Monitoring apparatus
AssigneeFlotime, LLC
InventorsJohn M. Lynn, Thomas John Blake
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Abstract
A timing apparatus on a container cap which is associated with a standard push pump. The timer is activated by pushing down on the standard pump that then moves a fluid that is held within a chamber having a first compartment and a second compartment. The compartments are in fluid communication with each other. The fluid is moved from one compartment to the other compartment when the pump is pushed and the timer works because the fluid returns to the first compartment over some known range of time when the pump is no longer being pushed.
Claims7
A timing apparatus on a container having a pump activated by a user pushing the pump, comprising
- a colored fluid;
- a fluid chamber holding said colored fluid with a first compartment and a second compartment, said compartments being in fluid communication with each other and at least one of said compartments having a transparent section;
- a means for moving the colored fluid from the first compartment to the second compartment when the pump is pushed;
- and wherein the colored fluid returns to the first compartment over some known range of time when the pump is no longer being pushed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.