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US 4,389,963 AGranted
Apparatus and method for monitoring periodic dispensation of pills
OwnerRichard W. Pearsoninventor
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Disclosed is a way by which a person may keep track of consumption of pills, or dispensation of other articles. A box receptacle is used to store pill bottles, each marked with a different symbol. Designations of time periods at which pills are scheduled for consumption are marked on the sides of the box, spaced apart so that only one designation may be made principally visible by rotation of the box. Affixed to the sides of the box at the designations are tags corresponding with the symbols marked on the individual bottles, to indicate by type and number, if desired, the pills to be taken. After consuming the pills at a scheduled time the user rotates the box so that the next scheduled time is visible, thereby providing a later reminder if the user forgets if the pills were taken as scheduled.
Apparatus for monitoring the periodic dispensation of a plurality of articles contained in vessels, comprising a receptacle for receiving said vessels introduced along a vertical axis, the receptacle having sides and being adapted for selective rotation manually about the vertical axis, said sides having at least two designations of different time periods corresponding with the desired time of periodic dispensation of articles, the designations spaced apart so that by selective rotation of the receptacle only one of said designations may be made principally viewable from a lateral position for enabling periodic dispensation of articles, and said vessels contained within the receptacle, the vessels holding articles to be dispensed at one of the designated time periods on the side of the receptacle the vessels having individual marking tags which are different from each other, said individual marking tags also being affixed to the sides of the receptacle at the locations where the time designations appear.
The method of dispensing pills and other articles which comprises marking at least one surface of a rotatable device with easily removable designations spaced apart in a manner such that only one designation may be made principally visible from a lateral direction, compared to the other designations;
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