Organizer and reminder device for pills, medicines and the like
OwnerJudith Sinkowinventor
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Abstract
An organizer and reminder device generally presented in a calendar format for the reminder of the user to take certain pills, medicines, etc. on indicated days of the month by providing a plurality of containers secured on a mounting panel through windows representative of days of the month and formed in a plurality of stacked sheets wherein each sheet is representative of a different month of the calendar year and an exposed one of the stacked sheets is representative of a current month. One or more pills, medicines, etc. to be taken on a given day of the month are located in an appropriately positioned container.
Claims14
An organizer and reminder device for receiving pills sorted in daily doses to be temporarily stored for use on preselected dates comprising:
- (a) a mounting panel having a front and a rear main face and an upper, lower edge and side edges,
- (b) a plurality of sheets arranged in a stack array, each of the sheets having an upper, lower and side edges overlaying the panel and including means to secure the plurality of sheets to the panel at their respective upper edges to accommodate swinging movement of the sheets selectively about their respective upper edges relative to said mounting panel,
- (c) a plurality of windows of common size formed in the sheets, said windows being arranged in rows and columns defining a pattern common to the sheets of the stacked array and each window of each sheet registering with a window in adjacent sheets when said sheets are in the stacked array, and exposing a plurality of spaced regions of the front face of said mounting panel,
- (d) indicia on each sheet defining a predetermined time period and identifying the windows of the sheets as increments of the period,
- (e) a plurality of containers each sized to be disposed on the interior of said windows and mounting means secured to said mounting panel in registry with said plurality of windows of said sheets arranged in the stacked array, said mounting means disposed and structured for removable support of said containers on said mounting panel in an accessible position relative to an exposed one of said pluralities of sheets, and
- (f) support means connected to said mounting panel for support of said mounting panel, the plurality of sheets and the plurality of containers in an upright, generally erect attitude.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.