Medicine dispenser
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1. A dispenser for objects comprising:
- an open ended container;
said container including a continuous wall having an open topend and an open bottom end;
a delivery opening as part of said wall and located near said bottom end;
a sealing cap rotatively fixed to and enclosing said top end;
a delivery cap rotatively fixed to and enclosing said bottom end;
an exit window as part of said delivery cap, said exit window radially aligning with said delivery opening by rotating said delivery cap on said container;
a floor inside said container near said bottom end to prevent said objects inside said container from passing into said delivery cap; and
a delivery tube inside said container between said sealing cap and delivery cap, said tube protruding through said floor.
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Abstract
The present invention is a medicine dispenser with sealed caps to prevent access of the contents to children. The medicine dispenser provides a challenge for children to gain access to the contents, while allowing relatively easy access to adults. The medicine dispenser is such that it requires specific and deliberate steps to allow an adult to access to the contents. These deliberate steps act to deter children from having easy access to the contents of the medicine dispenser. The term pill will be used through out this specification and represents pills, capsules, caplets or other forms of medicine which could be the contents of a medicine bottle.
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1. A dispenser for objects comprising:
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an open ended container; said container including a continuous wall having an open top end and an open bottom end; a delivery opening as part of said wall and located near said bottom end; a sealing cap rotatively fixed to and enclosing said top end; a delivery cap rotatively fixed to and enclosing said bottom end; an exit window as part of said delivery cap, said exit window radially aligning with said delivery opening by rotating said delivery cap on said container; a floor inside said container near said bottom end to prevent said objects inside said container from passing into said delivery cap; and a delivery tube inside said container between said sealing cap and delivery cap, said tube protruding through said floor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of dispensing objects using a dispenser comprising the steps of:
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a. inverting the dispenser so that a top end of the dispenser with a sealing cap is lower than a bottom end of the dispenser with a delivery cap; b. rotating the sealing cap so that at least one pill is captured by a cavity of the sealing cap; c. rotating the sealing cap so the cavity of the sealing cap is aligned with a delivery tube; d. inverting the dispenser, so that the bottom end is lower than the top end, where the inverting motion of this step allows the object to fall along the delivery tube toward the delivery cap due to gravity; e. rotating the delivery cap to align a cavity of the delivery cap with the delivery tube, where the object is allowed to fall into the cavity of the delivery cap; f. rotating and aligning the cavity of the delivery cap and hence an exit window of the delivery cap with a delivery opening in a wall of the dispenser; and g. tilting the dispenser so that the object in the cavity of the delivery cap passes through the exit window by way of the delivery opening. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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