Nutritional supplements dispenser and methods
AssigneeTespo IP, LLC
InventorsJeffrey Thomas Linton, Chase Ryan Linton, Ted Matthew Mills
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Abstract
An indexable dispenser is provided for use with a supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers each sealed by a membrane to store a volume of supplement. The dispenser has a housing, a lance, an electrical power source, and a wireless transmitting and receiving device.
Claims20
An indexable dispenser for use with a supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers each storing a volume of supplement therein, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing to receive and at least partially surround an outer perimeter of the supplements cartridge, wherein the housing supports the cartridge for rotation therein about a central axis of the cartridge;
- an extraction mechanism supported by the housing and having a member movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the member is spaced apart from the cartridge in the first position, and wherein the member is configured to engage the supplements cartridge and open a select one of the plurality of serving chambers in the supplements cartridge in the second position to dispense supplement therefrom;
- an electrical power source;
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- a wireless transmitting and receiving device, the device configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal indicative of dispensing of supplements and/or a time of dispensing.
An indexable dispenser for use with a supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers each storing a volume of supplement therein, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing to receive and at least partially surround an outer perimeter of the supplements cartridge,
- an extraction mechanism supported by the housing and having a member movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the member is spaced apart from the cartridge in the first position, and wherein the member is configured to engage the supplements cartridge and open a select one of the plurality of serving chambers in the supplements cartridge in the second position to dispense supplement therefrom;
- an electrical power source;
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- a wireless transmitting and receiving device, the device configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal indicative of dispensing of supplements and/or a time of dispensing;
- wherein the member of the extraction mechanism is a lance, wherein the lance is configured to breach a membrane of the cartridge in the second position, wherein each serving chamber in the cartridge is sealed by the membrane.
A method comprising:
- wirelessly transmitting a first signal indicative of dispensing of supplements and/or a time of dispensing from a dispensing device in response to a nutritional supplement being dispensed from a supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers with a volume of nutritional supplement disposed therein;
- wirelessly receiving a second signal indicative of a user notification for a reminder for a user to take a supplement at a specified time;
- outputting the user notification in response to receiving the second signal via a user interface via a visual notification and/or an audible notification;
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- calculating actual usage of the supplements cartridge based on the data indicative of the dispensing of supplements and/or the time of dispensing for ordering another supplements cartridge based on the actual usage.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.