Daily pill dispensing apparatus

• US 8,055,380 B1
• Filed: 12/01/2009
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ravindra Kumar, Vandana Verma
• Original Assignee: Ravindra Kumar, Vandana Verma
• Inventors: Kumar, Ravindra, Verma, Vandana
• Primary Examiner(s): Collins; Michael K
• Application Number:
  US12/628,351
• Time in Patent Office: 707 Days
• Field of Search: 700/240, 700/242, 700/243, 221/97, 221/101, 221/112, 221/114, 221/115, 221/124, 221/90
• US Class Current: 700/242
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0481 working on a schedule basis

Abstract

The daily pill dispensing apparatus has a front section connected to a back section, a top hinge disposed on the top between the front section and the back section, a dispenser lid connected to the top hinge and pivotally covering the front section, a septet of top doors disposed atop the back section, each top door pivotally covering a separate compartment of the back section via the top hinge, a day indicia disposed atop each top door, a dispensing door hingedly separating each compartment from the front section, each dispensing door opening into the front section, a display disposed atop the dispenser lid, a controls disposed in the front section bottom, the controls in communication with the display and with each dispensing door, whereby each dispensing door sequentially opens, each dispensing door opening only one day per week, and battery power.

Claims

1. A daily pill dispensing apparatus, comprising, in combination:

a top spaced apart from a bottom;

a front section connected to a back section, the back section having a first end spaced apart from a second end;

a top hinge disposed on the top between the front section and the back section, the top hinge extended from the first end to the second end;

a dispenser lid connected to the top hinge and pivotally covering the front section;

a spout centrally located forwardly in the front section;

a plurality of top doors disposed atop the back section, each top door pivotally covering a separate compartment of the back section via the top hinge;

a day indicia disposed atop each top door, each indicia indicating a day of the week;

a dispensing door hingedly separating each compartment from the front section, each dispensing door opening into the front section;

a display disposed atop the dispenser lid;

a controls disposed in the front section bottom, the controls in communication with the display and with each dispensing door, whereby each dispensing door sequentially opens, each dispensing door opening only one day per week;

a battery compartment disposed in the front section bottom, the battery compartment in communication with the controls.

2. A daily pill dispensing apparatus, comprising, in combination:

a top spaced apart from a bottom;

a semicircular front section connected to a rectangular back section, the back section having a first end spaced apart from a second end;

a top hinge disposed on the top between the front section and the back section, the top hinge extended from the first end to the second end;

a dispenser lid connected to the top hinge and pivotally covering the front section;

a spout centrally located forwardly in the front section

a septet of top doors disposed atop the back section, each top door pivotally covering a separate compartment of the back section via the top hinge;

a day indicia disposed atop each top door, each indicia indicating a separate day of the week;

a dispensing door hingedly separating each compartment from the front section, each dispensing door opening into the front section;

a display disposed atop the dispenser lid, the display indicating a date, the display flashing upon an opening of each dispensing door;

a controls disposed in the front section bottom, the controls in communication with the display and with each dispensing door, whereby each dispensing door sequentially opens, each dispensing door opening only one day each week;

a battery compartment disposed in the front section bottom, the battery compartment in communication with the controls.