Pill bottles

Claim 1

A pill bottle adapted to facilitate dispensing the proper daily dosage of pills from a total supply of pills in the bottle, said bottle comprising an open top container for holding a plurality of pills, removable closure means for closing the open top of said container, and flexible resilient means secured to the interior of said container adjacent the bottom thereof and extending substantially to the top of said container for dividing said container into two separate open ended pill compartments both of which are accessible when said closure means is removed, said flexible resilient means having edges slightly spaced from the container so that said means can be flexed to close one of said compartments, the spacing of the edges of said resilient means from said container and the top thereof being such that a pill cannot pass from one pill compartment to the other when said closure means is in place, said flexible resilient means being adapted, when flexed, to close one of said compartments and, when released, to return to its initial position to give access to both pill compartments, the arrangement being such that a total supply of pills can be placed in the one of said pill compartments which is closed upon flexure of said flexible resilient means and a daily dosage of the pills placed into the other of said pill compartments from which they are dispensed for use while the other compartment is closed by said flexible resilient means.