"Dispenser, system and method for dispensing pills"

A system for dispensing pills from a funnel wherein the funnel has walls and a height defined between a top end and a bottom end wherein the walls define an interior of the funnel wherein the interior of the funnel is sized to receive the pills, the system comprising:

• a base having a top side and a bottom side located opposite to the top side of the base wherein the top side of the base has a ring with a lip extending outwardly with respect to the top side of the base wherein the top side of the base and the lip define an interior of the ring wherein the base has a passage with walls defining an interior wherein the interior of the passage is adjacent to the interior of the ring wherein the interior of the passage is sized to receive one or more of the pills;
• a first disk having a center, a perimeter, a top side and a bottom side wherein the bottom side of the first disk is located opposite to the top side of the first disk wherein the first disk is connected to the base wherein the first disk is located within the interior of the ring wherein the first disk has a rim adjacent to the perimeter of the first disk wherein the rim extends outwardly with respect to the top side of the first disk wherein the top side of the disk and the rim of the disk define an interior of the first disk;
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• a ridge connected to the first disk wherein the ridge extends outwardly with respect to the top side of the first disk wherein the ridge extends from the center of the first disk outwardly with respect to the perimeter of the first disk wherein the ridge rotates in a first direction.

A method for dispensing pills from a funnel wherein the funnel has walls defining an interior of the funnel wherein the interior of the funnel is sized to receive the pills wherein each of the pills has a size and a shape which define a first configuration of each of the pills, the method comprising the steps of:

• providing a dispenser wherein the dispenser has a base with a top side and a bottom side opposite to the top side wherein the dispenser has a lip attached to the top side of the base wherein the lip and the top side of the base define an interior of the dispenser wherein the dispenser has a first ring which is connected to the top side of the base wherein the dispenser has a passage with walls defining an interior of the passage wherein the passage is adjacent to the top side of the base wherein the interior of the passage is sized to receive one or more of the pills;
• connecting a basket having a pin to the dispenser wherein the basket has walls defining an interior of the basket wherein the pin extends into the interior of the passage wherein the pin is located in a first position within the interior of the passage wherein the pin in the first position and one of the walls of the passage define a first pocket having a first size wherein the pocket is located between the interior of the dispenser and the interior of the passage;
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• moving the pin to a second position within the interior of the passage wherein the pin in the second position and the one of the walls of the passage define a second pocket having a second size wherein the second pocket is sized to receive one of the pills from the interior of the dispenser wherein the second size of the second pocket corresponds to the first configuration of each of the pills.