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US 2021/0340792 A1Published application
Locking cap with push button reset
AssigneeGatekeeper Innovation, Inc.
InventorJoseph C. Simpson
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Abstract
A locking cap having a push button reset and method for operating the locking cap having a push button reset are disclosed. The locking cap with a push button reset system is a deterrent to keep medications in the correct hands.
Claims13
A device, comprising:
- a housing having a cap portion that has an upper surface with an opening, the cap portion being capable of being removable attached to a bottle;
- a set of wheels and cams in mechanical relationship with each other aligned on an axle, each wheel having a plurality of symbols thereon and the set of wheels being settable to a plurality of combinations, the set of wheels and cams being housed in the housing so that the set of wheels protrude through the opening in the cap portion;
- a push button reset located on the cap portion that is capable of sliding the cams along the axle to reset the combination of the set of wheels;
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- a lock plate having an unlocked position and a locked position, wherein the lock plate in the locked position prevents the cap portion from being removed from a bottle and prevents the cams from being slid along the axle so that the push button reset cannot reset the combination of the set of wheels and wherein the lock plate in the unlocked position allows the cap portion to be removed from the bottle and move out of a path of the push button reset to allow the cams to slide along the axle by the push button reset so that the combination of the set of wheels is resettable.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a locking cap having a housing having a cap portion that has an upper surface with an opening, the cap portion being capable of being removable attached to a bottle, a set of wheels and cams in mechanical relationship with each other aligned on an axle, each wheel having a plurality of symbols thereon and the set of wheels being settable to a plurality of combinations, the set of wheels and cams being housed in the housing so that the set of wheels protrude through the opening in the cap portion, a push button reset located on the cap portion that is capable of sliding the cams along the axle to reset the combination of the set of wheels and a lock plate pivotably mounted in the single piece housing having an unlocked position and a locked position;
- preventing the push button reset from being removed from the housing once the push button reset is installed into the housing;
- preventing, when the lock plate is in the locked position, the cap portion from being removed from a bottle in the locked position and preventing the cams from being slid along the axle by the push button reset so that the push button reset cannot reset the combination on the set of wheels;
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- moving the lock plate out of a path of the push button reset and allowing the cams to slide along the axle by the push button reset so that the combination on the set of wheels is resettable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.