EP0232674A2 - Container for tablets - Google Patents
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- EP0232674A2 EP0232674A2 EP86730210A EP86730210A EP0232674A2 EP 0232674 A2 EP0232674 A2 EP 0232674A2 EP 86730210 A EP86730210 A EP 86730210A EP 86730210 A EP86730210 A EP 86730210A EP 0232674 A2 EP0232674 A2 EP 0232674A2
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
- B65D83/0445—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments
- B65D83/0463—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills all the articles being stored in individual compartments formed in a band or a blisterweb, inserted in a dispensing device or container
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D2583/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D2583/04—For dispensing annular, disc-shaped or spherical or like small articles or tablets
- B65D2583/0404—Indications, e.g. directions for use
- B65D2583/0409—Indications, e.g. directions for use of dates or follow-numbers
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- the instant invention relates to container for tablets, and more particularly, the instant invention relates to containers for retaining and concealing tablets arrayed in blister packs and used for purposes such as birth control.
- birth control tablets generally requires that the tablets be taken one at a time in a preselected order on a daily basis.
- the tablets are dispensed in accordance with either a 21-day cycle or a 28-day cycle regime. It has been found that utilizing blister packs arranged in seven columns, one for each day, and either three rows or four rows to make up the 21-day or 28-day cycle, provides a satisfactory approach.
- U.S. Patents 3,527,190; 3,584,598; 3,579,883 and 3,630,171 are illustrative of tablet containers which utilize hinged covers.
- Containers using hinged covers are relatively expensive in that they require both a hinge and a latch. These parts must be carefully molded and are subject to wear and breakage. Moreover, when these containers have compartments for dispensing tablets, the dispensed tablets tend to become jammed in the compartments.
- containers utilizing hinged covers have several drawbacks.
- Patent 1,988,134 discloses a tray which is slideable in a sleeve with a stop, however there is no disclosure of a stop which is configured in a easily manufactured arrangement which also adequately supports the tray with respect to the cover in which it is received. Trays which have complex and extensive surface contact with the sleeves or covers in which they are received can upon occasion rather easily become jammed since debris can collect in convoluted surfaces.
- the instant invention contemplates a tablet container for retaining a blister pack having an array of tablets thereon arranged in a predetermined pattern, wherein the blister pack is mounted on a tray member which is slideably received within a cover member.
- the tray member has a deck having an array of holes therethrough in a pattern which corresponds to the pattern of the array of tablets in the blister pack.
- the length of the deck portion of the tray is slightly less than the length of the cover so as to provide a portion of the tray which remains in the cover when all of the tablets are exposed, whereby the tray is stabilized and does not sag when fully extended.
- Locking means are provided for retaining the tray in the cover with all of the tablets exposed so that the cover does not become detached from the tray.
- the invention is used to store and dispense birth control tablets in accordance with either a 21-day or 28-day cycle.
- the holes in the deck are therefore either arranged in seven columns with three rows each for a 21-day cycle or seven columns with four rows each for a 28-day cycle. Adjacent the deck there is an angled surface for the display of indicia which are aligned with the columns wherein each column represents one day of the week.
- the cover does not have a bottom. Consequently, the cost of the cover is minimized, the container is easy to open and the blister pack is visible.
- a tablet container designated generally by the numeral 10 which includes a cover member, designated generally by the numeral 11, and a tray member, designated generally by the numeral 12.
- the tray member 12 fits completely within the cover member 11 when the tablet container 10 is closed.
- the cover member 11 is rectangular in configuration and includes a top portion 13 and a pair of side walls 14.
- the side walls 14 each have a pair of concave flutes 15 therein which converge to a flat surface 16.
- the flutes 15 and flat 16 provide the tablet container 10 with the appearance of a compact in which one may carry cosmetics, for example, rather than tablets, such as birth control tablets.
- Extending inwardly from the side walls 14 are a pair of opposed lips 17 which engage the bottom of the tray member 12 and cooperate with the top portion 13 of the cover member to form a track for slidably retaining the tray member within the cover member 11.
- FIG. 2 wherein the tablet case is shown in its open condition, it is seen that the tray 12 is slideable from within the cover 11 to an open position which displays and renders accessible a complete array of holes 20 formed in a deck, designated generally by the numeral 21.
- the deck 21 has an upper surface 22 and a lower surface 23 with the holes 20 going completely through the deck 21 from the upper surface to the lower surface.
