MAGNETIC PILL DISPENSER
First Claim
1. A magnetic pill case for storing medications therein and attaching to at least one ferromagnetic external surface, the case comprising:
- identically configured, substantially planar, parallelly opposed right and left walls;
and contiguous and substantially perpendicular thereto, a plurality of boundary walls cooperating with the right and left walls to define an interior of the case, one of the plurality of boundary walls being openable to provide access to the interior of the case; and
a first permanent magnet member formed on one of the plurality of boundary walls that is generally opposing the openable boundary wall for magnetically and removably attaching the case to the at least one external surface ferromagnetic
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Abstract
A magnetic pill dispenser consisting of a plurality of modular pill cases configured to be magnetically attachable to one another to form an arbitrary array tailored to a user'"'"'s schedule of administrating medications, or to an external ferromagnetic surface, such as a refrigerator door. Each pill case has two substantially planar parallell walls and a plurality of boundary walls one of which is openable. In the preferred embodiment, two strips of permanent magnet and ferromagnetic material configured to mateably engage each other are formed respectively on the two parallel walls so that any two cases can be magnetically connected thereby. Similar magnetic strips may be formed on one or two boundary walls for further magnetic attachment to a ferromagnetic external surface or other pill cases. On the openable wall of each case, a day-of-the-week indicator and a time-of-day indicator are imprinted for facilitating orderly, scheduled administration of medication.
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22 Claims
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1. A magnetic pill case for storing medications therein and attaching to at least one ferromagnetic external surface, the case comprising:
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identically configured, substantially planar, parallelly opposed right and left walls; and contiguous and substantially perpendicular thereto, a plurality of boundary walls cooperating with the right and left walls to define an interior of the case, one of the plurality of boundary walls being openable to provide access to the interior of the case; and a first permanent magnet member formed on one of the plurality of boundary walls that is generally opposing the openable boundary wall for magnetically and removably attaching the case to the at least one external surface ferromagnetic - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A magnetic pill dispenser for selective administration of medications, comprising a plurality of substantially identically sized and configured cases for storing medications therein, each of the plurality of cases comprising:
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identically configured, substantially planar, parallelly opposing right and left walls; and
contiguous and substantially perpendicular thereto,a plurality of boundary walls cooperating with the right and left walls to define an interior of the case, one of the plurality of boundary walls being openable to provide access to the interior of the case, wherein at least two of the plurality of cases further comprise, respectively, a permanent magnet member and a ferromagnetic member respectively formed on the right and left walls thereof, which are sized and configured such that the permanent magnet member in any of the at least two cases is magnetically and mateably engageable with the permanent magnet member in any other of the at least two cases. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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