Prepackaged oral medication serving apparatus and method
First Claim
1. An oral serving container apparatus for administering medicants to persons who have little or no control over the muscles of their mouth or have difficulty in swallowing pills comprising;
- a generally rectangular serving container having a flat generally rectangular serving surface at a forward end, an open top recessed polygonal chamber adjoining said serving surface containing a measured amount of consumable food substance, and an integral rectangular handle portion extending longitudinally rearward therefrom and said chamber and handle portion having top surfaces shaped to receive a spatula member and a cover member,a flat generally rectangular spatula having a flat head portion and an integral flat handle portion extending longitudinally therefrom and sized to be removably received on said serving container with its handle portion engaged along said serving container handle portion and its head portion substantially covering the food substance contained in said chamber, anda removable thin flexible cover member peelably attached to the top surfaces of said serving container handle portion, said chamber, said serving surface, and said spatula and having outer peripheral portions extending beyond the top surfaces of said serving container, wherebysaid cover member may be peeled away from said serving container to gain access to said serving surface, said spatula, and the food substance contained in said chamber, and said spatula may be removed therefrom to be placed head down in the food substance and pushed forward to transfer the food substance from said chamber onto said serving surface, and thereaftersaid serving surface with said food substance thereon is placed in a recipient'"'"'s mouth and said food substance is wiped off on the inside of the recipient'"'"'s cheek or onto their tongue.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of providing and administering medicants to persons who have little or no control over the muscles of their mouth or, for other reasons, cannot swallow pills. A generally rectangular prepackaged serving container has a concave recessed mixing chamber, a flat serving surface extending forwardly from the mixing chamber, and a handle portion extending rearwardly from the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber contains a measured amount of food product. A flat mixing spatula is removably received along the top surface of the serving container and has a head portion substantially covering the contents of the mixing chamber. A removable flexible cover is peelably attached to the top surfaces of the serving container and the spatula and forms an air tight seal for the serving container and its contents. In use, the cover is peeled off the serving container and the spatula is removed. An oral medication in the form of a crushed pill or powder is placed into the mixing chamber and is thoroughly mixed with the food product using the spatula. The spatula is then inserted into the mixture at the rear of the mixing chamber and pushed forward to transfer the mixture onto the serving surface at the forward end of the serving container. The serving surface at the forward end of the serving container with the mixture thereon is placed in the recipient'"'"'s mouth and the mixture is wiped off on the inside of the recipient'"'"'s cheek or onto their tongue.
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10 Claims
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1. An oral serving container apparatus for administering medicants to persons who have little or no control over the muscles of their mouth or have difficulty in swallowing pills comprising;
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a generally rectangular serving container having a flat generally rectangular serving surface at a forward end, an open top recessed polygonal chamber adjoining said serving surface containing a measured amount of consumable food substance, and an integral rectangular handle portion extending longitudinally rearward therefrom and said chamber and handle portion having top surfaces shaped to receive a spatula member and a cover member, a flat generally rectangular spatula having a flat head portion and an integral flat handle portion extending longitudinally therefrom and sized to be removably received on said serving container with its handle portion engaged along said serving container handle portion and its head portion substantially covering the food substance contained in said chamber, and a removable thin flexible cover member peelably attached to the top surfaces of said serving container handle portion, said chamber, said serving surface, and said spatula and having outer peripheral portions extending beyond the top surfaces of said serving container, whereby said cover member may be peeled away from said serving container to gain access to said serving surface, said spatula, and the food substance contained in said chamber, and said spatula may be removed therefrom to be placed head down in the food substance and pushed forward to transfer the food substance from said chamber onto said serving surface, and thereafter said serving surface with said food substance thereon is placed in a recipient'"'"'s mouth and said food substance is wiped off on the inside of the recipient'"'"'s cheek or onto their tongue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of providing and administering medicants to persons who have difficulty in swallowing oral medications comprising;
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providing a generally rectangular prepackaged serving container having a recessed polygonal mixing chamber, a flat rectangular serving surface extending forwardly from the mixing chamber, and a handle portion extending rearwardly from the mixing chamber, the mixing chamber having contiguous opposed side walls, a rear wall, a bottom wall, and a curved front wall which extends from said bottom wall, and a curved front wall which extends from said bottom wall to said serving surface in a smooth generally S-shaped curve and containing a measured amount of food product, and said container including a flat generally rectangular mixing spatula removably carried along a top surface of said serving container which has a flat head portion substantially covering the contents of said mixing chamber, and further including a removable flexible cover peelably attached to the top surface of the serving container and covering said serving surface, said chamber, and said spatula and forming an air tight seal for the serving container and its contents, peeling said cover off said serving container and removing said spatula therefrom, providing a fine grain or powdered oral medication and placing same into said mixing chamber, thoroughly mixing said oral medication with said food product in said mixing chamber with said spatula, inserting the head of said spatula into the mixture at the rear wall of said mixing chamber and pushing it forward along said bottom wall and said curved front wall to transfer substantially all the mixture onto said serving surface at the forward end of said serving container, and placing said serving surface at the forward end of said serving container with said mixture thereon in the recipient'"'"'s mouth, and wiping the mixture off on the inside of the recipient'"'"'s cheek or onto their tongue. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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