Dispensing container and related method and apparatus

摘要

A packaged product assembly is provided. The packaged product assembly may include a tray slidably received in a dispensing container. The tray may be a blister pack including units of a product received in sealed cavities. A locking apparatus may be configured to releasably retain the tray in a locked configuration. The locking apparatus may include one or more locking protrusions that engage corresponding locking apertures in the tray. The locking apparatus may also include buttons positioned on opposing sides of the tray. When the buttons are depressed toward one another, the locking protrusions may move relative to the locking apertures such that the tray is unlocked and may be withdrawn from the dispensing container.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a locking protrusion configured to releasably engage an aperture in a tray; a first button and a second button configured to receive the tray therebetween, the first button and the second button being operatively engaged with one of the locking protrusion and the tray such that depressing the first button and the second button inwardly toward the tray adjusts the engagement of the locking protrusion with the tray from a locked configuration in which the locking protrusion engages the aperture in the tray to an unlocked configuration in which the locking protrusion is disengaged from the aperture in the tray and the tray may be slid out from between the first button and the second button, wherein the first button defines a first slot configured to receive a first side edge of the tray and the second button defines a second slot configured to receive a second side edge of the tray.