- the array of holes 20 is Configured in columns of seven holes and rows of three holes to provide for a twenty-one day cycle.
- the deck 21 is surrounded on three sides by walls including an end wall 26, a side wall 27 and a rear wall 28. On the fourth side side, there is positioned a land 29 which slopes from a side wall 30 toward the deck 21.
- the land 29 has a rectangular, elongated indentation 31 therein which receives a "day strip” (see indicia strip 32 in Figure 7) which aligns with the columns in the array of holes 20.
- the end walls 26 and 28 and a wall 33 depending from the land 29 each have lugs 35 thereon which are spaced from the top surface 22 of the land so as to retain a blister pack 37 (see Figures 7 and 8).
- the tray member 12 of the container 10 is held in the cover member 11 by a pair of resilient detents 40 which project late rally of the tray member 12 and are received in a pair of opposed slots 41 when the tray member 12 is pulled to the completely open position, the detents 40 engage stops 42 located at the ends of the slots 41 thus preventing the tray member 12 from sliding completely out of the cover member 11.
- the tray member 12 has an open frame 43 which projects rearwardly from the rear wall 28 adjacent the deck 21. Frame 43 is rigidly attached to the tray member 12 and remains within the cover member 11 when the tray member 12 is completely projected.
- the frame 43 has a rear flange 44 which extends between the lower surface 46 of the top portion 13 of the cover member 11 and the inner surface 47 of the opposed lips 17 which project inwardly from the side walls of the cover member. Since the rear wall 28 adjacent the deck 21 also projects from the lower surface 46 of the top wall 13 to the top surfaces 47 of the lip 17 the entire tray member 12 is supported relative to the cover member 11.
- the cover member 11 has a top 13, but is open on the bottom. Consequently, one can tell at a glance if a blister pack 37 is installed within the tablet case 10 by simply looking at the bottom of the tablet case.
- the blister pack 37 of the embodiments shown in Figures 2, 3, 6 and 7 has 21 tablets mounted therein for use in a 21-day birth control cycle.
- Aligned with the tablets on the elongated indentation 31 in the land 29 is an indicia strip 32 which has the days of the week sequentially printed thereon.
- a number of indicia strips 32 are provided with each container 10, each strip starting with a different day and continuing with the days in sequence from that day.
- Strip 32 preferably has an adhesive backing so as to be readily secured within the indentation 31.
- a tablet 50 is dispensed from the tablet container 10 by pressing thereon with ones finger in the direction of the arrow 51.
- angled walls 55 are positioned beneath the lugs 35 and adjacent to the walls 26 and 28 so as to render the deck 21 trapazoidal in shape.
- the blister pack 37 is also trapazoidal in the shape so as to conform with the shape created by the angled walls 55. Accordingly, the blister pack 37 can be properly oriented in the tray 12 with relative ease.
- the array of holes shown in Figures 2, 3, 6 and 7 is for a twenty-one day cycle with an "any-day" start, wherein the user picks her starting day, selects a label 32 with that particular starting day and places it in place.
- the tablets 50 used with this cycle typically contain two constant ingredients and are relatively large, requiring relatively large holes 20. the complete cycle actually lasts twenty-eight days with twenty-one days on and seven days off.
- FIG. 9 there is shown an embodiment of the invention wherein the holes 20 ⁇ are arranged in an array for a twenty-eight-day cycle wherein there are seven columns (one column for each day of the week) and four rows. With this arrangement the tablet 50 for each day contains a different amount of active ingredients and one level of placebo.
- the arrangement of Figure 9 is for an "any day” start and like the arrangement of Figures 2, 3, 6 and 7 is accompanied with a plurality of labels of seven configurations wherein each configuration starts with a different day of the week.
- the foregoing embodiments of the tablet case 10 disclose a tablet case which contains all the tablets necessary for either a twenty-one-day or twenty-eight-day birth control cycle.
- the tablet case 10 is unobtrusive and attractive in appearance and resembles a compact rather than a case for birth control tablets.
- the arrangement of dispensing holes 20 in combination with day indicia provides a convenient and reliable structure for accurately following a twenty-one-or twenty-eight-day prescription cycle.
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Description
- The instant invention relates to container for tablets, and more particularly, the instant invention relates to containers for retaining and concealing tablets arrayed in blister packs and used for purposes such as birth control.
