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DISPENSING DEVICES

  • US 3,637,109 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1969
  • Issued: 01/25/1972
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1969
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A safety pill dispensing container, comprising:

  • a container having an open end including a peripheral wall defining an opening in the container;

    a diaphragm of resilient material mounted to said peripheral wall and transversing said opening;

    said diaphragm having a plurality of individual flexible tongues defined by a plurality of slots directed radially outward from the center of the diaphragm;

    said individual tongues forming a conical shaped slotted diaphragm and having the apex of the cone projected downwardly whereby the slotted diaphragm is adapted to close the open end of the container;

    said slotted diaphragm being made of semirigid plastic providing relatively stiff tongues to inhibit removal of the pills by a child;

    a cap disposed over said diaphragm and embracing the open end portion of the container;

    said cap including an upper flexible wall having a centrally disposed depending annular wall secured thereto defining an open socket member in spaced relatioN to said diaphragm whereby the open socket depends downwardly toward the slotted diaphragm;

    said flexible upper wall adapted to be depressed inwardly toward the open end of the container whereby the annular wall of said open socket is moved downwardly into contact with said diaphragm and flexes the tongues thereof radially outwardly for allowing pills to drop into the socket when the container is inverted;

    said flexible upper wall being resilient for retracting the socket to its normal spaced position above the diaphragm whereby the semirigid tongues retract and close the container.

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