes a second blister card configured to carry tablets and coupled to the first tablet-carrying section of the first blister card along a first fold line. 6. The package of claim 5, wherein the first fold line and the frangible tear line are arranged to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to one another. 7. The package of claim 5, wherein the frangible tear line is arranged to lie between the first fold line and the first anchor post. 8. The package of claim 1, wherein the tablet carrier further includes second and third blister cards and the second blister card is arranged to interconnect the first and third blister cards and is coupled to the first blister card along a first fold line and to the third blister card along a third fold line and the second blister card is arranged to lie between the first and third blister cards when all of the blister cards are stored in the interior card-storage region and arranged to underlie the card-access lid upon movement of the card-access lid to a closed position mated with the container. 9. The package of claim 8, wherein the container includes a first end wall arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first anchor post to locate the first tablet-carrying section of the first blister card and each of the second and third blister cards therebetween when the first, second, and third blister cards are stored in the interior card-storage region of the container. 10. The package of claim 9, wherein the closure further includes a first lid hinge arranged to interconnect the first end wall and the card-access lid and support the card-access lid for pivotable movement about a first lid pivot axis between the closed position mated with the container to cover the second and third blister cards and the first tablet-carrying section of the first blister card and an opened position exposing the third blister card to free a user to withdraw the second and third blister cards from the interior card-storage region of the container while the first blister card remains tethered to the case. 11. The package of claim 8, wherein the card-access lid is supported for movement away from the container to open a first portion of the top aperture to free the second and third blister cards for movement out of the interior card-storage region through the first portion of the top aperture while the card-anchor lid remains in a closed position mating with the container and the first anchor post to close a remaining second portion of the top aperture and the first blister card remains tethered to the case. 12. The package of claim 11, wherein the second blister card includes a second tablet-carrying section configured to carry tablets and a connector section coupled to the first tablet-carrying section of the first blister card along the first fold line and to the second tablet-carrying section of the second blister card along a second fold line and the first and second tablet-carrying sections are arranged to lie in confronting relation to one another when the first and second blister cards are stored in the interior card-storage region. 13. The package of claim 8, wherein the third blister card includes a third tablet-carrying section configured to carry tablets, each of the first, second, and third tablet-carrying sections includes a shell formed to include a series of tablet-receiving packets sized to receive a tablet therein and a backing layer coupled to the shell to trap tablets deposited in the tablet-receiving pockets between the backing layer and the shell, and the shells of the first and second tablet-carrying sections are located between the backing layers of the first and second tablet-carrying sections and the backing layers of the second and third tablet-carrying sections are located between the shells of the second and third tablet-carrying sections when the first, second, and third blister cards are stored in the interior card-storage region. 14. The package of claim 1, wherein the card-anchor lid includes a plate arranged to overlie the first anchor post upon movement of the card-anchor lid to a closed position mating with the container and lid-fastener means coupled to the plate for retaining the card-anchor lid in a fixed position on the first anchor post to block withdrawal of the first anchor post from the first post-retention aperture formed in the first blister card. 15. The package of claim 14, wherein the lid-fastener means is arranged to lie in the interior card-storage region when the card-anchor lid is mated with the container. 16. The package of claim 14, wherein the first anchor post includes an upstanding sleeve coupled to a floor of the container and formed to include a chamber and a top wall coupled to a free end of the upstanding sleeve and formed to include a channel having a bottom aperture opening into the chamber and a top aperture opening into the interior card-storage region and the lid-fastener means includes a first lid retainer that is coupled to the plate and arranged to extend into the chamber through the channel to mate with a retainer anchor included in the top wall and located in the chamber to fasten the card-anchor lid to the first anchor post. 17. The package of claim 14, wherein the case includes a second anchor post coupled to the container and arranged to lie in the interior card-storage region in spaced-apart relation to the first anchor post, the first blister card is formed to include a second post-retention aperture, and the lid-fastener means includes a first lid retainer coupled to the plate and configured to mate with the first anchor post upon movement of the card-anchor lid to the closed position and a second lid retainer coupled to the plate and configured to mate with the second anchor post upon movement of the card-anchor lid to the closed position. 18. The package of claim 14, wherein the lid-fastener means includes several fingers and a finger carrier coupled to the plate and arranged to present the fingers toward the first anchor post as the card-anchor lid is moved toward the first anchor post in the container and the fingers are arranged to pass through a narrow-diameter finger-transfer channel formed in a top wall of the first anchor post, extend into a wide-diameter finger-receiver chamber formed in a sleeve included in the first anchor post and arranged to extend between the container and the top wall, and mate with a retainer anchor included in the first anchor post and arranged to communicate with the wide-diameter finger-receiver chamber. 19. The package of claim 1, wherein the closure further includes a first lid hinge arranged to interconnect the container and the card-access lid and support the card-access lid for pivotable movement about a first lid pivot axis between the closed position mated with the container to cover the first tablet-carrying section of the first blister card and an opened position separated from the container to expose the first tablet-carrying section of the first blister card and a second lid hinge arranged to interconnect the container and support the card-anchor lid for pivotable movement about a second lid pivot axis arranged to lie in substantially spaced-apart parallel relation to the first lid pivot axis between the closed position mated with the container to cover the first anchor post and the first portion of the anchor section and an opened position separated from the container to expose a free end of the first anchor post and the first portion of the anchor section to free a user to move the anchor section relative to the first anchor post to withdraw the first anchor post from first post-retention aperture to untether the card from the case, and wherein the container, first lid hinge, card-access lid, second lid hinge, card-anchor lid, and first anchor post cooperate to form a monolithic component made of a plastics material. 