Childproof pill dispenser

Claim 2

In a childproof closure for a container having a wall structure with a discharge opening therein, manually operable metering means having a predetermined course of movement for metering the contents from said container through said opening, manually positionable latch means disposable in noninhibiting position to said movement of said metering means, and means for releasably interlocking said latch means with said metering means for shifting said latch means for said non-inhibiting position to an interlocking position with said metering means upon a predetermined manipulated movement of said metering means.

Claim 3

The invention according to claim 1 wherein said latch means has a locking portion extendible in locking position into an opening in said container wall structure and into movement-preventing position to said metering means.

Claim 4

The invention according to claim 1 wherein said metering means comprises rotary disk means having contents-receiving means adapted to be entered into the container and pursuant to rotation of the disk means sequentially positioning the receiving means within the container and then without the container for removing the contents from the container.

Claim 5

The invention according to claim 1 wherein said metering means comprises disk means and a pivot element therefor mounted within said container, and means providing a coefficient of friction releasably interlocking the disk means and element for rotation together, and means operably connected to said element for selectively locking and unlocking said disk means with respect to said container.

Claim 6

The invention according to claim 4 and said pivot element comprising telescoping portions and spring means associated therewith for biasing said portions into telescoped position, and a latch connected to one of said portions for movement thereby toward the container and into latching position with one of said disks.

Claim 7

The invention according to claim 1 wherein said latch means is a plastic resilient element having a relaxed position in interlocking relation with said metering means and manually flexible to an unlatched position.

Claim 8

The invention according to claim 6 and said latch means comprising a locking element extendible through an opening in the container into movement-preventing relation with said metering means.

Claim 9

A childproof dispenser comprising a casing for containing pills and the like, a plurality of individually rotatable tumbler disks extending partially into the container through an opening therein, each disk having a notch alignable with the notches in the other disks to form a pill-admitting pocket for receiving a pill contained within the casing and attendant to rotation of the disks as a unit exiting the pill in the pocket through said opening, releasable means rotatably supported in the casing providing a journal means for interlocking at least one of said disks with the casing against rotation, said releasable means having an unlocked position permitting free rotation of the disks, and means for transmitting rotational motion of said disks to said journal means for displacing said releasable means for unlocked position to a locking position with respect to the disks.

Claim 10

A childproof dispenser comprising a casing for containing pills and the like, a plurality of individually rotatable tumbler disks extending partially into the container through an opening therein, each disk having a notch alignable with the notches in the other disks to form a pill-admitting pocket for receiving a pill contained within the casing and attendant to rotation of the disks as a unit exiting the pill in the pocket through said opening, releasable means rotatably supported in the casing providing a journal means for interlocking at least one of said disks with the casing against rotation, said releasable means having an unlocked position permitting free rotation of the disks, and means for transmitting rotational motion of said disks to said journal means for displacing said releasable means for unlocked position to a locking position with respect to the disks.

Claim 11

The invention according to claim 8 wherein said transmitting means comprises interengaging surfaces on the disks and journal means adapted to be pressed into essentially slip-free contact with each other whereby rotation of the disks effects corresponding rotation of the journal means.

Claim 12

The invention according to claim 8 and said interlocking means comprising a latch constrained for rotation with said journal means and displaceable axially with respect to said disks for entering a portion thereof through an opening in a wall of the container and a slot in one of the disks for locking the same.

Claim 13

The invention according to claim 8 and said latch formed of resilient material and deflectable axially of the journaL means between latched and unlatched positions.