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US 7,500,579 B2Granted
Cup with a pill shelf
OwnerDavid W. Crossleyinventor
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Abstract
A drinking cup having an interior pill shelf with passages to allow liquid in the cup when drunk, to flow through the shelf and carry the pill with it into the mouth. A separate pill box is attached to the outside of the cup wall for carrying pills to be taken at a later time.
Claims14
A container comprising:
- a cup having a side wall and a closed bottom for holding a quantity of liquid to be consumed while swallowing one or more pills,
- a shelf connected to the side wall on the interior of the cup for supporting one or more pills, wherein the shelf includes a plurality of openings enabling liquid in the cup to wash the one or more pills into the mouth when the cup is tilted,
- and a pill box attached to the side wall of the cup with the pill box interior isolated from the cup interior for storing one or more pills in a dry environment, and
- an inverted funnel disposed beneath and connected to the shelf for directing liquid in the cup to flow through the shelf and carry the pills to the mouth when the cup is tilted for drinking, said funnel diminishing in cross section to the size and shape of the shelf where it connects to the bottom of the shelf, and wherein said funnel is configured to extend outwardly from the cup sidewalls and into the interior of the cup.
1 more element
A container for dispensing pills for oral consumption comprising;
- a drinking cup having bottom and side walls and an open top;
- a substantially horizontal pill shelf in the cup connected to the cup side wall adjacent the top thereof, said shelf having a substantially smaller cross sectional area than a horizontal cross sectional area of the cup in the plane of the shelf, said shelf including a plurality of spaced apart ribs defining flow passages therebetween for supporting one or more pills disposed on it and enabling liquid in the cup to flow through the shelf and carry the one or more pills with the liquid;
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- an inverted funnel disposed beneath and connected to the shelf for directing liquid in the cup to flow between the ribs and carry the pills to the mouth when the cup is tilted for drinking, said funnel diminishing in cross section to the size and shape of the shelf where it connects to the bottom of the shelf.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.