Eye dropper device with a mirror

• US 3,913,575 A
• Filed: 11/08/1973
• Issued: 10/21/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Robert K. Windsor
• Original Assignee: Robert K. Windsor
• Inventors: Windsor, Robert K.
• Primary Examiner(s): Reeves, Robert B.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bartuska, Francis J.
• Application Number:
  US05/414,013
• Time in Patent Office: 712 Days
• Field of Search: 222/192 128/21,173,233 132/79G,83
• US Class Current: 604/300
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 9/0008 Introducing ophthalmic products into the ocular cavity or retaining products therein putting in contact lenses A61F9/0061; introducing or retaining media in cavities of the body in general A61M31/00

Abstract

A device for dispensing eye drops comprising a bottle with a mirror attached thereto. In one position the mirror functions as a support for the bottle. In a second position the mirror enables the user to see the reflection of his eye as drops are dispensed from the bottle. Additionally, an attachment for an eye dropper bottle is disclosed. The attachment includes a mirror which in one position supports the bottle to which it is attached and in another position enables the user to see the reflection of his eye as drops are dispensed from the bottle.

Claims

1. A device for dispensing eye drops comprising a. a bottle for holding eye drops, said bottle having an axial opening at one end and a bottom at its other end, b. a generally wedge shaped member having a front face and a rear face, a mirror on said front face, said member having a first portion which is thinner than a diametrically opposite portion so that said front face is angled relative to the axis of said bottle, c. pivoting means at said first portion connecting said first portion of said member to said bottle for pivotal movement about an axis generally parallel to the axis of said bottle between first and second positions, said first position being under said bottle so that said bottle may be supported on said rear face of said member, said second position being alongside said bottle to enable a user to see the reflection of his eye in said mirror as drops are dispensed from said bottle in an axial direction.

2. A device according to claim 1 wherein said pivoting means comprises a pivot pin and a sleeve in which said pivot pin is rotatably mounted.

3. A device according to claim 1 wherein said pivoting means includes a pin, said pin being coupled to said bottle and extending downwardly therefrom, said wedge shaped member including a sleeve on the periphery of said mirror, and the distal end of said pin being pivotally received in said sleeve so that said mirror can be moved between said first and second positions.

4. A device according to claim 1 including a peripheral wall supported on said front face, the distal end of said wall closely underlying said bottle when said mirror is in said first position.

5. A device according to claim 1 wherein said pivoting means includes a first member coupled to said bottle, and means interconnecting said first member and said wedge shaped member for enabling pivotal movement of said wedge shaped member between said first and second positions.

6. A device according to claim 5 including a peripheral wall supported on said front face, the distal end of said wall closely underlying said first member and said bottle when said mirror is in said first position.

7. A device according to claim 5 wherein said pivoting means comprises a pivot pin and a sleeve pivotally mounted thereto.

8. A device according to claim 5 including adhesive means coupling said first member and said bottle.

9. An attachment for a bottle for dispensing eye drops comprising a. a first member capable of being coupled to the bottom of a bottle for holding eye drops, b. a generally wedge shaped member having a front face and a rear face, a mirror on said front face, said wedge shaped member having a first portion which is thinner than a diametrically opposite portion so that said front face will be angled relative to the axis of a bottle when said first member is coupled to such bottle, c. pivoting means at said first portion connecting said first portion of said wedge shaped member to said first member for pivotal movement about an axis generally parallel to the axis of a bottle when said first member is coupled to such bottle, said wedge shaped member being pivotable between first and second positions, said first position being underlying and facing said first member so that said attachment may be supported on said rear face of said wedge shaped member, and said second position being away from under said first member so that when said first member is attached to a bottle said wedge shaped member will be alongside said bottle To enable a user to see the reflection of his eye in said mirror as drops are dispensed from such bottle in an axial direction.

10. An attachment according to claim 9 including a peripheral wall supported on said front face, the distal end of said wall closely underlying said first member when said mirror is in said first position.

11. An attachment according to claim 9 wherein said pivoting means comprises a pivot pin and a sleeve pivotally mounted thereto.

12. An attachment according to claim 9 including adhesive means on the portion of said first member which engages a bottle.

13. An attachment according to claim 9 wherein said first member is disc shaped with a substantially flat surface for engagement with the bottom of a bottle.