CA2130881A1 - Pill trapping component - Google Patents
Pill trapping componentInfo
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- CA2130881A1 CA2130881A1 CA002130881A CA2130881A CA2130881A1 CA 2130881 A1 CA2130881 A1 CA 2130881A1 CA 002130881 A CA002130881 A CA 002130881A CA 2130881 A CA2130881 A CA 2130881A CA 2130881 A1 CA2130881 A1 CA 2130881A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J1/00—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes
- A61J1/03—Containers specially adapted for medical or pharmaceutical purposes for pills or tablets
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61J—CONTAINERS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR MEDICAL OR PHARMACEUTICAL PURPOSES; DEVICES OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR BRINGING PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS INTO PARTICULAR PHYSICAL OR ADMINISTERING FORMS; DEVICES FOR ADMINISTERING FOOD OR MEDICINES ORALLY; BABY COMFORTERS; DEVICES FOR RECEIVING SPITTLE
- A61J7/00—Devices for administering medicines orally, e.g. spoons; Pill counting devices; Arrangements for time indication or reminder for taking medicine
- A61J7/0076—Medicament distribution means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
- B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
- B65D83/04—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills
- B65D83/0409—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing annular, disc-shaped, or spherical or like small articles, e.g. tablets or pills the dispensing means being adapted for delivering one article, or a single dose, upon each actuation
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Abstract
A pill trapping component which is adapted to be positioned inside the neck dispensing portion of a conventional pill container. The pill trapping component is used to facilitate the retreival of individual pills from the pill container without the risk of contaminating other pills inside the container. The pill trapping component is adapted to trap a limited number of pills inside the dispensing neck portion of the conventional pill container. The pill trapping component has a cylindrical wall which is dimensioned in order to be fittingly inserted into the neck dispensing portion of the conventional pill container. A retaining wall extends integrally from the cylindrical wall. The retaining wall exlends partially across the sectional area of the pill trapping component. The retaining wall has a peripheral edge which is located substantially midway across the sectional area of the pill trapping component. A guiding wall extends from an upper peripheral edge of the pill trapping component and merges into the retaining wall. The guiding wall is adapted to guide the pills towards a pill retaining segment of the retaining wall and to facilitate the ergonomical retreival of the pills trapped by the retaining wall.
Description
2:L30~81 Patent Application of Serge Blanchard for PILL TRAPPING COMPONENT
BACKGROUND - FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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The present invention relates to the field of pill containers and is particularly 10 concer~ ~ed with a pill trapping component adapted to be positioned in the neck portion of a conventional pill container for selectively trapping some of the pills contained in the pill container in order to facililate the dispensing of individual pills out of the container.
BACKGROUND - PRIOR ART
Pt esc, i,ution drugs and food supplements such as vitamins are often manufactured in the form of pills. These pills are shaped and sized in order to be easily swallowed. The pills are often packaged in pill containers having a generally open-top cylindrical shape.
Most conventional pill containers also have an integrally extending discharge neck portion.
20 The discharge neck portion has a discharge aperture. The discharge aperture of typical pill containers is often releasably sealed-off by a pill container cap.
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Depending on the context of usage, the typical pill containers are adapted to protecti~ely contain a given number of pills which can vary from a few pills to several 25 hundreds of pills. The discharge neck and apertures of most conventional pill containers only allow for the partial insertion of a few fingers into the pill containers. Consequently, the discharge aperture of most conventional pill containers do not allow a user to ergonomically reach into the container in order to grasp a single pill.
Accordingly, a user wanting to grasp a single pill will often resort to pouring a portion of the content of the pill container into the palm of one of his hands into a pile.
The user will then grasp a single pill from the pile formed in his palm and then pour the pile back into the pill contai"er.
This proce.lure suffers from a set of drawbacks. Firstly, the procellure which involves at least three steps is time consuming. Secondly, the procedure is unhygienic since a number of pills come into contact with the bacterias present on the skin suRace of the palm and are then poured back into the pill container. Thirdly, the procedure which requires a certain amount of manual dexterity sometimes leads to the spilling of some of the pills out of the hands of the user and onto the floor surface.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pill trapping 2~ ~88~
45 component which will allow for the selective dispensing of a single pill out of the pill container, minimizing the risk of accidentally dispensing a large number of pills out of the container.
The pill trapping component in accordance with an embodiment of the present 50 invention will be readily adaptable to most conventional pill containers of various shapes and sizes.
The pill trapping component in accordance with the present invention will be ergonomical to use.
The pill trapping component in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will conform to conventional forms of manufacturing in order to be economically feasible.
