Dosage indicator medicine container

• US 6,032,609 A
• Filed: 11/10/1997
• Issued: 03/07/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Van A. Luoma
• Original Assignee: Van A. Luoma
• Inventors: Luoma, Van A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirshfeld, Andrew
• Application Number:
  US08/966,885
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 116/306, 116/307, 116/308, 116/334, 116/335, 116/200, 116/201, 116/203, 116/205, 116/212, 116/280, 116/206, 116/327, 116/279, 116/DIG. 1, 116/DIG. 17 , 116/DIG. 28, 206/459.1, 215/230, 215/365
• US Class Current: 116/306
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 11/23 the advertising or display material forming part of rotating members, e.g. in the form of perforations, prints, or transparencies on a drum or disc

Abstract

The combination of a bottle used to contain pharmaceutical products such as capsules, pills, tablets, caplets, gelcaps or the like and a permanent indicia system having a plurality of indicators operated sequentially by an irreversible physical act producing a permanent dosage recording indicator, the exposure of a plurality of said indicators showing a cumulative dosage record.

Claims

1. A record keeping system for creating a compliance record for self-medication of pharmaceutical products for consumption in a plurality of doses, said system comprising:

(a) a container for storing a pharmaceutical product of interest;

(b) a container cap associated with said container;

(c) an indicia system on said container cap, comprising a lower soft layer of a first color and a disk of substantially rigid material overlaying said lower layer, said disk having a plurality of apertures wherein each of said apertures contains an upper soft layer of a second color distinct from said first color, each of said upper layers overlaying and engaging said lower layer wherein each upper layer is of a material allowing it to be indented to reveal the lower layer.

2. The record keeping system of claim 1 wherein said container cap further comprises an additional indicia system to extend the time of the compliance record.

3. The record keeping system of claim 1 wherein said series of plurality of apertures are arranged radially about the container cap.

4. The record keeping system of claim 3 wherein said plurality of apertures are substantially rectangular.