Pill container and dispenser

Claim 1

A PILL CONTAINER AND DISPENSER COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, BASE COMPRISING A DISC-LIKE BOTTOM, A PLURALITY OF PARTITIONS CONNECTED TO AND EXTENDING PERPENDICULARLY FROM ONE SURFACE OF SAID BASE AND EXTENDING RADIALLY INWARD SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE PERIPHERY THEREOF TO DEFINE A SERIES OF SEGMENTAL COMPARTMENTS THEREBETWEEN, SAID PARTITIONS BEING OF UNIFORM HEIGHT,A DISC-LIKE COVER SUBSTANTIALLY OF THE SAME DIAMETER AS SAID BOTTOM, COENGAGEABLE CONNECTING MEANS ON SAID COVER AND BASE OPERABLE TO DETACHABLY SECURE SAID COVER TO SAID BASE SUBSTANTIALLY IN COAXIAL RELATIONSHIP THEREWITH AND CLOSELY ADJACENT THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID PARTITIONS TO COVER THE COMPARTMENTS DEFINED THEREBY, TIME-INDICATING INDICIA MEANS FIXED RESPECTIVELY RELATIVE TO SAID COMPARTMENTS TO INDICATE A TIME SCHEDULE FOR CONSUMING THE PILLS THEREIN, THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID PARTITIONS TERMINATING A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE PERIPHERIES OF SAID BOTTOM AND COVER TO DEFINE PERIPHERAL FLANGES THEREON, ONE OF SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGES HAVING A CIRCULAR GROOVE EXTENDING INTO THE INNER FACE THEREOF, A CIRCUMFERENTIAL BAND-LIKE SIDE WALL EXTENDING AROUND THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID PARTITIONS AND NORMALLY COVERING ALL BUT ONE OF SAID COMPARTMENTS, SAID SIDE WALL BEING POSITIONED BETWEEN SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGES AND HAVING ONE EDGE SLIDABLY DISPOSED IN SAID CIRCULAR GROOVE AND HAVING A DISCHARGE OPENING THEREIN SUCCESSIVELY REGISTERABLE WITH THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS AS SAID SIDE WALL IS MOVED AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SAID SERIES OF COMPARTMENTS SELECTIVELY TO POSITION SAID DISCHARGE OPENING THEREWITH, AND INDEXING MEANS ON SAID SIDE WALL ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID PARTITIONS AND OPERABLE TO PERMIT ONLY UNI-DIRECTIONAL STEP-WISE MOVEMENT OF SAID SIDE WALL AND DISCHARGE OPENING THEREIN RELATIVE TO THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS WHILE SAID SIDE WALL IS MOVING BETWEEN SAID PERIPHERAL FLANGES, THEREBY TO PERMIT SUCCESSIVE DISCHARGE OF THE CONTENTS OF SAID COMPARTMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TIME SCHEDULE DENOTED BY SAID INDICIA MEANS.