Accordingly, there is provided a pill trapping component adapted to be positioned inside a neck dispensing portion of a conventional pill container for trapping a few retained pills inside said neck dispensing portion and rendering said retained pills easily accessible, said pill trapping component comprising; a sul~stantially cylindrical wall, said substantially cylindrical wall having a cylindrical wall inner surface and a cylindrical wall outer surface, said substantially cylindrical wall also having a cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge and a cylindrical wall lower peripheral edge, said cylindrical wall 2~ 3~
circumscribing a sectional area of said pill trapping component, a retaining wall extending integrally from a retaining wall segment of said inner surface of said cylindrical wall, said retaining wall extending partially across said sectional area, said retaining wall having a 70 retaining wall peripheral edge extending sl~hstAntially across said sectional area, said retaining wall defining a trapping component p~-~sage between said retaining wall peripheral edge and an opposite segment of said s~ st~llially cylindrical wall.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, said cylindrical wall is 75 dimensioned and configured in order to be slidably insertable into said neck dispensing portion of said conventional pill co"tainer, and wherein said cylil,d~ical wall is configured and dimensionned so that said cylir~ ical wall outer surface frictionally abuts against said neck dispensing portion of said pill container when said pill trapping component is inserted into said neck dispensing portion of said conventional pill contai,ler, whereby the 80 friction force between said cylindrical wall outer surface and said neck dispensing portion of said pill container is adapted to prevent said pill trapping component from falling below said neck dispensing portion into said pill container.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, said pill container is 85 adapted to be releasably sealed-off by a pill container cap and wherein said pill trapping component further comprises a peripheral linking component extending integrally from said cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge, said linking component merging integrally into said pill container cap.
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r~efer,~bly, said pill trapping component further comprises a pill guiding wall, said go pill guiding wall having a pill guiding wall top peripheral edge and a pill guiding wall bottom peripheral edge, said pill guiding wall top peripheral edge extending integrally from said cylindrical wall above said retaining wall and said pill guiding wall bottom peripheral edge extending integrally from said retaining wall at a merging position located intermediate said retaining wall peripheral edge and said retaining wall segment of said 9 5 inner surface of said cylindl ical wall, said pill guiding wall defining a retaining segment on said retainig wall, said retaining segment extending from said merging position to said retaining wall peripheral edge.
Conveniently, said pill trapping component further comprises a retaining flap, said 100 retaining flap having a retaining flap proximal end and a retaining flap distal end, said retaining flap proximal end being hingely connected to said retaining wall peripheral edge, said retaining flap being adapted to pivot between a closed position wherein said retaining flap distal end abuts against a segment of said substantially cylindrical wall for preventing the pAssage of a pill through said trapping component pA-ssAge and an open position 05 wherein said retaining flap allows the pa.csA~e of said pill through said trapping component pA.ss~ge.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
0 FIGURE 1: in an exploded perspective view, illustrates a pill trapping component in ~l 3~
accordance with an embodiment of the present invention positioned between a conventional pill container cap and a pill container neck;
FIGURE 2: in a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, illu~lrates a pill container in 115 accordance with an embodiment of the present invention positioned inside the neck of a conventional pill container;
FIGURE 3: in a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, illu~lrates a pill trapping component in accordance with a second embodiment of the present 120 invention positioned inside the neck of a conventional pill container;
FIGURE 4: in a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, illustrates a pill trapping component in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention positioned inside the neck of a conventional pill container;
FIGURES 5 THROUGH 7: in longitudinal cross-sectional views, illustrate a set of steps leading to the selective retrieval of some pills contained in the pill container using a pill trapping component in accordance with an embodiment of the 0 present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
2~ 3~8~1 Referring to figure 1 there is shown a pill trapping component 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the prese, IL invention. The pill trapping component 10 is adapted to be slidably and releasably inserted into a dispensing neck portion 12 part of a conventional pill container 14.
The pill container 14 typically has an open top cylindrical general configuration. The pill container 14 has the dispensing neck portion 12 and a pill contail ,ing portion 16. The 0 pill containing portion 16 has a bottom wall 18. The pill contair,ing portion 16 also has a substantially cylindrical containing portion side wall 20 extending integrally from the bottom wall 18.
The containing portion side wall 20 merges inwardly and integrally into a top wall 145 22. The top wall 22 has a top wall discharge aperture 24.
The top wall 22 merges integrally into a substantially cylindrical neck portion side wall 28. The neck portion side wall 28 has an upper peripheral edge 30 and a lower peripheral edge 32. The neck portion side wall 28 also has a neck portion side wall inner 0 surface 34 and a neck portion side wall outer surface 36. The neck portion upper peripheral edge 30 surrounds a neck portion discharge aperture 38. The neck portion side wall 28 typically has a neck portion thread 26 extending integrally from its neck portion side wall outer surface 36.
2 l308~1 155 A pill bottle cap 40 is adapted to be threadaly mounted over the neck portion discharge aperture 38. The pill bottle cap 40 has a substantially disk-shaped wall 42. A
cap flange 44 depends integrally from the outer peripheral edge of the disk-shaped wall 42. The cap flange 44 has a cap thread 46 extending integrally from its cap inner surface.
The cap thread 46 is adapted to engage the neck portion thread 26 and cooperate with 160 the latter for releasably mant~ the cap wall 42 over the neck portion discharge aperture 38.
The pill trapping component 10 has a substantially cylindrical pill trapping component wall 48. The pill trapping component wall 48 circu~scribes a pill trapping 165 component sectional area. The pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48 has a pill trapping component cylindlical wall inner surface 50 and a pill trapping component cylindrical wall outer surface 52. The pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48 also has a pill trapping component cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge 54 and a pill trapping component cylindrical wall lower peripheral edge 56.
The pill trapping component 10 is dimensioned in order to be fittingly inse, lecl into the dispensing neck portion 12 of the pill container 14. The pill trapping component 10 is dimensioned and configured so that the pill trapping component cylindrical wall outer surface 52 will frictionally abut against the neck portion side wall inner surface 34.
