# US 11,998,512 B1 · Medicine cup apparatus with ring attachment > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,998,512 B1 - Document ID: US11998512B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 18/332,980 - Filed: 2023-06-12 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-17 - Assignees: All1 L.L.C. - Applicants: All1 L.L.C. - Inventors: Adrienne Landry Lay - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11998512B1 ## CPC - A61J 7/0046: {Cups, bottles or bags} - G01F 19/00: Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material, e.g. measuring cups - A61J 2200/76: for fluid level - A61J: CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE - G01F: MEASURING VOLUME, VOLUME FLOW, MASS FLOW OR LIQUID LEVEL; METERING BY VOLUME ## Abstract A medicine cup apparatus that includes a cup having a side wall, bottom panel, open top, and an interior for holding a selected medicine. A ring is affixed to the cup that can fit around a user's finger, allowing the user to more easily hold the medicine cup and administer medicine orally. The ring is affixed to the cup bottom panel permanently or removably. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A medicine cup apparatus comprising: a) a cup having a cup sidewall, bottom panel, interior for holding medicine to be administered and volume measurement marks of between about 0 and 15 milliliters; b) a ring attachment comprising a ring with a ring opening that is sized and shaped to accommodate a user's finger; c) a base that includes a disk, wherein one side of the disk is attached to the ring and the other side of the disk is connectable to the bottom panel of the cup; and d) wherein the ring attachment facilitates oral administration of medicine when a user places his or her finger into the ring opening. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The medicine cup attachment of claim 1, wherein the base is permanently connected to the bottom of the medicine cup. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The medicine cup attachment of claim 1, wherein the base is removably connected to the bottom of the medicine cup. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The medicine cup attachment of claim 3, wherein the ring attachment is designed to be collapsible. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The medicine cup attachment of claim 3, further comprising a cover for the medicine cup, wherein the cover is attached to the ring attachment. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The medicine cup attachment of claim 1, wherein the ring attachment is textured to allow for a better grip of said ring. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The medicine cup attachment of claim 1, wherein a part of the ring attachment lights up. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The medicine cup attachment of claim 1, wherein the ring is of a stretchable material that can stretch to more easily accommodate a user's finger. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The medicine cup attachment of any prior claim 1, further comprising a stand connected to the ring opposite the cup bottom panel that has a lower surface that enables the cup to rest in an upright position on an underlying support surface. ### Claim 10 A medicine cup apparatus comprising: a) a medicine cup with gradations for measuring and dispensing fluid medicine; b) said cup having a volume of between about 1 and 15 milliliters, a cup side wall, a cup bottom panel and an interior; and c) a ring attached to the cup bottom panel, the ring being sized and shaped to accommodate a user's finger, wherein the ring facilitates oral administration of a selected medicine contained in said cup interior. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The medicine cup apparatus of claim 10, wherein the ring is permanently connected to the bottom of the medicine cup. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The medicine cup apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a cover for the medicine cup, wherein the cover is attached to the ring. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The medicine cup apparatus of claim 10, wherein the ring is removably connected to the bottom of the medicine cup. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The medicine cup apparatus of claim 13, wherein the ring is collapsible. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The medicine cup apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a cover for the medicine cup, wherein the cover is attached to the ring. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The medicine cup apparatus of claim 10, wherein the ring is of an elastic material that can stretch to more easily accommodate a user's finger. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The medicine cup apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a stand that the ring can rest on and remain in an upright standing position. ### Claim 18 A medicine cup apparatus comprising: a) a medicine cup with gradations for measuring and dispensing fluid medicine; b) said cup having a cup side wall, a cup bottom and an interior; and c) a ring attached to the cup, the ring being sized and shaped to accommodate a user's finger, wherein the ring facilitates oral administration of a selected medicine contained in said cup interior. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) A method of administering medicine orally using the apparatus of claim 18. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The medicine cup apparatus of claim 18, further comprising a means to operably sync to a mobile device.