CN111565699A

CN111565699A - Portable medicine chest

Info

Publication number: CN111565699A
Application number: CN201780094024.XA
Authority: CN
Inventors: 手塚直树; 伊势本实; 川津正昭
Original assignee: Hutec Co ltd
Current assignee: Hutec Co ltd
Priority date: 2017-08-18
Filing date: 2017-12-15
Publication date: 2020-08-21
Also published as: JPWO2019035222A1; JP6620960B2; WO2019035222A1; WO2019035215A1

Abstract

The invention provides a portable medicine box which can take out medicines easily without spending time and is easy to carry and manage so as to prevent a patient from forgetting to take or taking the medicines by mistake. The portable medicine box has a connector and a display. The connector consists of four small boxes. Each of the four small boxes includes a cover having a concave portion or a convex portion on a surface and a hinge portion through which the cover is turnably covered over an opening of the small box. The display body is used for indicating a specific small box in the four small boxes and is detachably connected with the concave part or the convex part, so that the detachable connection of the cover is realized. Each time the patient takes a medication, the medication can be removed from the small box by opening the lid of the small box.

Description

Portable medicine chest

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of medicine boxes, in particular to a portable medicine box.

Background

It is necessary for the patient to take a certain amount of medication at a given time or daily on a daily basis. However, if the number and the types of the medicines to be taken are large, the patients may forget to take the medicines or the dosage is wrong, which obviously causes a certain burden to the bodies of the patients. In order to prevent this, various medicine boxes have conventionally been proposed.

In patent document 1: in JP- ｃA-2007-007365, ｃA prescribed medicine is divided and contained in three medicine containing portions in the morning, day and night, and both inner lids are slid sideways after opening the outer lid at the time of taking the medicine. After a predetermined amount of the medicine is taken out of the medicine container at the dose timing, the outer cap is closed, and the administration state of the medicine is observed through the sliding position of the inner cap.

In patent document 2: in patent No. 2529162, for example, in the case of a business trip or a three-day trip, three medicine boxes having four storage rooms are connected, and each storage room is filled with a dose and emptied, and whether to take a medicine and which kind of medicine should be taken are observed by observing whether the storage room is emptied.

In the medicine box of patent document 1, at the time of taking a medicine at noon, the inner lid at the medicine box position in the daytime is slid to the position of the medicine box in the morning, and the medicine is taken out from the medicine box in the daytime. When the medicine is taken, the inner cover at the position of the medicine container slides to the position of the medicine container in the daytime at night, and the medicine is taken out of the medicine container at night. That is, only one inner cap slides when taking medicine during the day and at night. On the other hand, when taking medicine in the morning, the inner lid at the medicine container position at noon is slid to the medicine container position in the evening, and then the inner lid of the medicine container is slid in the morning. The medicine is taken out from the medicine storage place in the morning. In other words, the number of inner caps to be slid when taking medicine in the morning is two, and thus it takes twice as long to take medicine out of the medicine container.

In addition, in the case of adding the medicine storing part before sleep, in the morning, in the daytime and in the evening, the number of the inner lids to be slid when taking the medicine in the morning is 3, and thus the medicine is taken out from the medicine storing part. This requires three times the workload. As described above, the medicine box of patent document 1 has a problem that an additional work is required when the medicine is taken out in the morning.

Further, the medicine box disclosed in patent document 1 has a double cover of an inner cover and an outer cover, and therefore, the small medicine box becomes large and is not easy to transport. For example, in the medicine tank disclosed in patent document 1, if the user forgets to return the inner cap to its original position after moving the inner cap due to reasons such as checking the number of remaining medicines, there is a problem that the medicine container from which the medicine is taken out immediately before cannot correctly display the medicine, and the user may forget to take the medicine.

In addition, the medicine box disclosed in patent document 2 has a four-storage-chamber structure in order to make the carrying of luggage as compact as possible during business trips and trips. The medications (not a dose) for the weekdays or travel days may be stored together. However, in this case, the storage chamber stores not only the dose taken for one day but also the medicines taken the next day and later are stored in each storage cubicle, and even if the medicines taken the day are taken out from the storage chamber, each storage cubicle is not always empty, and therefore it is not possible to know which storage chamber has taken out the medicines, and there is a problem that the user may forget to take the medicines.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a portable medicine box which is convenient to take medicine, easy to carry and manage, and convenient for a patient not to forget to take the medicine and not to take the medicine by mistake.