The pill trapping component 10 has a pill trapping wall 58. The pill trapping wall 58 extends integrally from a segment of the pill trapping component cylindrical wall inner surface 50 to a pill trapping wall peripheral end 60. The pill trapping wall 58 has a predetermined smaller sectional area than the sectional area of the pill trapping 180 component 10 circumscribed by the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48. The pill trapping wall 58 thus only extends partially across the sectional area of the pill trapping component 10 circur"scril,ed by the pill trapping co",ponent cylindrical wall 48.
The pill trapping wall 58 defines a pill trapping wall pA-~sAge 62 between the pill 185 trapping wall peripheral end 60 and an opposite segment of the pill trapping component cylindrical wall inner surface 50.
The pill trapping component 10 also has an inclined pill guiding wall 64. The pill guiding wall 64 extends integra"y from a segment of the pill trapping component cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge 54 and merges integrally into the pill trapping wall 58 at a location positioned intermediate the pill trapping wall peripheral end 60 and the segment of the pill trapping component cylindrical wall inner surface 50 from which the pill trapping wall 58 extends.
195 The inclined pill guiding wall 64 thus defines a pill trapping wall retaining segment 66 extending from the pill trapping wall peripheral end 60 to the location where the pill guiding wall 64 merges with the pill trapping wall 58. The pill trapping wall retaining segment 66 has a substantially arcuate configuration. The pill trapping wall peripheral end ~31~8i 60 is sl~hstAntially slanted u~ drJly towards the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 200 upper peripheral edge 54.
The method of using the pill trapping component 10 is illustrated in figures 5 through 7. Prior to its use the pill trapping component 10 is first slidably inserted into the dispensing neck portion 38 of the pill container 14. The pill trapping component 10 is 205 typically pGsiliGI)ad so that the pill trapping co",,,~one"t cylind~ical wall upper peripheral edge 54 is in legister with the neck portion side wall upper peripheral edge 30.
As ")e"~ioned previously the pill trdu~Jin~ component cylindrical wall 48 is dil"ensiolled so that the pill trapping component cyli~drical wall outer surface 52 210 r,i~tionally abutts ~ainst the neck portion side wall inner suRace 34. The friction between the pill trapping COI "~.o"ent cylindrical wall outer surface 52 and the neck portion side wall inner surface 34 prevents the pill l,ap~Ji"g component 10 from falling into the pill containing portion 16 of the pill container 14.
215 Once the pill trapping component 10 is inserted into the dispensing neck portion 12 the pill bottle cap 40 is then releasably fixed to the dispensing neck portion 12 with the cap wall 42 over,i.liny the neck portion discharge aperture 38.
When a user wishes to retreive a single pill from a set of pills such as the pills 68 220 contained in the pill containing section 16 of the pill container 14 the user first positions 21,30g81 the pill container 14 in a sl ~bst~ltially upright position. In this substantially upright position, the pill container longitudinal axis A is in a sl~hst~ntially vertical position, as illustrated in figure 5. The user then tilts the pill container 14 until the latter reaches a substantially inverted position as illustrated in figure 6. The tilting of the pill container 14 c~uses some 225 of the pills 68 to flow through the pill trapping wall p~-ss~ge 62 and into the pill trapping component 10.
The user then tilts the pill co"Lainer 14 back to its original sllhst~ntially upright position as illustrated in figure 7. The tilting of the pill container 14 back to its s' ~hst~ntially 230 upright original position c~ lses some of the pills 68 having flown through the pill trapping wall pA-ss~ge 62 and into the pill trapping component 10 to flow back through the same pill trapping wall l-Ass~ge 62 into the pill co"tai,ling portion 16.
The tilting of the pill container 14 back to its original sl~h~sPntially upright position 235 also c~uses a few pills such as the pills ir,d;cated by the leference numeral 68' in figure 7 to be trapped inside the pill trapping component 10 by the retaining segment 66 of the pill trapping wall 58.
The user then removes the pill bottle cap 40 from the dispensing neck portion 12240 of the pill container 10. The pills 68' which were trapped inside the pill trapping component 10 by the retaining segment 66 of the trapping wall 58 are relatively close to the neck portion discharge aperture 38 and are thus readily ~ccessible to the fingers of 2 1 3~8~ ~
the user.
245 Furthermore, since only a limited number of pills 68' are trapped by the retaining segment 66, the user is able to grasp a single pill without potentially co"~aminating other pills 68 by coming into contact with the latter.
The prehension of a single pill from the pills 68' which have been retained by the 250 retaining segment 66 is f~ililated by the fact that the retaining segment 66 is s~ sPr,lially centrally located relatively to the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48.
The retaining segment 66 being suhsPntially centrally loc~ted relatively to the pill ~ra~Jpil)y component cyli, n~rical wall 48, the fingers of the user are able to easily ~ccess 255 the pills 68' without being obstructed by the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48.
One of the functions of the pill guiding wall 64 is to allow for the definition of a substantially centrally positioned and relatively short retaining segment 66. Indeed, in order to be efficient in retaining only a few pills 68', the pill retaining segment 66 of the 260 pill trapping wall 58 must be sl~hsPntially small relatively to the size of the pills 68'.
