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US 5,118,021 AGranted
Pill splitter
AssigneeAmerican Medical Industries
InventorJames Fiocchi
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Abstract
A device for splitting an object, preferably a pill, tablet, capsule or caplet of any of a variety of shapes or sizes, the device having a base with a pill receptacle for receiving and centering the pill. The device also includes a hinged top with a blade adapted for entering the receptacle and engaging and splitting the pill when the cap is closed. The device is adapted to be used as a cap for a container for storing the pills, tablets or caplets to be split.
Claims17
A hand-held device for splitting small objects into two pieces, comprising:
- a base having an outer perimeter;
- a receptacle in said base and having an enclosed rigid perimeter wall for receiving and centering any of a variety of small objects of different size and shape;
- a top hingedly secured to the base and movable between opened and closed positions relative thereto having an inner wall substantially the same shape as said perimeter wall and slightly larger so that said inner wall surrounds said perimeter wall when said top is in the closed position;
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- a blade supported by the top and movable therewith to move into and out of the receptacle for engaging and splitting an object therein when the top is moved from the opened to the closed position.
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A portable pill splitter comprising:
- a circular base;
- a pill receptacle in the base defined by a rigid wall having a inner and outer surface projecting upwardly from the base and defining a perimeter in the shape of a parallelogram adapted for receiving and centering any of a variety of pills of different size and shape;
- a top hingedly secured to the base and movable between open and closed positions relative thereto;
- a blade supported by the top and movable therewith to move into and out of said pill receptacle for engaging and splitting the pill in said pill receptacle when the top is moved from the open to the closed position;
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- a shield surrounding the blade and conforming substantially to the shape of said pill receptacle, the perimeter of the receptacle being smaller in dimension than said perimeter of said shield, whereby said shield and receptacle form a nested relationship when said top is closed relative to said base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.