US 11,987,429 B2
Pill container and methods
Daniel Darst, Zimmerman, MN (US); and Jennifer Joy Kallemeyn, Savage, MN (US)
Assigned to Apothecary Products, LLC
Filed by Apothecary Products, LLC, Burnsville, MN (US)
Filed on Oct. 7, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/496,450.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/089,623, filed on Oct. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112010 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. A61J 1/03 (2023.01); B65D 25/04 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 50/04 (2006.01); B65D 55/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 50/045 (2013.01) [A61J 1/03 (2013.01); B65D 25/04 (2013.01); B65D 43/16 (2013.01); B65D 55/10 (2013.01); B65D 2215/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising:
(a) a base having surrounding wall defining a cavity with an interior volume;
(b) a lid pivotably attached to the base and sized to removably cover the cavity so that the lid is movable between a closed position covering the cavity and an open position exposing the cavity;
(c) a locking mechanism to control locking and unlocking of the lid to the base; and
(d) an actuator to move the locking mechanism from the locked position to unlocked position;
wherein:
(i) the container includes a plurality of subcavities within the base, and a plurality of lids; one lid for each of the subcavities;
(ii) the locking mechanism controls locking and unlocking of all of the lids to the base; and
(iii) the actuator biases the locking mechanism into the locked position, such that when released, the actuator locks all lids that are covering their respective subcavity.