- The utilization of birth control tablets generally requires that the tablets be taken one at a time in a preselected order on a daily basis. The tablets are dispensed in accordance with either a 21-day cycle or a 28-day cycle regime. It has been found that utilizing blister packs arranged in seven columns, one for each day, and either three rows or four rows to make up the 21-day or 28-day cycle, provides a satisfactory approach.
- Since the blister packs may be carried around by the birth control user, it is necessary to protect the tablets in the blister pack from damage which may occur over the cycle. The need has resulted in numerous arrangements for retaining blister packs. Many of the prior art packages for retaining birth control blister packs are relatively complex and expensive to manufacture in that they have latches and hinges. Moreover, they may from time to time become jammed. These devices are exemplified by the dial type of container disclosed in U.S. Patent 4,165,709. The operation of these dial-type dispensers may not be readily apparent to all users and from time to time mistakes are made in dispensing the tablets due to the complexity of these dispensers. Other types of tablet containers using oval or circular arrangements are exemplified by the containers of U.S. Patents 3,283,885 and 4,165,709.
- As exemplified perhaps by U.S. Patent 3,677,397 and 3,504,788 there are several tablet containers for birth control tablets which have flexible covers. These particular arrangements do not adequately protect the tablets in that pressure applied to the covers can damage the tablets or cause the tablets to be inadvertently dispensed through the trays upon which they are mounted. In order to avoid this, many commercial containers have domed covers.
- U.S. Patents 3,527,190; 3,584,598; 3,579,883 and 3,630,171 are illustrative of tablet containers which utilize hinged covers. Containers using hinged covers are relatively expensive in that they require both a hinge and a latch. These parts must be carefully molded and are subject to wear and breakage. Moreover, when these containers have compartments for dispensing tablets, the dispensed tablets tend to become jammed in the compartments. Accordingly, containers utilizing hinged covers have several drawbacks.
- There are also numerous patents disclosing a tablet-containing tray disposed within a sleeve, however, none of these arrangements have been specifically adapted to the art of dispensing birth control tablets so as to cure the deficiencies of prior art birth control containers. For example, U.S. Patents 3,033,355 and 3,397,770 each disclose partial covers, however they do not disclose just how one would adhere in an indicia strip or support a blister pack. Nor do they disclose a reliable coupling between the cover and tray or an arrangement for preventing the tray from sagging with respect to the cover. U.S. Patent 1,988,134 discloses a tray which is slideable in a sleeve with a stop, however there is no disclosure of a stop which is configured in a easily manufactured arrangement which also adequately supports the tray with respect to the cover in which it is received. Trays which have complex and extensive surface contact with the sleeves or covers in which they are received can upon occasion rather easily become jammed since debris can collect in convoluted surfaces.
- In view of the aforementioned consideration, there is a need for containers for tablets such as blister packaged birth control tablets, which containers do not have drawbacks such as the drawbacks of the afore-discussed patents. Moreover, there is a need for such container wherein the container has the general appearance of a cosmetic item.
- It is an object of the instant invention to provide new and improved containers for storing and dispensing a supply of tablets, such as birth control tablets, which must be dispensed during a preselected cycle.
- Upon further study of the specification and appended claims, further objects and advantages of this invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art.
- In view of the aforementioned object and other objects, the instant invention contemplates a tablet container for retaining a blister pack having an array of tablets thereon arranged in a predetermined pattern, wherein the blister pack is mounted on a tray member which is slideably received within a cover member. The tray member has a deck having an array of holes therethrough in a pattern which corresponds to the pattern of the array of tablets in the blister pack. The length of the deck portion of the tray is slightly less than the length of the cover so as to provide a portion of the tray which remains in the cover when all of the tablets are exposed, whereby the tray is stabilized and does not sag when fully extended. Locking means are provided for retaining the tray in the cover with all of the tablets exposed so that the cover does not become detached from the tray.
- In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, the invention is used to store and dispense birth control tablets in accordance with either a 21-day or 28-day cycle. The holes in the deck are therefore either arranged in seven columns with three rows each for a 21-day cycle or seven columns with four rows each for a 28-day cycle. Adjacent the deck there is an angled surface for the display of indicia which are aligned with the columns wherein each column represents one day of the week.
