Dial cap for medicine bottle

• US 9,622,939 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2013
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Patricia Buxton-Dakides
• Original Assignee: Patricia Buxton-Dakides
• Inventors: Buxton-Dakides, Patricia
• Primary Examiner(s): Stashick, Anthony
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRANO, ERNESTO ARTURIO
• Application Number:
  US13/907,651
• Publication Number:
  US 20140008319A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,418 Days
• Field of Search: 215230, 215201, 215202, 215216, 215219, 206534, 2064591, 206528, 206540, 116308, 116309
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/03 for pills or tablets containers for pills or tablets with special dispensing means therefor B65D83/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1425 Snap-fit type
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/04 Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine, e.g. programmed dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A method includes: providing a dial cap having vertical sides that meet at corners and the vertical sides including an aperture; coupling an info ring to the dial cap and seated within the dial cap; and wherein coupling the info ring includes coupling the info ring having a symbol configured to align with the aperture.

Claims

1. A dial cap system, comprising:

a dial cap having sides, the sides being curved, the sides arranged as a curved triangle, the sides in direct contact with corners therebetween, the sides include an aperture and protrusions, wherein a perimeter portion that directly surrounds the aperture 108 includes indicator marks and the indicator marks for indicating whether the dial cap system was last closed on a current symbol or was closed on a previous symbol and for ensuring the current symbol depicted within the aperture is in a known state, the protrusions extended out away from the sides and between the corners, and the dial cap configured to release from a bottle based on the protrusions being pressed in simultaneously with the dial cap being twisted;

an info ring coupled to the dial cap and configured to be seated within the dial cap; and

wherein the info ring includes the previous symbol and the current symbol, the previous symbol and the current symbol configured to align with the aperture.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the dial cap includes a tab having a hook coupled to the info ring to secure the dial cap and the info ring together.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the previous symbol and the current symbol are selected from the group consisting of numbers, letters, and roman numerals.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the bottle is a standard medicine bottle container.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the aperture on the sides of the dial cap displays the current symbol on the info ring.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein a rotation of the dial cap is clockwise or counter clockwise.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the dial cap fits over the bottle and the bottle is a pill bottle or a liquid container.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the aperture is centered within one of the sides.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the sides includes the aperture.

10. A method of manufacturing a dial cap system, comprising:

providing a dial cap having sides, the sides being curved, the sides arranged as a curved triangle, the sides in direct contact with corners therebetween, the sides include an aperture and protrusions, wherein a perimeter portion that directly surrounds the aperture 108 includes indicator marks and the indicator marks for indicating whether the dial cap system was last closed on a current symbol or was closed on a previous symbol and for ensuring the current symbol depicted within the aperture is in a known state, the protrusions extended out away from the sides and between the corners, and the dial cap configured to release from a bottle based on the protrusions being pressed in simultaneously with the dial cap being twisted;

coupling an info ring to the dial cap and seated within the dial cap; and

wherein coupling the info ring includes coupling the info ring having the previous symbol and the current symbol, the previous symbol and the current symbol configured to align with the aperture.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the dial cap includes providing the dial cap having a tab having a hook configured to couple to the info ring to secure the dial cap and the info ring together.

12. The method of claim 10, coupling the info ring includes coupling the info ring having the previous symbol and the current symbol selected from the group consisting of numbers, letters, and roman numerals.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the dial cap includes providing the dial cap adaptable to fit the bottle and the bottle is a standard medicine bottle container.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the dial cap includes providing the aperture on the sides of the dial cap configured to display the current symbol on the info ring.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the dial cap includes providing the dial cap being rotatable clockwise or counter clockwise.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the dial cap includes providing the dial cap configured to fit over the bottle and the bottle is a pill bottle or a liquid container.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the dial cap includes providing the aperture centered within one of the sides.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein providing the dial cap includes providing each of the sides including the aperture.