Lockable cap for medical prescription bottle
AssigneeGatekeeper Innovation, Inc.
InventorJoseph C. Simpson
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Abstract
A lockable cap, is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. There is a three dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap and the dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock.
Claims15
A cap lock attachable to a bottle comprising:
- a housing having a cap portion and a base portion, said cap portion having an upper surface with a plurality of first gaps therein, said housing including:
- an alignment spacer device mounted within said housing;
- a rotatable dial lock mounted within said alignment spacer device, said rotatable dial lock having cogs and cams in mechanical relationship with each other to allow the cogs to spin independently and be settable to a plurality of settings, wherein the cogs are held in place by the plurality of first gaps;
- a dog plate, mounted to said housing for free rotation in the housing, said dog plate having at least one point of contact with a locking plate to exert sufficient tension to remove the cap portion;
- the locking plate being pivotally mounted to said alignment spacer device and movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking plate being in the unlocked position when the cogs are set to a predetermined setting, and being in the locked position when the cogs are set to a settings other than the predetermined setting;
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- the locking plate having an extension that can be placed into engagement or disengagement with said dog plate, said locking plate being placed in said locked position comprising at least one of said cams placing said extension into disengagement with said dog plate whereby said cap cannot be removed from said bottle.
A method for operating a cap lock attached to a bottle, the cap lock having a housing having a cap portion and a base portion, the cap portion having an upper surface with a plurality of first gaps therein, an alignment spacer device mounted within the housing, a rotatable dial lock, mounted within the alignment spacer device, having cogs and cams in mechanical relationship with each other to allow the cogs to spin independently and be settable to a plurality of settings, a dog plate attachable to said bottle and having free rotation in the housing and allowing at least one point of contact for a locking plate to exert sufficient tension to remove said cap and a locking plate pivotable mounted to said alignment spacer device and the locking plate being movable between a locked position and an unlocked position, the method comprising:
- moving the locking plate to the unlocked position when the cogs are at a predetermined setting;
- pivoting the locking plate, when the locking plate is in the unlocked position, to engage the dog plate to exert sufficient tension to remove the cap;
- moving the locking plate to the locked position when the cogs are not at the predetermined setting;
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- moving an extension of the locking plate, using at least one of the cams, into disengagement with said dog plate whereby said cap cannot be removed from said bottle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.