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US 2013/0240653 A1Published application
Tablet crusher with rocker action
AssigneeGary L. Sharpe
InventorsGary L. Sharpe, Doug Clouser
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Abstract
A device for crushing one or more tablets and methods of using the same are disclosed. The device contains a solid body portion having a blade-like configuration. Round grips extend from the opposing ends of the body portion. The body portion has a crushing surface that is convex. The convex surface allows the device to be operated in a rocking motion.
Claims20
A device for crushing one or more tablets, comprising:
- a body portion having a contact surface, said contact surface having a convex shape;
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- rounded grips extending outwardly from said body portion.
A device for crushing one or more tablets, comprising:
- a body portion having a generally rectangular solid shape having upper corners, said body portion having a downwardly convex contact surface;
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- a pair of rounded grips extending obliquely from said upper corners of said body portion.
A device for crushing one or more tablets, comprising:
- a blade-like body portion having a generally rectangular solid shape having upper corners and a downwardly convex patterned contact surface, said body portion having a length approximately ten times its thickness;
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- a pair of rounded grips extending obliquely from said upper corners of said body portion, said rounded grips having a diameter approximately three times as large as the thickness of said body portion,
- wherein one or more tablet is crushed under said contact surface by a rocking motion imparted by said rounded grips.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.