LID-LESS, squeeze-to-open, self-closing, pill-box

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-02-17
LAVERDURE ROLAND J A
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[0040]FIGS. 1A and 1BFIG. 1A is a cross sectional view of the multi-purpose container 10, and FIG. 1B is the back side elevation of FIG. 1A. The inwardly tapering sides 20, and 21, starting at the bottom 11, of container 10, and the outwardly tapering sides 20, and 21, are formed by pressure applied to the curved outlet portion 12, which comprises the beginning of the dispenser outlet for the apparatus. The valve apparatus is self-closing, as will be discussed below. As heat and pressure are applied to form the curved dispenser outlet 12, the container 10, is flattened and broadened to define the outwardly tapering sides 20, and 21. The heat forming specifically provides for opposing walls 14, and 15, which comprise continuation of the outwardly tapering walls 20, and 21, respectively, and also comprise the nested walls defining lidless self-closing elements of the apparatus of the present invention. The opposing walls 14, and 15, curve, and said curve may be defined as a curved qua...

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Abstract

An improved hand held thermoplastic multi-purpose lid-less airtight container, that can be squeezed open by the same hand for dispensing when up-ended, and automatically self-closes upon release of the manual squeeze effort, thus restricting exposure to contaminants, bugs, germs etc. and removal of contents by others; depending upon its ultimate usage, said container may be provided with a suitable tamper evident closure as follows: 1/ for pharmacies when filling prescription pills a child resistant tamper evident protection closure is made simply by overlapping the elongated curved slotted outlet of said lid-less container with the self-adhesive prescription paper label presently used by pharmacies for tear-off by the customer 2/ for other than prescription filling, a simple tack-weld at the closure outlet lips for separation by the customer's initial squeeze to open operation 3/ for purchase by the customer for temporary storage of vitamins, drugs, aspirin, usually kept in pockets or purses for quick withdrawal, of the likes of Bayer aspirin towards possibly warding off heart attacks.

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CROSS REFERRENCE TO THE RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application relates to the “Self-Closing Valve With Tamper Evident Lip Seal Tab” Ser. No. 07 / 08 / 88, U.S. Pat. No. 4,917,267, granted Apr. 17, 1990 and a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 033,640.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] The purpose of this improved novel apparatus is to provide pharmacies with a less costly child resistant tamper evident closure for faster filling of prescription drugs into a LID-LESS all plastic, squeeze-to-open, self-closing airtight pill-box, which always stays closed, unless re-opened by squeezing, thereby preventing withdrawal ofpills by children or entry of contaminants, moisture, germs, bugs etc. Using the LID-LESS pill-box, not only eliminates seal caps and usual storage and handling problems, but provides a simple and positive way to form a child resistant tamper evident closure by merely overlapping the outlet lips of said lid-less p...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D33/16B65D33/30B65D75/00
CPCB65D33/1658B65D75/008B65D33/30B65D33/1666
Inventor LAVERDURE, ROLAND J.A.
Owner LAVERDURE ROLAND J A
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