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US 5,397,017 AGranted
Pill dispenser cap
OwnerRobert Muza, Merry Muzainventors
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Abstract
A pill dispenser includes at least one closeable chamber for storing pills therein, and threads for attaching the pill dispenser to the opening of a drinking fluid container such that the dispenser serves as a cap for the container.
Claims8
A pill dispenser comprising:
- at least one chamber for storing pills;
- means for selectively opening and closing said chamber such that when said chamber is open, access is provided to an interior of said chamber, and when said chamber is closed, said interior space defines an enclosure;
- means for attaching said pill dispenser to a drinking fluid bottle, said bottle having an opening for dispensing drinking fluid therefrom, said opening being at an end of a threaded neck on said bottle, said means for attaching including a threaded portion on said pill dispenser for threadably engaging said pill dispenser with a corresponding threaded portion on said neck;
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- means for sealing the fluid container opening when the dispenser is attached thereto;
- wherein said pill dispenser has a cylindrical body, said cylindrical body having a longitudinal axis and being defined by first and second coaxial cylinders defining a cylindrical annular region therebetween, said second coaxial cylinder having a smaller diameter than said first coaxial cylinder, said cylindrical annular region being bounded at a first end thereof by an annular base and at a second end thereof by said means for opening and closing said at least one chamber;
- said chamber being defined between said cylinders and said base;
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- wherein said second coaxial cylinder has an interior wall surface and said means for attaching is disposed on said interior wall surface and for attaching said pill dispenser to the opening of said drinking fluid container such that said pill dispenser closes said opening when it is attached thereto.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.