Medicament applicator or dispenser
OwnerLeif Klein, Gordon Rowe +1inventors
InventorsLeif Klein, Gordon Rowe, William B. Dragan
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Abstract
A medicament applicator having a stick handle and a connected applicating end portion in the shape of a pleasing and amusing character that is well known to a child. In one form of the invention, the applicating end is formed of a cellular material, e.g. a sponge or foam capable of releasably retaining in the pores or cells thereon a medicament to be administered. In another form, the applicating end may be formed of a confectionary material having mixed therein a medicament which is administered to the child as the child sucks thereon. A package having one or more wells is provided to store and/or ship such applicators and/or medicament until readied for use.
Claims12
A medicament dispensing device for medicating a small child comprising:
- an applicator,
- said applicator having a stick handle and a connected applicating end,
- said applicating end being formed of a cellular material capable of being impregnated with a medicament to be dispensed,
- said applicating end being formed in a shape pleasing to a small child,
- and a medicament impregnated in said applicating end.
A medicament dispenser for administering a medicament to a small child comprising:
- an applicator,
- said applicator including a stick handle and an applicating end connected to one end of said stick handle simulating a lollipop,
- said applicating end having a configuration which is pleasing and amusing to a small child, said applicating end containing a medicament therein whereby the medicament is administered to a small child as the child sucks on the applicating end.
A medicament dispenser for medicating a small child comprising:
- an applicator,
- said applicator having a stick handle,
- said stick handle having a mounting portion at one end thereof,
- an applicating end formed of a cellular material,
- said applicating end being formed in an animated shape which is pleasing and amusing to a small child,
- said applicating end having a bore adapted to receive said mounting portion at said one end of said stick handle whereby said applicating end is positively secured to said stick handle, and
- a predetermined amount of a medicament saturating said applicating end.
A method of administering a medicament to a small child in a manner to minimize a child's apprehension and fear in being medicated comprising the steps of:
- forming a dispenser in the form of a lollipop having a stick handle and a connected applicating end formed of a spongy material,
- shaping said applicating end to form a character which is pleasing and amusing to a child,
- impregnating said applicating end with a medicament,
- and permitting a child to suck the medicament out of said spongy applicator end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.