20. The package of claim 19, wherein the closure further includes a lid-pivot controller coupled to card-access lid to move therewith and configured to define lid-retainer means for mating with the card-anchor lid when the card-anchor lid is in a closed position mating with the container and the first anchor post to retain the card-access lid in a closed position mating with the container and cooperating with the card-anchor lid to close the top aperture opening into the interior card-storage region and wherein the lid-pivot controller is made of the plastics material and included in the monolithic component. 21. The package of claim 20, wherein the lid-pivot controller further includes a retainer mover coupled to the lid-retainer means and configured to define retainer-mover means for temporarily deforming the lid-retainer means to separate a first locking lug included in the lid-retainer means from mating engagement with the card-anchor lid to free the card-access lid to be moved by a user relative to the container and away from the card-anchor lid while the card-anchor lid remains in the closed position to allow the user to gain access to the first blister card in the interior card-storage region while the first blister card remains tethered to the first anchor post and wherein the retainer mover is made of the plastics material and included in the monolithic component. 22. The package of claim 1, wherein the card-access lid includes a top plate having an inner end coupled to a first lid hinge included in the case and coupled to the container and an outer end arranged to lie in confronting relation to the card-anchor lid upon movement of the card-access and card-anchor lids to the closed positions, the lid-pivot controller further includes a stiffener frame coupled to the outer end of the top plate and to the pliable wall and configured to provide means for normally supporting the pliable wall in an undeformed shape locating the first locking lug in mating engagement with the underside portion of the card-anchor lid upon movement of the card-access and card-retainer lids to the closed positions and wherein the pliable wall is arranged to move relative to the stiffener frame during elastic deformation thereof to disengage the first locking lug from the underside portion of the card-anchor lid. 23. The package of claim 22, wherein the stiffener frame includes a U-shaped side wall coupled to the top plate and a bottom wall arranged to interconnect the pliable wall and the U-shaped side wall and the bottom wall cooperates with the pliable wall and the U-shaped side wall to form the open cavity. 24. The package of claim 22, wherein the stiffener frame and the pliable wall are arranged to extend into the interior card-storage region upon movement of the card-access and card-anchor lids to the closed positions. 25. The package of claim 1, wherein the card-anchor lid includes a plate arranged to overlie the first anchor post upon movement of the card-anchor lid to the closed position and a finger shell appended to the plate of the card-member lid at an outer end thereof, the finger shell is arranged to interrupt a front edge of the plate of the card-anchor lid, and the finger shell includes a concave surface arranged to face upwardly away from an underlying floor of the container when the card-anchor lid is moved to assume the closed position, and the concave surface is arranged to lie in confronting relation to the retainer mover when the card-anchor and card-access lids are arranged to lie in their closed positions on the container and formed to define a finger-receiving space sized to receive the finger of a user grasping the retainer mover during activation of the lid-pivot controller. 26. A medicated-material package comprising: a case including a container formed to include an interior card-storage region and a closure mounted on the container for movement relative to the container to cover a top aperture opening into the interior card-storage region formed in the container, anda tablet carrier located in the interior card-storage region, wherein the closure includes a card-access lid, a first lid hinge coupled to the container and the card-access lid to support the card-access lid for pivotable movement about a first lid pivot axis between a closed position mating with the container and an opened position exposing a first portion of the tablet carrier located in the interior card-storage region, a card-anchor lid, and a second lid hinge arranged to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to the first lid pivot axis and coupled to the container and the card-anchor lid to support the card-anchor lid for pivotable movement about a second lid pivot axis between a closed position mating with the container to cooperate with the card-access lid when the card-access lid is moved to assume the closed position to close the top aperture opening into the interior card-storage region and an opened position exposing a remaining second portion of the tablet carrier located in the interior card-storage region, andwherein the closure further includes a lid-pivot controller made of the plastics material and included in the monolithic component and coupled to the card-access lid to move therewith, the lid-pivot controller defines a lid retainer, a pliable wall, and a first locking lug coupled to the pliable wall to move therewith during elastic deformation of the pliable wall and arranged to project away from the card-access lid normally to mate with the card-anchor lid when the card-access lid is moved to assume the closed position on the container, and the lid-pivot controller also defines a retainer mover coupled to the pliable wall and provides means for moving the pliable wall relative to the card-access lid and into an open cavity formed at least partially by the pliable wall in the card-access lid to disengage the first locking lug from the card-anchor lid to free the card-access lid to be moved by a user to the opened position. 27. The package of claim 26, wherein the container, first lid hinge, card-access lid, second lid hinge, and card-anchor lid cooperate to form a monolithic component made of a plastics material. 28. The package of claim 26, wherein the closure further includes a lid-pivot controller coupled to the card-access lid to move therewith, the lid-pivot controller is configured to define a lid retainer, a pliable wall, and a first locking lug coupled to the pliable wall to move therewith during elastic deformation of the pliable wall and arranged to project away from the card-access lid normally to mate with the card-anchor lid when the card-access lid is moved to assume the closed position on the container, and the lid-pivot controller is also configured to define a retainer mover coupled to the pliable wall and configured to provide means for moving the pliable wall relative to the card-access lid to disengage the first locking lug from the card-anchor lid to free the card-access lid to be moved by a user to the opened position. 29. The package of claim 26, wherein the tablet carrier is formed to include a first post-retention aperture and the case includes a first anchor post arranged to extend through the first post-retention aperture to tether the tablet carrier to the case. 30. The package of claim 29, wherein the first anchor post, the container, first lid hinge, card-access lid, second lid hinge, and card-anchor lid cooperate to form a monolithic component made of a plastics material. 31. The package of claim 29, wherein the card-anchor lid is configured to mate with the first anchor post upon movement of the card-anchor lid to the closed position to trap the tablet carrier in the interior card-storage region.