Medicine Container, Method of Assembling the Container, and Method of Manufacturing the Container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021228442-A1
Application number	US-201916972129-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 15, 2019
Priority date	Jun 26, 2018
Publication date	Jul 29, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A medicine container that includes a container body including a bottom wall that at least partially defines an interior of the container body. The bottom wall includes a protrusion extending into the interior. The medicine container also includes a canister base removably couplable to the protrusion. The canister base is further configured to hold a desiccant canister within the interior of the container body when the canister base is coupled to the protrusion.

First claim

1 - 20 . (canceled)

21 . A medicine container comprising:
a container body comprising a bottom wall that at least partially defines an interior of the container body, wherein the bottom wall comprises a protrusion extending into the interior; and a canister base coupled to the protrusion, wherein the canister base is configured to hold a desiccant canister within the interior of the container body when the canister base is coupled to the protrusion.

22 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 21 , wherein the canister base is coupleable to the protrusion with an interference fit.

23 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 21 , wherein the canister base is formed separately from, and then integrally joined with, the protrusion.

24 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 21 , wherein the protrusion has a substantially cylindrical shape free of projections, protuberances, discontinuities, and the like.

25 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 21 , wherein the canister base comprises a side wall that defines an opening in the canister base, a partition opposite the opening, and a canister socket formed on the partition, wherein the canister socket is configured to hold the desiccant canister.

26 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 25 , wherein the canister base is sized to extend over the protrusion such that the protrusion is insertable within the opening to couple the canister base to the protrusion.

27 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 25 , wherein at least one of the side wall and the partition of the canister base comprise at least one air flow opening defined therein such that an air flow path is provided between the interior of the container body and the desiccant canister through the canister base.

28 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 25 , wherein the canister socket comprises a plurality of retaining features configured to couple the desiccant canister to the canister base.

29 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 28 , wherein the plurality of retaining features are spaced circumferentially about the canister socket.

30 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 28 , wherein an ident defined in the side wall, and a cutout defined in the partition, are each associated with a respective retaining feature of the plurality of retaining features.

31 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 25 , wherein the canister base is coupleable to the protrusion with an interference fit to position the partition against the protrusion.

32 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 21 , wherein the container body further comprises a neck portion that defines an opening configured to provide access to the interior of the container body, and wherein the canister base is sized to be insertable through the opening.

33 . A medicine container comprising:
a container body comprising a bottom wall that at least partially defines an interior of the container body, wherein the bottom wall comprises a protrusion extending into the interior; and a canister base formed separately from, and then integrally joined with, the protrusion, wherein the canister base is configured to hold a desiccant canister within the interior of the container body when the canister base is coupled to the protrusion.

34 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 33 , wherein a weld joint is defined between the protrusion and the canister base.

35 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 33 , wherein the protrusion has a substantially cylindrical shape free of projections, protuberances, discontinuities, and the like.

36 . The medicine container in accordance with claim 33 , wherein the canister base comprises a side wall that defines an opening in the canister base, a partition opposite the opening, and a canister socket formed on the partition, wherein the canister socket is configured to hold the desiccant canister.

37 . A method of assembling a medicine container, the method comprising:
inserting a canister base through an opening in the medicine container, wherein the medicine container includes a container body having a bottom wall and an interior at least partially defined by the bottom wall, wherein the bottom wall includes a protrusion extending into the interior; coupling the canister base to the protrusion; and coupling a desiccant canister to the canister base.

38 . The method in accordance with claim 37 , wherein coupling the canister base comprises coupling the canister base to the protrusion with an interference fit.

39 . The method in accordance with claim 38 further comprising integrally joining the canister base to the protrusion with a weld.

40 . The method in accordance with claim 37 further comprising induction sealing the opening such that the desiccant canister is sealed within the interior.

Assignees

• Abbvie Inc

Inventors

• Medhal Bhimaprasad
• Hughes James J

Classifications

• B65D81/268 Primary

  the absorber being enclosed in a small pack, e.g. bag, included in the package · CPC title

• A61J1/03 Primary

  for pills or tablets (containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04) · CPC title

• B65D51/30

  for desiccators · CPC title

• B65D81/266

  for absorbing gases, e.g. oxygen absorbers or desiccants (B65D51/244, B65D51/30 take precedence) · CPC title