- In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the cover does not have a bottom. Consequently, the cost of the cover is minimized, the container is easy to open and the blister pack is visible.
- Various other objects, features and attendant advantages of the present invention will be more fully appreciated as the same becomes better understood when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which like reference characters designate the same or similar parts throughout the several views, and wherein:
- Figure 1 is a top perspective view of the tablet container in accordance with the instant invention showing the tablet container closed;
- Figure 2 is a top perspective view of the tablet container of the instant invention showing the tablet container in an open condition;
- Figure 3 is a top planar view, partially in section of the tablet container showing how the end portion of a tray member is locked within a cover member;
- Figure 4 is a side elevation taken along lines 4-4 of Figure 3;
- Figure 5 is an end cross-section of the container showing the container when the container is closed;
- Figure 6 is a bottom view, in perspective, of the tablet container with the container partially open;
- Figure 7 is a top view, in perspective, of the tablet container showing how a blister pack containing twenty-one birth control tablets is mounted within the tray of the tablet container and how "day strip" is mounted adjacent the blister pack;
- Figure 8 is an elevation view of a portion of the tray with the blister pack mounted thereon showing how the tablets are dispensed from the tray;
- Figure 9 is a top view of another embodiment of the invention showing the tray with holes arranged for a 28-day birth control cycle; and
- Figure 10 is the top view of still another embodiment of the invention showing holes arranged for a 28-day cycle wherein holes are relatively large to accommodate larger tablet sizes than the tablets used with the embodiment of Figure 9.
- Referring now to Figure 1, there is shown a tablet container, designated generally by the
numeral 10 which includes a cover member, designated generally by thenumeral 11, and a tray member, designated generally by thenumeral 12. Thetray member 12 fits completely within thecover member 11 when thetablet container 10 is closed. Thecover member 11 is rectangular in configuration and includes atop portion 13 and a pair ofside walls 14. Theside walls 14 each have a pair ofconcave flutes 15 therein which converge to aflat surface 16. Theflutes 15 and flat 16 provide thetablet container 10 with the appearance of a compact in which one may carry cosmetics, for example, rather than tablets, such as birth control tablets. Extending inwardly from theside walls 14 are a pair ofopposed lips 17 which engage the bottom of thetray member 12 and cooperate with thetop portion 13 of the cover member to form a track for slidably retaining the tray member within thecover member 11. - Referring now mainly to Figure 2, wherein the tablet case is shown in its open condition, it is seen that the
tray 12 is slideable from within thecover 11 to an open position which displays and renders accessible a complete array ofholes 20 formed in a deck, designated generally by thenumeral 21. Thedeck 21 has anupper surface 22 and alower surface 23 with theholes 20 going completely through thedeck 21 from the upper surface to the lower surface. The array ofholes 20 is Configured in columns of seven holes and rows of three holes to provide for a twenty-one day cycle. Thedeck 21 is surrounded on three sides by walls including anend wall 26, aside wall 27 and arear wall 28. On the fourth side side, there is positioned aland 29 which slopes from aside wall 30 toward thedeck 21. Theland 29 has a rectangular,elongated indentation 31 therein which receives a "day strip" (seeindicia strip 32 in Figure 7) which aligns with the columns in the array ofholes 20. Theend walls wall 33 depending from theland 29 each have lugs 35 thereon which are spaced from thetop surface 22 of the land so as to retain a blister pack 37 (see Figures 7 and 8). - Referring now to Figure 3, it is seen that the
tray member 12 of thecontainer 10 is held in thecover member 11 by a pair ofresilient detents 40 which project late rally of thetray member 12 and are received in a pair ofopposed slots 41 when thetray member 12 is pulled to the completely open position, thedetents 40 engage stops 42 located at the ends of theslots 41 thus preventing thetray member 12 from sliding completely out of thecover member 11. Thetray member 12 has an open frame 43 which projects rearwardly from therear wall 28 adjacent thedeck 21. Frame 43 is rigidly attached to thetray member 12 and remains within thecover member 11 when thetray member 12 is completely projected. Consequently, thetray member 12 is stable with respect to thecover member 11 when projected and remains aligned with the space in the cover member defined by the inside surfaces of the top 13 andside walls 14 of the cover member. The frame 43 has arear flange 44 which extends between thelower surface 46 of thetop portion 13 of thecover member 11 and theinner surface 47 of theopposed lips 17 which project inwardly from the side walls of the cover member. Since therear wall 28 adjacent thedeck 21 also projects from thelower surface 46 of thetop wall 13 to thetop surfaces 47 of thelip 17 theentire tray member 12 is supported relative to thecover member 11. - As is seen in Figure 6, the
