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US 5,401,093 AGranted
Portable medicine cabinet arrangement
OwnerMichael Resnickinventor
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Abstract
A portable, personal, medicine cabinet arrangement for holding medicines and other items required to help maintain a prescribed medication schedule for an individual. The cabinet includes a hollow body, forming a compartment with at least one shelf for holding medicines, and a pair of inner and outer hinged covers having spaces for storing various items of printed material. The material held by the inner cover can be read from either side of the cover.
Claims20
A portable, personal, medicine cabinet arrangement for holding medicines and other items required to help maintain a prescribed medication schedule for an individual, comprising:
- (a) a cabinet body having a vertical rear wall and integral top, bottom, and side walls extending forwardly therefrom and forming with said rear wall a hollow compartment;
- (b) said cabinet body including at least one horizontally disposed shelf in said compartment supported by said side walls;
- (c) an inner compartment cover hinged, adjacent its lower end, to said cabinet body side walls and mounted for movement between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position;
- (d) said inner compartment cover including:
- (i) a front wall having opposed upper and lower edges and opposed side edges;
- (ii) integral upper and side flanges extending rearwardly from said inner cover front wall upper and side edges, respectively;
- (e) said front wall including:
- (i) a relatively large, generally rectangular opening extending therethrough and having opposed upper and lower edges and opposed side edges;
- (ii) a generally U-shaped retaining flange extending rearwardly from said front wall, adjacent said opening lower and side edges, and forming with said front wall a channel for holding lower and side edge portions of printed material, so that opposite sides thereof can be seen from opposite sides of said front wall;
- (iii) recessed areas, located above said opening, for holding a clock and a lock;
- (f) an upper portion of said inner compartment front wall being curved forwardly to define a rearwardly facing, horizontally extending, groove adapted to receive a front edge portion of said cabinet body top wall when said inner cover is in closed position;
- (g) an outer cabinet cover hinged, adjacent its lower end, to said cabinet body side walls and mounted for movement between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position;
- (h) said outer cabinet cover including a main wall with opposed side edges and integral side flanges extending rearwardly from said side edges;
- (i) said main wall having, extending from an inner surface thereof, projections defining recesses for holding printed material;
- (j) said cabinet body top and side walls having means engageable with said inner compartment cover upper flange and said outer cabinet cover side flanges, respectively, for maintaining each of said covers in a closed position.
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A portable, personal, medicine cabinet arrangement for holding medicines and other items required to help maintain a prescribed medication schedule for an individual, comprising:
- (a) a cabinet body having a vertical rear wall and integral top, bottom, and side walls extending forwardly therefrom and forming with said rear wall a hollow compartment;
- (b) said cabinet body including at least one horizontal shelf in said compartment supported by certain of said walls;
- (c) an inner compartment cover hinged, adjacent its lower end, to said cabinet body side walls and mounted for movement between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position;
- (d) said inner compartment cover including:
- (i) a front wall having opposed upper and lower edges and opposed side edges;
- (ii) integral upper and side flanges extending rearwardly from said inner cover front wall upper and side edges, respectively;
- (e) said front wall including:
- (i) a relatively large, generally rectangular opening extending therethrough and having opposed upper and lower edges and opposed side edges;
- (ii) a generally U-shaped retaining flange extending rearwardly from said front wall, adjacent said opening lower and side edges, and forming with said front wall a channel for holding lower and side edge portions of printed material, so that opposite sides thereof can be seen from opposite sides of said front wall;
- (f) an outer cabinet cover hinged, adjacent its lower end, to said cabinet body side walls and mounted for movement between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position;
- (g) said outer cabinet cover including a main wall with opposed side edges and integral side flanges extending rearwardly from said side edges;
- (h) said outer cabinet cover including means for holding printed material on said main wall;
- (i) said cabinet body top and side walls having means engageable with said inner compartment cover upper flange and said outer cabinet cover side flanges, respectively, for maintaining each of said covers in a closed position.
10 more elements
A portable, personal, medicine cabinet arrangement for holding medicines and other items required to help maintain a prescribed medication schedule for an individual, comprising:
- (a) a cabinet body having a vertical rear wall and integral top, bottom, and side walls extending forwardly therefrom and forming with said rear wall a hollow compartment;
- (b) said cabinet body including at least one horizontal shelf in said compartment supported by certain of said walls;
- (c) an inner compartment cover hinged, adjacent its lower end, to said cabinet body side walls and mounted for movement between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position;
- (d) said inner compartment cover including:
- (i) a front wall having opposed upper and lower edges and opposed side edges;
- (ii) integral upper and side flanges extending rearwardly from said inner cover front wall upper and side edges, respectively;
- (e) said front wall including:
- (i) a relatively large, generally rectangular opening extending therethrough and having opposed upper and lower edges and opposed side edges;
- (ii) a generally U-shaped retaining flange extending rearwardly from said front wall, adjacent said opening lower and side edges, and forming with said front wall a channel for holding lower and side edge portions of printed material, so that opposite sides thereof can be seen from opposite sides of said front wall;
- (f) an outer cabinet cover hinged, adjacent its lower end, to said cabinet body side walls and mounted for movement between a vertical closed position and a horizontal open position;
- (g) said outer cabinet cover including a main wall with opposed side edges and integral side flanges extending rearwardly from said side edges;
- (h) said outer cabinet cover including means for holding printed material on said main wall.
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