Cylindrical pill dispenser and related methods of use
AssigneeAbbVie Inc.
InventorsLewis H. Sita, Bhimaprasad Medhal
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Abstract
A pill dispenser includes an outer body for displaying one or more pills within the dispenser. A core is disposed within the outer body, and the core includes a channel extending along a length of the outer body to store the one or more pills within the channel. The pill dispenser further includes an actuator with a slot, and the actuator is joined to the outer body at a first end and rotatable about the core from a storage position to a dispensing position with the slot aligned with the channel. An actuator cover is joined to the actuator and includes an opening configured to align with the slot when the actuator is in the storage position.
Claims22
An apparatus for dispensing pills, comprising:
- an outer body comprising a set of outer windows for displaying one or more pills within the dispenser;
- a core disposed within the outer body, the core including a plurality of channels to store the one or more pills, wherein the channels extend along the length of the outer body;
- a calendar sleeve placed between the outer body and the core, wherein the calendar sleeve includes a column of pill windows and a day indicator associated with each window in the column of windows, wherein the column of windows aligns with at least some of the outer windows on the outer body and further aligns with one of the channels in the core;
- an actuator including a slot, the actuator joined to the outer body at a first end and rotatable about the core from a storage position to a first dispensing position with the slot aligned with a first channel, and rotatable from the storage position to a second dispensing position with the slot aligned with a second channel;
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- an actuator cover joined to the actuator and including an opening configured to align with the slot when the actuator is in the storage position.
A dispenser, comprising:
- an outer body to display one or more pills within the dispenser;
- a core disposed within the outer body, the core including a channel extending along a length of the outer body to store the one or more pills within the channel;
- an actuator including a slot, the actuator joined to the outer body at a first end and rotatable about the core from a storage position to a dispensing position with the slot aligned with the channel;
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- an actuator cover joined to the actuator and including an opening configured to align with the slot when the actuator is in the storage position,
- wherein the outer body includes a first column of outer windows that are configured to be aligned with the channel of the core, wherein the outer windows are configured to display the one or more pills therethrough.
A dispenser, comprising:
- an outer body to display one or more pills within the dispenser;
- a core disposed within the outer body, the core including a channel extending along a length of the outer body to store the one or more pills within the channel;
- an actuator including a slot, the actuator joined to the outer body at a first end and rotatable about the core from a storage position to a dispensing position with the slot aligned with the channel;
- an actuator cover joined to the actuator and including an opening configured to align with the slot when the actuator is in the storage position, and
- a calendar sleeve disposed between the outer body and the core, the calendar sleeve including one or more columns of pill windows and an indicator disposed proximate each pill window.
A dispenser, comprising:
- an outer body to display one or more pills within the dispenser;
- a core disposed within the outer body, the core including a channel extending along a length of the outer body to store the one or more pills within the channel;
- an actuator including a slot, the actuator joined to the outer body at a first end and rotatable about the core from a storage position to a dispensing position with the slot aligned with the channel;
- an actuator cover joined to the actuator and including an opening configured to align with the slot when the actuator is in the storage position;
- a shaft disposed within the core;
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- a knob configured to engage with the core proximate an opposing end of the outer body and releasably engage with the shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.