Medicine bottle reminder attachment
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1. A medicine bottle dosage reminder comprising:
- a cylindrical container with an open top, a recessed bottom and a circumferential wall with a container portion between the bottom and open top and a skirt portion extending from the bottom, the skirt portion having an aperture;
an indicator member having a ring portion with an indicator label with a pluralility of label markings around the circumference of the ring portion and grasping portion, wherein the skirt portion of the container wall has an inside circumference, the ring portion of the indicator member having an outside circumference substantially equal to the inside circumference of the skirt portion of the container wall;
and, retainer means for rotatably retaining the ring portion of the indicator member in the skirt portion of the container wall when the ring portion of the indicator member is inserted into the skirt portion of the circumferential wall with the grasping portion extending from the skirt portion, wherein label markings selectively appear in the aperture on rotation of the grasping portion of the indicator member.
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Abstract
A medicine bottle with an integral medicine dosage reminder forming a medicine bottle unit, the unit has a medicine bottle with a bottom having a skirt extension with a window for viewing an indicator label on an indicator ring. The indicator ring is inserted in the skirt extension and pivotal therewith to position a selected label marking in the window of the extension skirt. In one embodiment a timer is included to signal the time to take medication by an audible alarm.
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8 Claims
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1. A medicine bottle dosage reminder comprising:
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a cylindrical container with an open top, a recessed bottom and a circumferential wall with a container portion between the bottom and open top and a skirt portion extending from the bottom, the skirt portion having an aperture; an indicator member having a ring portion with an indicator label with a pluralility of label markings around the circumference of the ring portion and grasping portion, wherein the skirt portion of the container wall has an inside circumference, the ring portion of the indicator member having an outside circumference substantially equal to the inside circumference of the skirt portion of the container wall; and, retainer means for rotatably retaining the ring portion of the indicator member in the skirt portion of the container wall when the ring portion of the indicator member is inserted into the skirt portion of the circumferential wall with the grasping portion extending from the skirt portion, wherein label markings selectively appear in the aperture on rotation of the grasping portion of the indicator member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A medicine bottle dosage reminder comprising:
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a cylindrical container with an open top, a recessed bottom with a skirt portion extending from the bottom forming a cavity; and
,an electronic alarm module mounted in the cavity wherein the alarm module has a rotatable stem selection means for selecting a time period, and audible alarm means for generating an audible alarm upon expiration of the time period selected.
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