US 2012/0223091 A1Published application

Cap with counter

OwnerGregg Bond, Steven Wagner +1inventors

InventorsGregg Bond, Steven Wagner, Kenneth A. Tarlow

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Abstract

Cap with a hollow housing containing a count down mechanism so that when a person pushes down on the cap during the opening process, a rotational force within the housing causes the day and numerical count indices printed on cylinders within the housing to advance one station so that the day and count indices showing in viewing apertures located on the outside wall of the housing reflect the fact that an item such as a pill has been taken by the user. A preferred embodiment includes a ring release slide mechanism that allows the user to disengage the advancing mechanism so that the user can manually rotate the counting mechanism to initially set the indices to the correct location with respect to the viewing apertures and to be able to reset the indices if the user presses on the top cap housing accidentally.

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Dependent claims

cap with counter comprising;

a cylindrical top main cover having a flat top and attached side wall;
a cylindrical main housing body having a flat bottom surface and attached side wall with a transparent viewing window and slidably fitting within the perimeter of said top cover;
said top cover restrained from being released from said main housing by a standard slidable means;
a compression spring;
a cylindrical ring having indicia affixed to its outer surface and fitting within said main housing body;
a mechanical advancing mechanism;
wherein when a user presses down on said top main cover said cylindrical ring is advanced a specific and repeatable distance by said mechanical advancing mechanism causing the indicia on said ring to advance and be viewed through said transparent viewing window and said top cover returns to its original position by means of said compression spring and retained by said standard means.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.