Containers for pills and the like

Claim 1

A container for carrying medical capsules, pills, and the like on one's person for handy and convenient use, comprising: a tubular center section and two tubular end sections connected to opposite ends of said center section in axially aligned relation, said center section being H-shaped in longitudinal section and providing tubular cylindrical portions at its opposite ends and an intermediate transverse wall which blocks communication between the interior of said cylindrical portions, each of said end sections being in the form of an elongated barrel adapted to contain pills and the like, each barrel being closed at an outer end and open at an inner end, the open inner end of each barrel having a smooth surfaced cylindrical recess of a size closely and rotatably receiving a respective one of said center section cylindrical portions thereby to effect assembly of said end sections with said center section, with the interiors of said end sections isolated from each other by said transverse wall, said center section cylindrical portions and said end section cylindrical recesses having like diameters whereby either said end section may be cooperatively associated with either end of said center section, each said center section cylindrical portion having a circumferential series of uniformly spaced projections and each said cylindrical recess of said end sections having a complementary series of circumferentially uniformly spaced projection-receiving recesses, thereby effecting snap fit association of said end sections with said center section and further retaining either said end section in a selected rotational position with respect to said center section, and, indicia associated respectively with each said end sections and said center section and circumferentially related to said projections and recesses for indicating selected rotational positions of said center and end sections with respect to each other.