In order to achieve the purpose, the invention provides a portable medicine box which comprises a plurality of connecting bodies and a display body, wherein the inner cavity of each connecting body is divided into a plurality of small boxes through a plurality of partition plates, an independent cover is arranged at the opening of each small box, and a concave part or a convex part is arranged on the surface of each cover; the cover is connected with the opening of the small box in a turnover mode through a hinge portion, and the display body is detachably connected to the concave portion or the convex portion.

Preferably, the connecting body is composed of four rectangular small boxes in a rectangular shape, each small box is provided with a rectangular opening on the surface on the same side, the hinge parts are hinges, the number of the hinges is four, and the cover of each small box is connected with one hinge.

Preferably, a plurality of the connecting bodies are arranged in two rows by the hinge portions.

Preferably, a cord for connecting the display main body to the connection body is further included.

Preferably, the concave or convex portion on the surface of the cover is such that when the display body is connected to the concave or convex portion, the outer periphery of the display body does not extend from above the cover to above the hinge portion.

Preferably, the recess on the surface of the cover is a through hole perpendicular to the surface of the cover, and the display body has a leg fitted into the through hole.

Preferably, the leg has a locking portion, and the locking portion is in abutting joint with the edge of the through hole, so that the display body can be detachably inserted into the cover surface.

Preferably, the legs have a cross-sectional shape identical to that of the through-hole, the cross-sectional shape being selected from the group consisting of circular, oval, elliptical, gourd-shaped, polygonal, and combinations thereof.

Preferably, the portable medicine box includes a plurality of the connecting bodies, each of the connecting bodies including a connecting portion that detachably connects two adjacent connecting bodies to each other.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that: the present invention can take out a medicine without difficulty, easily carry the medicine, and not easily forget to take the medicine by connecting a plurality of small boxes (the amount of medicine for one day) in a row and manufacturing a separate cover for each small box, by providing a through hole on the surface of the device and detachably attaching a display body into the through hole, and by observing the medicine to be taken at the next stage through the connecting body.

Further, the present invention can prevent the display body from being lost and accidentally swallowed by connecting the display body and the connecting body with a string, and can prevent the outer circumference of the display body from protruding from above the cover over the hinge portion by providing the through hole at an appropriate position. The correct opening angle of the cover can be ensured even after the display body is installed, and the user can take out the medicine easily.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a portable medicine box according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the portable medicine box of fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the portable medicine box of fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the portable medicine box of fig. 1 taken along line AA.

Fig. 5 is a front view showing an example of a display constituting the portable medicine box of fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a front view showing a first modification of the display constituting the portable medicine box of fig. 1.

Fig. 7 is a front view showing a second modification of the display constituting the portable medicine box of fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing a portable medicine box according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 9 is a plan view schematically showing an example of a portable medicine cassette according to a third embodiment of the present invention and first to third modifications thereof.

Fig. 10 is a plan view of the portable medicine box shown in fig. 9A with one of the three connecting bodies removed.

Fig. 11 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the portable medicine box of fig. 10 taken along line BB.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the technical solutions of the present invention will be further described below.

Hereinafter, the portable medicine cartridge of the present invention will be described in detail based on preferred embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

First, a portable medicine box according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described. Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a portable medicine cassette of a first embodiment of the present invention, fig. 2 is a plan view of the portable medicine cassette of fig. 1, and fig. 3 is a front view of the portable medicine cassette of fig. 1. Fig. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the portable medication cartridge of fig. 1 taken along line AA.

The portable medicine box 10 of the present invention has a connection body 20 and a display body 30. The connector 20 is composed of four small boxes 22 connected via partitions 22 a. That is, the connected body 20 of the portable medicine cassette 10 shown in fig. 1 is composed of four small cassettes 22 connected in the direction from the lower left to the upper right of the paper surface (Y direction in fig. 1). Two adjacent small cassettes 22 are connected by a partition 22a extending from the upper left to the lower right of the figure (X direction in fig. 1). Here, the connection means that the connection is integrally fixed and is not detachable. The external shape and connection direction of the small case 22, the shape and direction of the opening 22b, and the shape of the partition wall 22a of the portable medicine case 10 of the present invention are not particularly limited. The shape of the capsule 22 may be a polygon or a cylinder, the connection direction of the capsule 22 may be linear or non-linear, the shape of the opening 22b may be a polygon or a circle, and the direction of the opening 22b may be one direction or multiple directions. The shape of the partition wall 22a may be flat or curved.

