Tablet breaking apparatus

Apparatus for breaking a tablet into parts, comprising:

• a body having a recess, formed to have a base and a side wall, that is sized and shaped to loosely receive a predetermined portion of said tablet inserted therein;
• and
• a fulcrum point on said body, located with respect to said side wall so as to contact a surface of the tablet when the tablet is forcibly pushed against said fulcrum point by a user-applied force, the application of said user-applied force generating a first reaction force by contact between the fulcrum and said tablet and a second reaction force by contact between said side wall and a portion of the tablet received within the recess, the coaction of said user-applied force and said first and second reaction forces producing breakage of the tablet substantially at said fulcrum,
• wherein a portion of said side wall of said recess is constricted, whereby the location of said constriction determined the location of said second reaction force between said side wall and said tablet.

Apparatus for breaking a tablet into parts at a weakened cross-section thereof, comprising:

• a body having a recess, formed to have a base and a side wall, sized and shaped to loosely receive a predetermined portion of said tablet inserted therein;
• and
• fulcrum point on said body, located with respect to said side wall so as to contact a first surface of the table substantially at the weakened cross-section thereof when the tablet is forcibly pushed against said fulcrum point by a user-applied force, the application of said user-applied force generating a first reaction force by contact between the fulcrum and said tablet and a second reaction force by contact between said side wall and a portion of the tablet received within the recess, the coaction of said user-applied force and said first and second reaction forces producing breakage of the table substantially at said weakened section of the tablet,
• wherein a portion of said side wall of said recess is constricted, whereby the location of said constriction determines the location of said second reaction force between said side wall and said tablet.

Apparatus for containing a plurality of tablets and providing a facility for breaking individual tablets into parts, comprising:

• a closable container means for containing said plurality of tablets;
• a body formed to connect with said container means to close the same, having a recess formed to have a base and a side wall that is sized and shaped to loosely receive a predetermined portion of a tablet inserted therein;
• and
• a fulcrum point on said body, located with respect to said side wall, so as to contact a surface of the table when the tablet is forcibly pushed against said fulcrum point by a user-applied force, the application of said user-applied force generating a first reaction force by contact between the fulcrum and said tablet and a second reaction force by contact between said side wall and a portion of the table received within the recess, the coaction of said user-applied force and said first and second reaction forces producing breakage of the tablet substantially at said fulcrum,
• wherein a portion of said side wall of said recess is constricted, whereby the location of said constriction determines the location of said second reaction force between said side wall and said tablet.

Apparatus for containing a plurality of tablets and providing a facility for breaking individual tablets into parts at weakened cross-sections thereof, comprising:

• a closable container means for containing said plurality of tablets;
• a body formed to connect with said container means to close the same, having a recess formed to have a base and a side wall sized and shaped to loosely receive a predetermined portion of a tablet inserted therein;
• and
• a fulcrum point on said body, located with respect to said side wall so as to contact a first surface of the table substantially at the weakened cross-section thereof when the tablet is forcibly pushed against said fulcrum point by a user-applied force, the application of said user-applied force generating a first reaction force by contact between the fulcrum and said tablet and a second reaction force by contact between said side wall and a portion of the tablet received within the recess, the coaction of said user-applied force and said first and second reaction forces producing breakage of the tablet substantially at said weakened cross-section of the tablet,
• wherein a portion of said side wall of said recess is constricted, whereby the location of said constriction determines the location of said second reaction force between said side wall and said tablet.

Apparatus for containing a plurality of tablets and providing a facility for breaking individual tablets into parts, comprising:

• a closable container means for containing said plurality of tablets;
• a body formed to connect with said container means to close the same, having a recess defined in part by a first wall shaped to loosely receive the largest cross-section of a tablet laid therein, said recess having two fixed partial base surfaces extending inwardly from opposite sides of said first wall to partially define two edge portions of a through aperture in said body;
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• adjustable base means for providing an adjustable partial base to the recess, said adjustable partial base normally being coplanar with said fixed partial base surfaces of said recess but being able to restorably recede into said through aperture in response to a user-applied force communicated through said tablet laid inside said recess, whereby said recession of said adjustable base causes said tablet to experience reaction forces caused by forcible contact between the tablet and the fixed partial base surfaces at said two edge portions defined thereby, the coaction of the user-applied force and the reaction forces producing breakage of the tablet at said weakened cross-section.