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Container apparatus with single-pill dispensing and related method

  • US 9,511,924 B1
  • Filed: 06/23/2014
  • Issued: 12/06/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a pill-storage container including an inner wall;

    a pill-filtering article configured and arranged to facilitate securing the pill-filtering article inside the pill-storage container near the inner wall and below an upper surface of the pill-storage container,the pill-filtering article being configured and arranged to include material at a first portion corresponding to a channel-defining region for passing one pill at a time, and also at a second portion corresponding to a region of the pill-filtering article other than the channel-defining region, wherein the channel-defining region is configured for being secured within the pill-storage container and arranged to facilitate passage of pills through a formed aperture and the pill-filtering article is further configured and arranged as a tamper-indicating seal, therein defining an aperture boundary through the channel-defining region for permitting passage of the pills one pill at a time based on at least one of pill size and pill shape,the pill-filtering article and the first portion, that corresponds to the channel-defining region, being configured and arranged to, after the formed aperture is provided via the channel-defining region, to pass the pills sequentially through the channel-defining region based on at least one of pill size and pill shape, wherein modification of the material causes the seal to break, wherefrom the aperture is formed, andthe second portion of the pill-filtering article being configured and arranged to, after the formed aperture is provided via the channel-defining region, block the pills.

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