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US 6,637,683 B1Granted
Hand-held tablet (pill) crusher
OwnerDimitria Michelle (Lomax) Wilburinventor
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Abstract
A hand-held pill crusher (20) with an arm (11) and base(10) made of a hard and impervious material connected at one end so as to allow a vertical open and close movement to fragment and then crush pill into powdered form. The arm contains a plurality of stainless steel blades (18) for fragmenting pill and a crushing member (15) made of similar hard and impervious material for reducing fragments to powder. The base contains a pill rack (13), threaded recess (14) for crushing member and a track (17) on underside for holding spoon-like receiving member (16).
Claims1
A hand-held pill crusher, comprising:
- a. an arm,
- b. a base, and
- c. means for adjoining said arm and base at one end whereby said arm and base opens and closes adjacently;
- d. said arm includes both a pill fragmenting means located near adjoined end of said arm and a crushing member located near open end;
- e. said pill fragmenting means is a plurality of blades;
- f. said base includes two recesses;
- a first recess located near adjoined end of said base;
- and a second recess located near open end whereby said crushing member protrudes when engaged with said base;
- g. said first recess is a rack whereby a pill can be placed thereupon;
- h. said second recess is threaded whereby receiving said crushing member;
- i. said base includes a track located on underside whereby a receiving member moves back and forth from said first and second recesses;
- j. said track is closed on one end whereby creating a stop for the receiving member;
- k. said receiving member is a spoon-like receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.