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US 2017/0001777 A1Published application
Lockable cap for a bottle
AssigneeGatekeeper Innovation, Inc.
InventorJoseph C. Simpson
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Abstract
A lockable cap is a security feature for a medical prescription bottle. There is a dial locking mechanism that is attached to the cap and the dial locking mechanism and the cap can be attached or removed from the bottle only when the user has the correct combination on the dial lock. When the combination is incorrect, a mechanism including a dog plate within a cap portion, is disengaged and the inner cap cannot be removed from the bottle.
Claims10
A cap lock attachable to a bottle, comprising:
- a cap portion that has an upper surface with a plurality of first gaps in the upper surface;
- a rotatable dial lock mounted in the cap portion, the rotatable dial lock having at least four cogs and cams in mechanical relationship with each other to allow the cogs to spin and wherein the cogs are settable to a plurality of combinations;
- a dog plate, mounted to the cap portion that freely rotates within the cap portion, the dog plate having one or more teeth that allow sufficient torque to be exerted to rotate the cap when the lock is open;
- a locking plate, above the rotatable dial lock, having a plurality of second gaps and pivotally mounted to the cap portion, the locking plate being movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and wherein the plurality of second gaps are in alignment with said plurality of first gaps whereby the cogs are held in place by the plurality of first gaps and the plurality of second gaps;
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- the locking plate being placed in the unlocked position when said cogs are set to a predetermined one of said plurality of settings, and said locking plate being placed in said locked position when said cogs are set to one of said plurality of settings other than said predetermined setting, the locking plate having a reset access by which the identity of said predetermined unlock setting can be reset when the locking plate is in the unlocked position and an arm of the locking plate, when the locking plate is in the locked position, blocking the reset access so that the unlock setting cannot be reset when the locking plate is in the locked position.
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