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US 6,581,797 B2Granted
Pill dispenser with reminder
AssigneeSharper Image Corporation
InventorsEdward C. McKinney, Jr., Tristan M. Christianson, Richard J. Thalheimer, Jesse F. Patterson
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Abstract
A programmable vitamin and pill dispenser that is capable of storing multiple pill groups. The dispenser provides reminders to an individual when it is time to ingest the next serving. The serving is dispensed into a cup upon depressing a dispenser button. By loading the individual compartments specific to each serving, an individual does not have to create the serving each time.
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A device for storing articles comprising:
- an elongated upstanding housing extending upwardly from a base, the housing having a cover;
- a flexible belt within the elongated housing having dividers extending from the belt to define individual compartments adapted to store one or more articles wherein the flexible belt is formed into an elongated loop and defines a space within the elongated loop;
- a dispensing compartment at the base of the housing located below the elongated loon wherein the articles stored in the compartments are selectively gravity fed into the dispensing compartment;
- a dispensing control located in the space within the elongated loon that causes the flexible belt to advance in a direction to allow at least one article to be gravity fed from the individual compartment into the dispensing compartment;
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- wherein the flexible belt remains in the housing and the cover is removable to enable the articles to be plated placed in one or more of the individual compartments.
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A device for storing articles comprising:
- an elongated upstanding housing extending upwardly from a base, the housing having a cover;
- a flexible belt within the elongated housing having dividers extending from the belt to define individual compartments adapted to store one or more articles wherein the flexible belt is formed into an elongated loon and defines a space within the elongated loop;
- a dispensing compartment at the base of the housing located below the elongated loop wherein the articles stored in the compartments are selectively gravity fed into the dispensing compartment;
- a dispensing control located in the space within the elongated loop that causes the flexible belt to advance in a direction to allow at least one article to be gravity fed from the individual compartment into the dispensing compartment;
- and
- wherein the flexible belt remains in the housing and the cover is removable to enable the articles to be placed in one or more of the individual compartments without rotating the belt to a loading location.
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A device for storing articles comprising:
- an elongated upstanding housing extending upwardly from a base, the housing having a removable front cover;
- a flexible belt within the elongated housing having dividers extending from the belt to define individual compartments adapted to store one or more articles, wherein the flexible belt is formed into an elongated loop and defines a space within the elongated loop;
- a dispensing compartment at the base of the housing located below the elongated loop wherein the articles stored in the compartments are selectively gravity fed into the dispensing compartment;
- a dispensing control that causes the flexible belt to advance in a direction to allow at least one article to be gravity fed from the individual compartment into the dispensing compartment;
- and
- wherein the flexible belt remains in the housing and the cover is removable to enable the articles to be placed in one or more of the individual compartments without rotating the belt to a loading location.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.