Portable liquid medicine dispenser

• US 5,037,389 A
• Filed: 12/19/1989
• Issued: 08/06/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Karen M. Dooley
• Original Assignee: Karen M. Dooley
• Inventors: Dooley, Karen M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pellegrino, Stephen C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dawson, Glenn K.
• Application Number:
  US07/453,408
• Time in Patent Office: 595 Days
• Field of Search: 604/57, 604/58, 604/77, 604/78, 604/187, 604/255, 604/260, 141/22, 141/23, 141/243, 222/526, 222/566, 221/30, 215/260, 215/311, 73/294, 220/266
• US Class Current: 604/77
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0053 Syringes, pipettes or oral dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 25/48 Separable nozzles or spouts
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/141 for stoppers

Abstract

A medicine dispensing device for dispensing measured amounts of liquids to infants and the like, consisting of a container that has a plurality of calibration marks formed along its edge and has a cap disposed over its open end. Along its sides is a dosing dispenser which can be slidably moved toward the open end of the container so that its trough will communicate with the open mouth of the container and liquids such as medicines that are put into the container can be easily dispensed to an infant. The trough is held by a split-ring sleeve which fits around the container and includes a foot sticking out from the split ring so that the dispenser can be set flat on a table without rolling off.

Claims

1. A medicine dispensing device for dispensing measured amounts of liquids to persons, comprising;

a container having an open end, side walls and a plurality of calibration marks formed along said side walls;

a cap disposed over said open end of the container; and

a dosing dispenser slidably secured along said side walls of the container, and having a trough in communication with said open end of the container for dispensing liquids from the container to the person, and having a split-ring sleeve for fitting around said container and supporting said trough.

2. The medicine dispensing device as recited in claim 1 additionally comprising a foot coupled to said dosing dispenser and extending perpendicular to said side walls for allowing the dosing dispenser to support the device on a flat surface.

3. The medicine dispensing device as recited in claim 2, wherein said cap additionally comprises a retaining ring for securing said cap to said container when said cap is removed from said container.

4. The medicine dispensing device as recited in claim 1 wherein said container comprises an elongated cylindrical tube having an enlarged rim formed at said open end for preventing the dosing dispenser from becoming dislodged off the end of said container.

5. The medicine dispensing device as recited in claim 4 wherein said trough is axially displaced from said split-ring sleeve by a distance sufficient to clear said tube rim.