However, if the pill trapping wall 58 only extended over a short distance away from the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48, the pills 68' that it would retain would be jammed against the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48, rendering these pills ~1 3~8~1 265 difficult to ~ccess. By segmenting the pill trapping wall 58 with a pill guiding wall 64, the latter defines a retaining segment 66 which is both relatively small and snl,st~l,Lially centrally located relatively to the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48.
Indeed, since the guiding wall 64 is inclined, it prevents the pills 68 from being 270 retained by any other segment of the pill trapping wall 58 other than the retaining segment 66. In fact, the pill guiding wall 64 deflects the pills 68 towards the retaining segment 66, and since the latter is only adapted to retain a relatively small number of pills, only a relatively small amount of pills are retained inside the pill trapping component 10.
The fact that the retaining segment 66 is ce"l,al'y loc~te~l relatively to the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48 and the fact taht the retaining segment 66 is suhsPrltially short relatively to the size of the pills 68 f~cililates the prehension of the pills 68' and minimizies the risk of contaminating the pills 68 whivh have not been retained by 280 the retaining segment 66.
The pill guiding wall 64 also serves another function. The pill guiding wall 64 is adapted to act as a guiding means for sliding a single pill out of the pill trapping component 10 and out of the neck portion 12 of the pill container 14.
Indeed, when the pills 68' are abuttingly resting on the retaining segment 66, as 2130~2~
illu:jl,ated in figure 7, the user may retreive one of the pills 68' by merely slidding the latter upwardly on the pill guiding wall 64. The sliding action is performed by positionning the digital pulp of a finger on a given pill 68' and then exerting a biasing force on the pill 290 which pushes the latter upwardly against the pill guiding wall 64.
The sliding action performed against the pill guiding wall 64 is more ergonGr"ical to performe then a similar sliding action pe,rur",ed aS~&i.,st the pill trapping cG"~ nent cylindrical wall inner surface 50 since the pill guiding wall 64 is inclined relatively to the pill trapping component cylindrical wall inner surface 50.
In order to improve on the pill guiding capacity of the pill guiding wall 64 and hence to further facilitate the sliding action of a pill 68' on the pill guiding wall 64, the pill guiding wall 64 may have a s~ st~nlially concave or wedge-shaped general configuration.
Referring to figure 3, there is shown a pill trapping component 10' in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. The pill trapping component 10' has a trapping flap 70. The trapping flap 70 is hingely connected by an integral hinge segment 72 to the pill trapping wall peripheral end 60. The trapping flap 70 extends across the pill 305 trapping wall p~-ss~ge 62. The trapping flap 70 extends from the integral hinge segment 72 to a trapping flap distal peripheral edge 74.
The trapping flap distal peripheral edge 74 is adapted to releasably abut against %3~881 a cor,esponding segment of the pill lla~ ing component cylindrical wall 48. The trapping 310 flap 70 is adapted to pivot between a closed position wherein it prevents the pACs~9e of the pills 68' from the pill trapping component 10' to the pill containing portion 16 of the pill container 14 and an opened wherein it allows the p~-ss~ge of the pills 68 from the pill trapping component 10 to the pill containing portion 16 of the pill cGntai~er 14. In figure 3, the closed position is indicated in full line while the opened posiLion is illuslratecl in 315 phantom lines.
In use, when the pill container 10' is pivoted to its tilted position, the combination of the gravitational force on lower surface 76 of the trapping flap 70 and of the pills 68 i",pa~;ti"s~ the trapping flap 70 exerts a resulting force which biases the trapping flap 70 320 towards its opened position. When the pill co"tail)er 10 is pivoted back towards its sl ~l~st~ ,tially upright position, the combination of the gravitational force and the pills 68' which impact the upper surface 78 of the trapping flap 70 biases the trapping flap 70 towards its closed position wherein the trapping flat distal peripheral edge 74 abutts against the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48 and thus seals off the pill trapping 325 wall p~C5~9e 62. In the closed position, the trapping flap 70 thus prevents the pills 68' from falling back into the pill containing portion 16 of the pill container 14.
Referring now more specifically to figure 4, there is shown a pill trapping component 10" in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.
~L30~ 1 The pill trapping component 10" has a peripheral linking segment 80 extending egrally from the pill trapping component cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge 54. The peripheral linking segment 80 merges integlally into the upper peripheral edge of the cap flange 44.
In the embodiment illu~trdted in figure 4, the cap wall 42' is hingely attached to the cap flange 44 by a cap hinge 82. The cap hinge 82 allows the cap wall 42 to be pivoted between an opened position illu~llated in full line and a closed position illustrated in phantom lines.
Even though the bottle cap 40 illu~t~dled in figure 4 is of the type having an hinged cap wall 42', the peripheral linking segment ch-drd~;teri~i"g the pill trapping component 10"
in accordance with the third embodiment of the invention could have any given general configuration without departing from the scope of the present invention.
BACKGROUND - FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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The present invention relates to the field of pill containers and is particularly 10 concer~ ~ed with a pill trapping component adapted to be positioned in the neck portion of a conventional pill container for selectively trapping some of the pills contained in the pill container in order to facililate the dispensing of individual pills out of the container.
BACKGROUND - PRIOR ART
Pt esc, i,ution drugs and food supplements such as vitamins are often manufactured in the form of pills. These pills are shaped and sized in order to be easily swallowed. The pills are often packaged in pill containers having a generally open-top cylindrical shape.
Most conventional pill containers also have an integrally extending discharge neck portion.
