Personal identification for improved hygiene

A system for improving personal hygiene through personally identifying a container having an annular neck and containing a product adapted for human consumption comprising:

• (a) an annular ring about said neck of said container, said annular ring having a pair of spaced parallel lips and identity-indicating alpha-numeric indicia circumferentially disposed around said ring between said lips;
• (b) a turnable member mounted on said annular ring between said lips;
• said turnable member having selectable display means including a window in a surface thereof for selectively and progressively displaying said alpha-numeric indicia as said member is turned;
• (c) means for controllably turning said turnable member to a selected position to display a selected one of said alpha-numeric indicia;
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• (d) position-retaining means for retaining said turnable member is said selected position.

A system for improving personal hygiene through personally identifying a container having an annular neck and containing a product adapted for human consumption comprising:

• (a) an annular ring about said neck of said container, said annular ring having a plurality of identity-indicating alpha-numeric indicia circumferentially disposed around said ring;
• (b) privacy means including a plurality of individually actuable privacy flaps, a different one for each one of said plurality of identity-indicating alpha-numeric indicia;
• said privacy flaps being normally closed but actuable into open positions selectively to reveal different ones of said identity-indicating indicia;
• (c) means for selectively actuating said privacy flaps thereby to individually display said identity-indicating indicia;
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• (d) position-retaining means for retaining said privacy flaps in selected positions.

A system for improving personal hygiene through personally identifying a beverage container having a conventional pop-top opening mechanism on an upper surface comprising:

• (a) a semi-circular array of indicating alpha-numeric symbols positioned on said upper surface of said container;
• (b) a swivelable identification arm on said pop-top opening mechanism;
• (c) rotating means for swiveling said identification arm to point to a selected one of said alpha-numeric symbols;
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• (d) retaining means for retaining said identification arm in pointing to said selected one of said alpha-numeric symbols.

A method of improving personal hygiene through personally identifying a bottle having a neck and containing a beverage adapted for human consumption comprising:

• (a) mounting an annular ring about said neck of said bottle
• (b) including on said annular ring a pair of spaced parallel retaining lips;
• (c) including on said annular ring a plurality of identity-indicating alpha-numeric indicia;
• (d) mounting on said annular ring between said parallel retaining lips a turnable member;
• (e) providing in said turnable member a window for individually exposing said identity-indicating alpha-numeric indicia;
• (f) providing engagement between an interior part of said turnable member and an exterior surface of said annular ring thereby normally preventing said turnable member from turning;
• (g) turning said turnable member to selectively expose through said window said identity-indicating alpha-numeric indicia;
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• (h) completing an identification of said bottle by stopping turning of said turnable member when a selected one of said indicating alpha-numeric indicia is exposed through said window.

A method of improving personal hygiene through personally identifying a pop-top beverage can having an upper surface with a conventional pop-top opening mechanism and containing a beverage adapted for human consumption comprising:

• (a) disposing a semi-circular array of indicating alpha-numeric symbols on said upper surface of said can;
• (b) mounting a swivelable identification arm on said pop-top opening mechanism;
• (c) rotating said swivelable identification arm to point to a selected one of said alpha-numeric symbols;
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• (d) retaining said identification arm in pointing to said selected one of said alpha-numeric symbols.