Patent Application
20160158100
The present invention relates to containers for storing and organizing pills.
With today's aging population and increased usage of prescription drugs, there is a need for a simple means of storing and organizing prescription pills in a convenient manner. With the prevalence of prescription drug usage, it is common for many individuals to take many pills on a daily basis. For example, if an individual is taking ten different pills a day, they then face a burden in opening and closing ten bottles every day. Some individuals often forget to take some of their daily pills, or forget whether they have taken the day's pills all together. Subsequently, an individual may find it necessary to consolidate and streamline their daily pill consumption routine.
A device is provided for storing, organizing, and accessing prescription pills that comprises a pill tray and tray lid which engage in a slidable configuration. The pill tray includes an array of pill chambers, as well as a pair of upward protrusions extending from its base. The tray lid includes viewing holes in its flat body (corresponding to the pill chambers of the tray), as well as a pair of linear channels running on opposing sides of its flat body. These channels are configured to mate with the pill tray's protrusions to enable the sliding of the tray lid over the top of the pill tray. With the tray lid placed over the top of the pill tray—the terminal edges of the lid's linear channels meeting and engaging with the terminal edges of the tray's upward protrusions, the lid may be slid over the tray, forward and backward as necessary. This sliding method is used to both fill the chambers with pills and remove them for consumption.
In the following discussion, numerous specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention may be practiced without such specific details. In other instances, well-known elements, processes or techniques have been briefly mentioned and not elaborated on in order not to obscure the present invention in unnecessary detail and description. Moreover, specific details and the like may have been omitted inasmuch as such details are not deemed necessary to obtain a complete understanding of the invention, and are considered to be within the understanding of persons having ordinary skill in the relevant art.
Thus, as set forth above, the present invention provides a simple and effective means for storing, organizing, and dispensing prescription pills. Moreover, the invention provides an effective way for a prescription pill holder to keep track of pills and deter unwanted access. While there have been described herein what are considered to be preferred and exemplary embodiments of the present invention, other modifications of the invention shall be apparent to those skilled in the art from the teachings herein. It is noted that the embodiments disclosed are illustrative rather than limiting in nature and that a wide range of variations, modifications, changes, substitutions are contemplated in the foregoing disclosure and, in some instances, some features of the present invention may be employed without a corresponding use of other features. Many such variations and modifications may be considered desirable by those skilled in the art based upon a review of the foregoing description of preferred embodiments. Accordingly, it is appropriate that the appended claims be construed broadly and in a manner consistent with the scope of the invention.
This application claims priority to Provisional application No. 61/625,310, filed Apr. 17, 2012 and is a continuation of non-provisional application Ser. No. 13/864,989.