20 The discharge neck portion has a discharge aperture. The discharge aperture of typical pill containers is often releasably sealed-off by a pill container cap.
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Depending on the context of usage, the typical pill containers are adapted to protecti~ely contain a given number of pills which can vary from a few pills to several 25 hundreds of pills. The discharge neck and apertures of most conventional pill containers only allow for the partial insertion of a few fingers into the pill containers. Consequently, the discharge aperture of most conventional pill containers do not allow a user to ergonomically reach into the container in order to grasp a single pill.
Accordingly, a user wanting to grasp a single pill will often resort to pouring a portion of the content of the pill container into the palm of one of his hands into a pile.
The user will then grasp a single pill from the pile formed in his palm and then pour the pile back into the pill contai"er.
This proce.lure suffers from a set of drawbacks. Firstly, the procellure which involves at least three steps is time consuming. Secondly, the procedure is unhygienic since a number of pills come into contact with the bacterias present on the skin suRace of the palm and are then poured back into the pill container. Thirdly, the procedure which requires a certain amount of manual dexterity sometimes leads to the spilling of some of the pills out of the hands of the user and onto the floor surface.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pill trapping 2~ ~88~
45 component which will allow for the selective dispensing of a single pill out of the pill container, minimizing the risk of accidentally dispensing a large number of pills out of the container.
The pill trapping component in accordance with an embodiment of the present 50 invention will be readily adaptable to most conventional pill containers of various shapes and sizes.
The pill trapping component in accordance with the present invention will be ergonomical to use.
The pill trapping component in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention will conform to conventional forms of manufacturing in order to be economically feasible.
Accordingly, there is provided a pill trapping component adapted to be positioned inside a neck dispensing portion of a conventional pill container for trapping a few retained pills inside said neck dispensing portion and rendering said retained pills easily accessible, said pill trapping component comprising; a sul~stantially cylindrical wall, said substantially cylindrical wall having a cylindrical wall inner surface and a cylindrical wall outer surface, said substantially cylindrical wall also having a cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge and a cylindrical wall lower peripheral edge, said cylindrical wall 2~ 3~
circumscribing a sectional area of said pill trapping component, a retaining wall extending integrally from a retaining wall segment of said inner surface of said cylindrical wall, said retaining wall extending partially across said sectional area, said retaining wall having a 70 retaining wall peripheral edge extending sl~hstAntially across said sectional area, said retaining wall defining a trapping component p~-~sage between said retaining wall peripheral edge and an opposite segment of said s~ st~llially cylindrical wall.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, said cylindrical wall is 75 dimensioned and configured in order to be slidably insertable into said neck dispensing portion of said conventional pill co"tainer, and wherein said cylil,d~ical wall is configured and dimensionned so that said cylir~ ical wall outer surface frictionally abuts against said neck dispensing portion of said pill container when said pill trapping component is inserted into said neck dispensing portion of said conventional pill contai,ler, whereby the 80 friction force between said cylindrical wall outer surface and said neck dispensing portion of said pill container is adapted to prevent said pill trapping component from falling below said neck dispensing portion into said pill container.
According to another embodiment of the present invention, said pill container is 85 adapted to be releasably sealed-off by a pill container cap and wherein said pill trapping component further comprises a peripheral linking component extending integrally from said cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge, said linking component merging integrally into said pill container cap.
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r~efer,~bly, said pill trapping component further comprises a pill guiding wall, said go pill guiding wall having a pill guiding wall top peripheral edge and a pill guiding wall bottom peripheral edge, said pill guiding wall top peripheral edge extending integrally from said cylindrical wall above said retaining wall and said pill guiding wall bottom peripheral edge extending integrally from said retaining wall at a merging position located intermediate said retaining wall peripheral edge and said retaining wall segment of said 9 5 inner surface of said cylindl ical wall, said pill guiding wall defining a retaining segment on said retainig wall, said retaining segment extending from said merging position to said retaining wall peripheral edge.
Conveniently, said pill trapping component further comprises a retaining flap, said 100 retaining flap having a retaining flap proximal end and a retaining flap distal end, said retaining flap proximal end being hingely connected to said retaining wall peripheral edge, said retaining flap being adapted to pivot between a closed position wherein said retaining flap distal end abuts against a segment of said substantially cylindrical wall for preventing the pAssage of a pill through said trapping component pA-ssAge and an open position 05 wherein said retaining flap allows the pa.csA~e of said pill through said trapping component pA.ss~ge.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
0 FIGURE 1: in an exploded perspective view, illustrates a pill trapping component in ~l 3~
accordance with an embodiment of the present invention positioned between a conventional pill container cap and a pill container neck;
FIGURE 2: in a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, illu~lrates a pill container in 115 accordance with an embodiment of the present invention positioned inside the neck of a conventional pill container;
FIGURE 3: in a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, illu~lrates a pill trapping component in accordance with a second embodiment of the present 120 invention positioned inside the neck of a conventional pill container;
FIGURE 4: in a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view, illustrates a pill trapping component in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention positioned inside the neck of a conventional pill container;
FIGURES 5 THROUGH 7: in longitudinal cross-sectional views, illustrate a set of steps leading to the selective retrieval of some pills contained in the pill container using a pill trapping component in accordance with an embodiment of the 0 present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
2~ 3~8~1 Referring to figure 1 there is shown a pill trapping component 10 in accordance with an embodiment of the prese, IL invention. The pill trapping component 10 is adapted to be slidably and releasably inserted into a dispensing neck portion 12 part of a conventional pill container 14.
