Pill safety dispenser
OwnerJ. Lewis Balieninventor
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Abstract
An easy to use pill safety dispenser having few parts and which are easily manipulated even by persons with digital disabilities such as arthritis and paralysis. The dispenser consists of a axially arranged cylindrical pill container having a pill dispensing aperture in its sidewall and a row of slots or notches positioned at one end of the outer rim of the container. One notch is deeper than the others. A corresponding sleeve with a pill dispensing aperture is adapted to fit over the container which is rotatable and slidable and has a tang positioned near one of its ends which, when correctly rotated and slid into position, aligns both pill dispensing apertures and allows one or more pills to pass through.
Claims3
A safety dispenser having an article containing compartment and a sleeve adapted to fit over the compartment, with both the compartment and the sleeve being cylindrical in shape with depending cylindrical sidewalls, the compartment being closed at either end and the sleeve being open at either end, with both the sleeve and the compartment further having corresponding dispensing apertures formed in each of their sidewalls, with the sleeve further having a tang depending from one of its open ends and the compartment having a series of corresponding notches circumferentially spaced apart near one of its ends with one notch being deeper than the other notches and, when aligned and in seated engagement with the tang of the sleeve, both apertures to become superimposed so as to allow an article to be dispensed from the compartment.
A safety dispenser having an article containing compartment and a sleeve adapted to fit over the compartment, with both the compartment and the sleeve being cylindrical in shape with depending sidewalls, the compartment being closed at either end and the sleeve being open at either end, with both the sleeve and the compartment further having corresponding dispensing apertures formed in each of their sidewalls, with the compartment further having a notch stop formed near one of its ends and the sleeve further having a corresponding series of notches circumferentially spaced apart along one of its ends with one notch being deeper than the other notches and, when aligned and in seated engagement with the notch stop of the compartment, both apertures become superimposed so as to allow an article to be dispensed from the compartment.
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