Medicine bottle magnifying lens
OwnerVenanzio Cardarelliinventor
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Abstract
A magnification device for assisting people to read the small print on medicine vials/bottles. The device including a magnifying lens having the ability to move towards or away from the indicia on the bottle to further aid the user to focus per their particular level of eyesight. A pair of rods are coaxial disposed within a corresponding pair of channels to enable the lens to be focused by pushing or pulling the lens. The present invention is designed to be used with virtually all manufactured bottle caps. The device can either be permanently affixed to the bottle cap, and thereby be disposable with the cap; or it can be removably connected and therefore be reusable.
Claims10
A medicine bottle magnification device, the device comprising:
- a bottle containing small print indicia on its surface and having a removable cap;
- a support frame having means for rotationally attaching to the cap;
- the support frame having defined therein a pair of channels;
- a pair of rods coaxial and transversely disposed within the channels, the rods slidable within the channels, the rods having distal ends thereof;
- an encasement integral with the distal ends of the rods;
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- a magnifying lens seated within the encasement,
- whereby, an individual can rotate the lens to any location on the bottle and may focus the indicia to their particular eyesight level by adjusting the distance of the lens to the indicia by sliding the encasement within the channels.
A medicine bottle magnification device, the device comprising:
- a bottle containing small print indicia on its surface and having a rotatable cap;
- the cap having means for rotating 360 degrees about the bottle;
- a support frame having means for attaching to the cap for 360 degree rotation;
- the support frame having defined therein a pair of channels;
- a pair of rods coaxial and transversely disposed within the channels, the rods slidable within the channels, the rods having distal ends thereof;
- an encasement integral with the distal ends of the rods;
- and
- a magnifying lens seated within the encasement,
- whereby, an individual can rotate the lens to any location on the bottle and may focus the indicia to their particular eyesight level by adjusting the distance of the lens to the indicia by sliding the encasement within the channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.