The pill container 14 typically has an open top cylindrical general configuration. The pill container 14 has the dispensing neck portion 12 and a pill contail ,ing portion 16. The 0 pill containing portion 16 has a bottom wall 18. The pill contair,ing portion 16 also has a substantially cylindrical containing portion side wall 20 extending integrally from the bottom wall 18.
The containing portion side wall 20 merges inwardly and integrally into a top wall 145 22. The top wall 22 has a top wall discharge aperture 24.
The top wall 22 merges integrally into a substantially cylindrical neck portion side wall 28. The neck portion side wall 28 has an upper peripheral edge 30 and a lower peripheral edge 32. The neck portion side wall 28 also has a neck portion side wall inner 0 surface 34 and a neck portion side wall outer surface 36. The neck portion upper peripheral edge 30 surrounds a neck portion discharge aperture 38. The neck portion side wall 28 typically has a neck portion thread 26 extending integrally from its neck portion side wall outer surface 36.
2 l308~1 155 A pill bottle cap 40 is adapted to be threadaly mounted over the neck portion discharge aperture 38. The pill bottle cap 40 has a substantially disk-shaped wall 42. A
cap flange 44 depends integrally from the outer peripheral edge of the disk-shaped wall 42. The cap flange 44 has a cap thread 46 extending integrally from its cap inner surface.
The cap thread 46 is adapted to engage the neck portion thread 26 and cooperate with 160 the latter for releasably mant~ the cap wall 42 over the neck portion discharge aperture 38.
The pill trapping component 10 has a substantially cylindrical pill trapping component wall 48. The pill trapping component wall 48 circu~scribes a pill trapping 165 component sectional area. The pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48 has a pill trapping component cylindlical wall inner surface 50 and a pill trapping component cylindrical wall outer surface 52. The pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48 also has a pill trapping component cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge 54 and a pill trapping component cylindrical wall lower peripheral edge 56.
The pill trapping component 10 is dimensioned in order to be fittingly inse, lecl into the dispensing neck portion 12 of the pill container 14. The pill trapping component 10 is dimensioned and configured so that the pill trapping component cylindrical wall outer surface 52 will frictionally abut against the neck portion side wall inner surface 34.
The pill trapping component 10 has a pill trapping wall 58. The pill trapping wall 58 extends integrally from a segment of the pill trapping component cylindrical wall inner surface 50 to a pill trapping wall peripheral end 60. The pill trapping wall 58 has a predetermined smaller sectional area than the sectional area of the pill trapping 180 component 10 circumscribed by the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48. The pill trapping wall 58 thus only extends partially across the sectional area of the pill trapping component 10 circur"scril,ed by the pill trapping co",ponent cylindrical wall 48.
The pill trapping wall 58 defines a pill trapping wall pA-~sAge 62 between the pill 185 trapping wall peripheral end 60 and an opposite segment of the pill trapping component cylindrical wall inner surface 50.
The pill trapping component 10 also has an inclined pill guiding wall 64. The pill guiding wall 64 extends integra"y from a segment of the pill trapping component cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge 54 and merges integrally into the pill trapping wall 58 at a location positioned intermediate the pill trapping wall peripheral end 60 and the segment of the pill trapping component cylindrical wall inner surface 50 from which the pill trapping wall 58 extends.
195 The inclined pill guiding wall 64 thus defines a pill trapping wall retaining segment 66 extending from the pill trapping wall peripheral end 60 to the location where the pill guiding wall 64 merges with the pill trapping wall 58. The pill trapping wall retaining segment 66 has a substantially arcuate configuration. The pill trapping wall peripheral end ~31~8i 60 is sl~hstAntially slanted u~ drJly towards the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 200 upper peripheral edge 54.
The method of using the pill trapping component 10 is illustrated in figures 5 through 7. Prior to its use the pill trapping component 10 is first slidably inserted into the dispensing neck portion 38 of the pill container 14. The pill trapping component 10 is 205 typically pGsiliGI)ad so that the pill trapping co",,,~one"t cylind~ical wall upper peripheral edge 54 is in legister with the neck portion side wall upper peripheral edge 30.
As ")e"~ioned previously the pill trdu~Jin~ component cylindrical wall 48 is dil"ensiolled so that the pill trapping component cyli~drical wall outer surface 52 210 r,i~tionally abutts ~ainst the neck portion side wall inner suRace 34. The friction between the pill trapping COI "~.o"ent cylindrical wall outer surface 52 and the neck portion side wall inner surface 34 prevents the pill l,ap~Ji"g component 10 from falling into the pill containing portion 16 of the pill container 14.
215 Once the pill trapping component 10 is inserted into the dispensing neck portion 12 the pill bottle cap 40 is then releasably fixed to the dispensing neck portion 12 with the cap wall 42 over,i.liny the neck portion discharge aperture 38.
