Bottle-closure having a compliant, child resistant and senior friendly packaging

Abstract

A closure for a pill dispenser having a child resistant locking system comprising a cap and a container. The cap is mark or label in order to provide a drug regimen and the container has a pointer or an indicator which is aligned with at least one of the cap marks in order to indicate the next dose as part of a compliance feature. The pharmaceutical package not just provides compliance, child-resistant and senior friendly packaging but also a low cost and easy to use package.

1 . A bottle-closure use in a pill dispenser comprising:
 a one piece cap having an inner and outer wall,   wherein said outer wall is label or mark depending on a drug regimen and said inner wall has lugs,   a container having an open mouth end over which said cap receives, an indicator or pointer adjacent to said open mouth, and a plurality of locking members comprising a projection extending outwardly for receiving and fixing said cap's lugs,   wherein said locking members are positioned between said container's open mouth and said indicator, and   wherein said mark or label is aligned with the indicator showing when to take next dose when the user properly close the pill dispenser.   
   
   
       2 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 1 ,
 wherein said mark or label is integrated with the cap.   
   
   
       3 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 1 ,
 wherein between said marks or labels a set of protrusions are positioned for a better grip of the cap.   
   
   
       4 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 1 ,
 wherein said marks or labels are made as a one piece with the cap outer wall.   
   
   
       5 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 4 ,
 wherein said marks or labels protrude from the container.   
   
   
       6 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 1 ,
 wherein said indicator or pointer are made as a one piece with the container.   
   
   
       7 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 6 ,
 wherein said indicator protrudes from the container.   
   
   
       8 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 1 ,
 wherein said indicator or pointer are made as a one piece with the container and protrudes from the container, and   wherein said marks or labels are made as a one piece with the cap outer wall and protrudes from the cap outer wall.   
   
   
       9 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 1 ,
 wherein the quantity of lugs is less than the quantity of locking members.   
   
   
       10 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 1 ,
 wherein the quantity of locking is less than the quantity of lugs is a selection of days, weeks or numbers.   
   
   
       11 . A bottle-closure in accordance with  claim 1 ,
 wherein the drug regimen is a selection of days, weeks, numbers or symbols.