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US 2007/0068949 A1Published application
Pill cup
OwnerDavid Crossleyinventor
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Abstract
A drinking cup having an interior pill shelf with passages to allow liquid in the cup when drunk, to flow through the shelf and carry the pill with it into the mouth. A separate pill box is attached to the outside of the cup wall for carrying pills to be taken at a later time.
Claims20
A pill cup comprising
- a drinking container having a side wall and closed bottom for holding a quantity of liquid to be consumed while swallowing one or more pills,
- a shelf connected to the side wall on the interior of the cup for supporting one or more pills and enabling liquid in the cup to wash the pill into the mouth when the cup is tilted and liquid is drunk from the cup and for supporting one or more pills above the level of the liquid in the cup when the cup is disposed in an upright position,
- and a pill box attached to the side wall of the cup with the box interior isolated from the cup interior for storing pills in a dry environment.
A pill cup comprising
- a drinking container having a side wall and closed bottom for holding a quantity of liquid to be consumed while swallowing one or more pills,
- and a separately formed shelf inside the cup and disposed on the side wall for holding one or more pills in position to be washed into the mouth when liquid in the cup is drunk.
A pill cup comprising
- a drinking container having a side wall and closed bottom for holding a quantity of liquid to be consumed while swallowing one or more pills,
- a shelf connected to the side wall on the interior of the cup and having an opening there through for supporting one or more pills and enabling liquid in the cup to flow through the opening and wash the pill into the mouth when the cup is tilted and liquid is drunk from the cup and for supporting one or more pills above the level of the liquid in the cup when the cup is disposed in an upright position,
- and a flow guide disposed below the shelf for directing liquid toward the shelf and through the opening when the cup is tilted to drink from it.
A pill cup comprising
- a drinking container having a side wall and closed bottom for holding a quantity of liquid to be consumed while swallowing one or more pills,
- and a pill box attached to the side wall of the cup with the box interior isolated from the cup interior for storing pills in a dry environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.