When a user wishes to retreive a single pill from a set of pills such as the pills 68 220 contained in the pill containing section 16 of the pill container 14 the user first positions 21,30g81 the pill container 14 in a sl ~bst~ltially upright position. In this substantially upright position, the pill container longitudinal axis A is in a sl~hst~ntially vertical position, as illustrated in figure 5. The user then tilts the pill container 14 until the latter reaches a substantially inverted position as illustrated in figure 6. The tilting of the pill container 14 c~uses some 225 of the pills 68 to flow through the pill trapping wall p~-ss~ge 62 and into the pill trapping component 10.
The user then tilts the pill co"Lainer 14 back to its original sllhst~ntially upright position as illustrated in figure 7. The tilting of the pill container 14 back to its s' ~hst~ntially 230 upright original position c~ lses some of the pills 68 having flown through the pill trapping wall pA-ss~ge 62 and into the pill trapping component 10 to flow back through the same pill trapping wall l-Ass~ge 62 into the pill co"tai,ling portion 16.
The tilting of the pill container 14 back to its original sl~h~sPntially upright position 235 also c~uses a few pills such as the pills ir,d;cated by the leference numeral 68' in figure 7 to be trapped inside the pill trapping component 10 by the retaining segment 66 of the pill trapping wall 58.
The user then removes the pill bottle cap 40 from the dispensing neck portion 12240 of the pill container 10. The pills 68' which were trapped inside the pill trapping component 10 by the retaining segment 66 of the trapping wall 58 are relatively close to the neck portion discharge aperture 38 and are thus readily ~ccessible to the fingers of 2 1 3~8~ ~
the user.
245 Furthermore, since only a limited number of pills 68' are trapped by the retaining segment 66, the user is able to grasp a single pill without potentially co"~aminating other pills 68 by coming into contact with the latter.
The prehension of a single pill from the pills 68' which have been retained by the 250 retaining segment 66 is f~ililated by the fact that the retaining segment 66 is s~ sPr,lially centrally located relatively to the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48.
The retaining segment 66 being suhsPntially centrally loc~ted relatively to the pill ~ra~Jpil)y component cyli, n~rical wall 48, the fingers of the user are able to easily ~ccess 255 the pills 68' without being obstructed by the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48.
One of the functions of the pill guiding wall 64 is to allow for the definition of a substantially centrally positioned and relatively short retaining segment 66. Indeed, in order to be efficient in retaining only a few pills 68', the pill retaining segment 66 of the 260 pill trapping wall 58 must be sl~hsPntially small relatively to the size of the pills 68'.
However, if the pill trapping wall 58 only extended over a short distance away from the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48, the pills 68' that it would retain would be jammed against the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48, rendering these pills ~1 3~8~1 265 difficult to ~ccess. By segmenting the pill trapping wall 58 with a pill guiding wall 64, the latter defines a retaining segment 66 which is both relatively small and snl,st~l,Lially centrally located relatively to the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48.
Indeed, since the guiding wall 64 is inclined, it prevents the pills 68 from being 270 retained by any other segment of the pill trapping wall 58 other than the retaining segment 66. In fact, the pill guiding wall 64 deflects the pills 68 towards the retaining segment 66, and since the latter is only adapted to retain a relatively small number of pills, only a relatively small amount of pills are retained inside the pill trapping component 10.
The fact that the retaining segment 66 is ce"l,al'y loc~te~l relatively to the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48 and the fact taht the retaining segment 66 is suhsPrltially short relatively to the size of the pills 68 f~cililates the prehension of the pills 68' and minimizies the risk of contaminating the pills 68 whivh have not been retained by 280 the retaining segment 66.
The pill guiding wall 64 also serves another function. The pill guiding wall 64 is adapted to act as a guiding means for sliding a single pill out of the pill trapping component 10 and out of the neck portion 12 of the pill container 14.
Indeed, when the pills 68' are abuttingly resting on the retaining segment 66, as 2130~2~
illu:jl,ated in figure 7, the user may retreive one of the pills 68' by merely slidding the latter upwardly on the pill guiding wall 64. The sliding action is performed by positionning the digital pulp of a finger on a given pill 68' and then exerting a biasing force on the pill 290 which pushes the latter upwardly against the pill guiding wall 64.
The sliding action performed against the pill guiding wall 64 is more ergonGr"ical to performe then a similar sliding action pe,rur",ed aS~&i.,st the pill trapping cG"~ nent cylindrical wall inner surface 50 since the pill guiding wall 64 is inclined relatively to the pill trapping component cylindrical wall inner surface 50.
In order to improve on the pill guiding capacity of the pill guiding wall 64 and hence to further facilitate the sliding action of a pill 68' on the pill guiding wall 64, the pill guiding wall 64 may have a s~ st~nlially concave or wedge-shaped general configuration.
Referring to figure 3, there is shown a pill trapping component 10' in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention. The pill trapping component 10' has a trapping flap 70. The trapping flap 70 is hingely connected by an integral hinge segment 72 to the pill trapping wall peripheral end 60. The trapping flap 70 extends across the pill 305 trapping wall p~-ss~ge 62. The trapping flap 70 extends from the integral hinge segment 72 to a trapping flap distal peripheral edge 74.
The trapping flap distal peripheral edge 74 is adapted to releasably abut against %3~881 a cor,esponding segment of the pill lla~ ing component cylindrical wall 48. The trapping 310 flap 70 is adapted to pivot between a closed position wherein it prevents the pACs~9e of the pills 68' from the pill trapping component 10' to the pill containing portion 16 of the pill container 14 and an opened wherein it allows the p~-ss~ge of the pills 68 from the pill trapping component 10 to the pill containing portion 16 of the pill cGntai~er 14. In figure 3, the closed position is indicated in full line while the opened posiLion is illuslratecl in 315 phantom lines.
