Tablet dispenser

Claim 1

A TABLET DISPENSER COMPRISING A BASE INCLUDING AN INTEGRAL UPSTANDING CYLINDRICAL POST, A TABLET CONTAINER HAVING A TOP WALL FORMED WITH AN OPENING THEREIN AND HAVING A DOWNWARDLY DIRECTED FUNNEL-SHAPED BOTTOM WALL TERMINATING IN A BEARING SLEEVE AXIALLY SLIDABLE AND ROTATABLE ON SAID POST AND ALIGNED WITH SAID OPENING, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A LOWERED POSITION WHEREIN SAID SLEEVE IS ADJACENT SAID LOWER END OF SAID POST, SAID POST BEING FORMED AT ITS UPPER END WITH A HEAD PORTION HAVING A CONCAVE UPPER SURFACE OF A SIZE TO RECEIVE A SINGLE TABLET, SAID HEAD PORTION HAVING A DIAMETER LARGER THAN THE BORE OF SAID SLEEVE AND AFFORDING STOP MEANS LIMITING UPWARD TRAVEL OF SAID CONTAINER ALONG SAID POST TO A RAISED POSITION WHEREIN THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE LOWER END OF SAID FUNNEL-SHAPED BOTTOM WALL IS POSITIONED IN SUBSTANTIAL REGISTRY WITH THE CONCAVE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID HEAD PORTION, SAID POST BEING OF SUCH LENGTH THAT WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS IN ITS LOWERED POSITION THE HEAD OF SAID POST IS POSITIONED WITHIN SAID TOP WALL OPENING AND A TABLET DISPOSED ON THE CONCAVE UPPER SURFACE THEREOF IS EXPOSED EXTERNALLY OF SAID CONTAINER AND ACCESSIBLE FOR MANUAL REMOVAL, AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID CONTAINER IN SAID LOWERED POSITION, COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE FRACTURABLE MEMBER FIXEDLY JOINING SAID CONTAINER AND BASE, SAID AT LEAST ONE MEMBER BEING FRACTURABLE BY RELATIVE ROTATION OF SAID CONTAINER AND BASE TO RELEASE SAID LOCKING MEANS AND PERMIT VERTICAL MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTAINER TOWARD ITS SAID RAISED POSITION.