Patent attributes
A pill organizer and dispenser or pill loader is provided and includes a housing having a plurality of openings formed through a top surface thereof. The openings are organized into a matrix of rows corresponding, for instance, to various times of an individual day and columns corresponding, for instance, to the seven days of the week. The pill loader further includes slides movably mounted within the housing and positioned beneath each of the rows. Each slide includes a segment having a solid portion blocking the opening in the housing and an open portion allowing a pill placed in the opening to fall through the opening and into a pill storage container. The slides are moveable in a lateral direction to present indicia within the openings and in a transverse direction to either block or allow a pill to pass through the openings.