In use, when the pill container 10' is pivoted to its tilted position, the combination of the gravitational force on lower surface 76 of the trapping flap 70 and of the pills 68 i",pa~;ti"s~ the trapping flap 70 exerts a resulting force which biases the trapping flap 70 320 towards its opened position. When the pill co"tail)er 10 is pivoted back towards its sl ~l~st~ ,tially upright position, the combination of the gravitational force and the pills 68' which impact the upper surface 78 of the trapping flap 70 biases the trapping flap 70 towards its closed position wherein the trapping flat distal peripheral edge 74 abutts against the pill trapping component cylindrical wall 48 and thus seals off the pill trapping 325 wall p~C5~9e 62. In the closed position, the trapping flap 70 thus prevents the pills 68' from falling back into the pill containing portion 16 of the pill container 14.
Referring now more specifically to figure 4, there is shown a pill trapping component 10" in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.
~L30~ 1 The pill trapping component 10" has a peripheral linking segment 80 extending egrally from the pill trapping component cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge 54. The peripheral linking segment 80 merges integlally into the upper peripheral edge of the cap flange 44.
In the embodiment illu~trdted in figure 4, the cap wall 42' is hingely attached to the cap flange 44 by a cap hinge 82. The cap hinge 82 allows the cap wall 42 to be pivoted between an opened position illu~llated in full line and a closed position illustrated in phantom lines.
Even though the bottle cap 40 illu~t~dled in figure 4 is of the type having an hinged cap wall 42', the peripheral linking segment ch-drd~;teri~i"g the pill trapping component 10"
in accordance with the third embodiment of the invention could have any given general configuration without departing from the scope of the present invention.
Claims (5)
1. A pill trapping component adapted to be positioned inside a neck dispensing portion of a conventional pill container for trapping a few retained pills inside said neck dispensing portion and rendering said retained pills easily Accessible, said pill trapping component comprising;
a substantially cylindrical wall, said substantially cylindrical wall having a cylindrical wall inner surface and a cylindrical wall outer surface, said substantially cylindrical wall also having a cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge and a cylindrical wall lower peripheral edge, said cylindrical wall circumscribing a sectional area of said pill trapping component, a retaining wall extending integrally from a retaining wall segment of said inner surface of said cylindrical wall, said retaining wall extending partially across said sectional area, said retaining wall having a retaining wall peripheral edge extending substantially across said sectional area, said retaining wall defining a trapping component passage between said retaining wall peripheral edge and an opposite segment of said substantially cylindrical wall.
a substantially cylindrical wall, said substantially cylindrical wall having a cylindrical wall inner surface and a cylindrical wall outer surface, said substantially cylindrical wall also having a cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge and a cylindrical wall lower peripheral edge, said cylindrical wall circumscribing a sectional area of said pill trapping component, a retaining wall extending integrally from a retaining wall segment of said inner surface of said cylindrical wall, said retaining wall extending partially across said sectional area, said retaining wall having a retaining wall peripheral edge extending substantially across said sectional area, said retaining wall defining a trapping component passage between said retaining wall peripheral edge and an opposite segment of said substantially cylindrical wall.
2. A pill trapping component as recited in Claim 1 wherein said cylindrical wall is dimensioned and configured in order to be slidably insertable into said neck dispensing portion of said conventional pill container, and wherein said cylindrical wall is configured and dimensionned so that said cylindrical wall outer surface frictionally abuts against said neck dispensing portion of said pill container when said pill trapping component is inserted into said neck dispensing portion of said conventional pill container, whereby the friction force between said cylindrical wall outer surface and said neck dispensing portion of said pill container is adapted to prevent said pill trapping component from falling below said neck dispensing portion into said pill container.
3. A pill trapping component as recited in Claim 1 wherein said pill container is adapted to be releasably sealed-off by a pill container cap and wherein said pill trapping component further comprises a peripheral linking component extending integrally from said cylindrical wall upper peripheral edge, said linking component merging integrally into said pill container cap.
4. A pill trapping component as recited in Claim 1 wherein said pill trapping component further comprises a pill guiding wall, said pill guiding wall having a pill guiding wall top peripheral edge and a pill guiding wall bottom peripheral edge, said pill guiding wall top peripheral edge extending integrally from said cylindrical wall above said retaining wall and said pill guiding wall bottom peripheral edge extending integrally from said retaining wall at a merging position located intermediate said retaining wall peripheral edge and said retaining wall segment of said inner surface of said cylindrical wall, said pill guiding wall defining a retaining segment on said retainig wall, said retaining segment extending from said merging position to said retaining wall peripheral edge.
5. A pill trapping component as recited in Claim 1 wherein said pill trapping component further comprises a retaining flap, said retaining flap having a retaining flap proximal end and a retaining flap distal end, said retaining flap proximal end being hingely connected to said retaining wall peripheral edge, said retaining flap being adapted to pivot between a closed position wherein said retaining flap distal end abuts against a segment of said substantially cylindrical wall for preventing the passage of a pill through said trapping component passage and an open position wherein said retaining flap allows the passage of said pill through said trapping component passage.
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