Tablet dispensing receptacle

Claim 1

In a receptacle having a housing for receiving and sequentially dispensing individual shaped bodies from a stack of like one of said bodies received in the housing, the housing having two side wall extensions at a dispensing end thereof, a cover pivotally mounted on the side wall extensions at the dispensing end about a transverse pivoting axis, the cover having an abutment adjacent the pivot for pushing an uppermost one of the shaped bodies and dispensing it from the receptacle housing when the cover is pivoted about the pivoting axis, and spring means in the housing for pressing the stack of shaped bodies towards the dispensing end to place sequential uppermost ones of the shaped bodies of the stack into a dispensing position, the improvement of an elastically deformable transverse ledge extending between the side wall extensions of the housing in a horizontal plane and integral with the side wall extensions, the uppermost shaped body being pressed by the spring means against the ledge, and a bent-over leaf spring integrally projecting from the ledge, the integral ledge and leaf spring constituting a spring, the outer end of the bent-over leaf spring engaging the abutment of the cover and the spring biasing the pivotal cover into a closed position and permitting pivoting of the cover about the pivoting axis against the spring bias into an open and dispensing position, and the pivoting axis extending above the horizontal plane defined by the ledge.