cover member 11 has a top 13, but is open on the bottom. Consequently, one can tell at a glance if ablister pack 37 is installed within thetablet case 10 by simply looking at the bottom of the tablet case. - Referring now to Figures 7 and 8, the
blister pack 37 of the embodiments shown in Figures 2, 3, 6 and 7 has 21 tablets mounted therein for use in a 21-day birth control cycle. Aligned with the tablets on theelongated indentation 31 in theland 29 is anindicia strip 32 which has the days of the week sequentially printed thereon. A number of indicia strips 32 are provided with eachcontainer 10, each strip starting with a different day and continuing with the days in sequence from that day.Strip 32 preferably has an adhesive backing so as to be readily secured within theindentation 31. As is seen in Figure 8, for each day of the cycle atablet 50 is dispensed from thetablet container 10 by pressing thereon with ones finger in the direction of thearrow 51. This causes the lower foil layer 52 of theblister pack 37 to rupture allowing thetablet 50 to pass through the alignedhole 20 into the users hand. The user knows that a tablet has been dispensed for a particular day simply because if notablet 50 is present in the array for a particular day it can be assumed that thetablet 50 has been taken. Of course, if there is a tablet in the array for a particular day, the user knows to take the tablet. - As seen in Figures 3, 9 and 10 angled
walls 55 are positioned beneath thelugs 35 and adjacent to thewalls deck 21 trapazoidal in shape. Theblister pack 37 is also trapazoidal in the shape so as to conform with the shape created by theangled walls 55. Accordingly, theblister pack 37 can be properly oriented in thetray 12 with relative ease. - The array of holes shown in Figures 2, 3, 6 and 7 is for a twenty-one day cycle with an "any-day" start, wherein the user picks her starting day, selects a
label 32 with that particular starting day and places it in place. Thetablets 50 used with this cycle typically contain two constant ingredients and are relatively large, requiring relativelylarge holes 20. the complete cycle actually lasts twenty-eight days with twenty-one days on and seven days off. - Referring now to Figure 9, there is shown an embodiment of the invention wherein the holes 20ʹ are arranged in an array for a twenty-eight-day cycle wherein there are seven columns (one column for each day of the week) and four rows. With this arrangement the
tablet 50 for each day contains a different amount of active ingredients and one level of placebo. The arrangement of Figure 9 is for an "any day" start and like the arrangement of Figures 2, 3, 6 and 7 is accompanied with a plurality of labels of seven configurations wherein each configuration starts with a different day of the week. - Referring now to Figure 10, there are also twentyeight holes 20ʺ in the tray 12ʺ. However, there is no
land 29 orelongated indentation 31 for accomodating anindicia strip 32. This is because the container 10ʺ is configured to retain a blister pack (not shown) which is designed for a "Sunday start" only, wherein the blister pack has the days of the cycle printed directly thereon. With this arrangement there are twenty-onetablets 50 with active ingredients and seven tablets containing a placebo. - The foregoing embodiments of the
tablet case 10 disclose a tablet case which contains all the tablets necessary for either a twenty-one-day or twenty-eight-day birth control cycle. Thetablet case 10 is unobtrusive and attractive in appearance and resembles a compact rather than a case for birth control tablets. The arrangement of dispensingholes 20 in combination with day indicia provides a convenient and reliable structure for accurately following a twenty-one-or twenty-eight-day prescription cycle. - From the foregoing description, one skilled in the art can easily ascertain the essential characteristics of this invention, and without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, can make various changes and modifications of the invention to adapt it to various usages and conditions.
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a cover member for covering the contents of the container, the cover member being bottomless;
a tray member received within the cover member for supporting the blister pack, the tray member having a deck against which the blister pack rests, the deck having an array of holes therethrough corresponding to the array of tablets retained in the blister pack;
means for retaining the tray member within the cover member, said means including a track on one member for guiding the other member;
stop means for preventing the tray member from disengaging completely from the cover member; and
means for limiting the extent to which the tray member projects from the cover member wherein a portion of the tray member remains within the cover member when the tray member is fully projected therefrom.
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