Containers

A pocket is not a standard

Updated October 2026

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Why it has to be said And a judgment stated as a measurement reads as authority So the figure is published with its provenance A different threshold gives a different count Which is the honest way to publish a derived figure Height is published on 93 of 94 containers Those gaps are a reason to ask rather than to estimate And a pocket is not the only carry For a bag the whole shelf qualifies So read the dimensions rather than the category The same applies to the label question Two derived figures, both labeled References

3 inches by 1.8 inches is a figure we chose.

Why it has to be said

Every other measurement in this library comes from a regulation or from the catalog. This one comes from a judgment about a pocket.

And a judgment stated as a measurement reads as authority

Which is exactly the failure this catalog avoids elsewhere: the topicals property refuses to compute a label fit because character width is not ours to supply.

So the figure is published with its provenance

3 inches in height and 1.8 inches in diameter, chosen here, not taken from anywhere.

A different threshold gives a different count

Loosen it and more containers qualify; tighten it and fewer do. The underlying data is the height and diameter, which are published per product.

Which is the honest way to publish a derived figure

Give the inputs, give the rule you applied, and let a reader apply their own.

Height is published on 93 of 94 containers

And diameter on 89. So 5 containers cannot be assessed on diameter at all and 1 cannot be assessed on height.

Those gaps are a reason to ask rather than to estimate

We do not fill a dimension in with a guess, which is the same discipline as the liner field.

And a pocket is not the only carry

A bag, a glovebox, a kit pouch and a pocket are four different constraints, and only the last one is tight.

For a bag the whole shelf qualifies

Maximum 5.43 inches tall and 4.5 across, which goes in anything. The constraint only bites at the pocket end.

So read the dimensions rather than the category

Carried is not a size. The two numbers on the product page are, and they are there for 89 of the 94.

The same applies to the label question

How much label area a container has is a function of its dimensions, which the gummies property works through as a lower bound.

Two derived figures, both labeled

A pocket threshold here and a side-wall area there. Neither is a standard and both say so.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. Height is published on 93 of the 94 containers in this group and diameter on 89. Height runs 1.33 to 5.43 inches with a median of 3.95; diameter runs 1.12 to 4.5 inches with a median of 1.99. Taking a pocket as 3 inches or less in height and 1.8 inches or less in diameter -- a threshold this property chose rather than a standard -- 15 of the 94 containers qualify, and all 15 are single wall jars in PET or polypropylene at 14.8 or 29.6 mL and 1.33 to 1.59 inches tall. Only 13 of the 94 containers are under 50 mL.

Written from 21 U.S.C. 353(b)(2) and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. Nothing here says whether decanting a dispensed prescription is permitted, or what a patient may do with their own medication; the point is that the exemption in that paragraph is conditional on a label the dispensed container carries. Airline and security screening rules are not federal drug law and are not addressed. The pocket threshold used on these pages, 3 inches in height and 1.8 inches in diameter, is a figure this property chose and not a standard. There is no multi-compartment pill organizer anywhere in this catalog.