Each of the four small boxes 22 has a lid 24 and a hinge portion 26, and the lid 24 has a concave portion 24b or a convex portion 24a (concave portion 24b in the illustrated example) provided on the surface and an opening 22b of each small box 22; the hinge portion 26 rotatably links the support cover 24, i.e., the opening 22b of each small box 22 is individually opened and closed by the rotatable cover 24, for example, in each small box 22, tablets of morning dose, noon dose, evening dose, and bedtime dose are stored, respectively, and the tablets of each dose are taken out just before the patient is bedtime. If the previous medicine remains in the small box 22, the opening 22b is opened and the remaining medicine is taken out before each medicine is stored. In addition, the cover 24 is not a sliding type but a flip type, each opening 22b has a separate cover 24, and there is no problem that the inner cover is forgotten to return to its original position after moving the inner cover, which is a sliding type, and the medicine cannot be correctly displayed, resulting in an error in administration of the patient; thus, the present invention is suitable for storing small doses of each of the morning, afternoon, evening and pre-bedtime medications in a small box 22 and facilitates the individual removal of the medication. In the present invention, the recessed portion 24b refers to a recessed portion 24b having a bottom or a through hole having no bottom.

The display body 30 is used to indicate a specific small box among the four small boxes 22, and the detachable linking of the display body 30 with the cover 24 is achieved by fitting the display body 30 with the concave portion 24b or the convex portion 24 a. That is, the display body 30 of the portable medicine box 10 shown in fig. 1 is attached to the lid 24 within the point recess 24b to show therefrom, for example, a small box storing medicines for a next dose or a special dose among four small boxes 22. If there is a concave portion 24b on the surface of the cover 24, a part or the whole of the display body 30 is embedded in the concave portion 24b, and if there is a convex portion 24a on the surface of the cover 24, a part or the whole of the convex portion 24a is inserted into the display body 30. Further, each small box 22 further includes a side wall 22c on the same side as the hinge portion 26, a side wall 22d on the opposite side to the hinge portion 26, and a bottom and side walls 22d facing the opening 22b of each small box 22, and a bent portion 22 e. The curved portion 22e has a radius of curvature larger than the other three edges of the rectangular bottom of each small box 22 so that the medicine in each small box 22 can be easily taken out.

By adopting the structure in which the display body 30 indicates a specific medicine, it is not necessary to open or slide the lid to specify the next medicine, and therefore, the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention can be easily taken out, carried, taken, and managed for the necessary medicine so that the patient does not forget to take the medicine.

The connector 20 has four rectangular boxes 22 in the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped, rectangular openings 22b arranged in the same direction are provided on the surfaces of the small boxes 22, and the four small boxes 22 can be connected in a straight line. Here, the planar partition wall 22a of the opening 22b may be a long side or a short side of a rectangle. The partition wall 22a between two adjacent small boxes 22 has a planar shape, and as shown in fig. 1, the four small boxes 22 constituting the connected body 20 have a shape of one rectangular parallelepiped partition. The rectangular openings 22b of each small box 22 are oriented in the same direction in the plane. The hinge portion 26 has a base portion 26a, and the base portion 26a integrates four covers 24, the four covers 24 being aligned in a direction from a lower left direction to an upper right direction (Y direction in fig. 1) in fig. 1. The side wall 22c is fixed to the same side corresponding to the hinge portions 26 of the four small boxes 22.

With such a configuration, the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention can be easily stored in a narrow space but is long, and can be further easily carried.

The material of the connector 20 may be one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, polystyrene resin, ABS resin, etc., but is preferably polypropylene resin in view of heat resistance and easy molding. The color of the linker 20 is not particularly limited, and may be colored, for example, yellow, blue, red, etc., and may or may not have surface gloss.

With such a configuration, the connection body 20 can be more easily manufactured using an injection molding machine, so that the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention can achieve the effect of low-cost and high-quality manufacturing.

The display body 30 may be a protrusion having a fitting portion at the bottom adapted to the surface of the cover 24. When the surface of the cover 24 is the concave portion 24b, the fitting portion is fitted to the concave portion 24b of the surface of the cover 24. When the surface of the cover 24 is the convex portion 24a, the bottom of the display body 30 has a fitting groove or a through hole which is fitted into the convex portion 24a on the surface of the cover 24. In this case, the fitting groove or the through hole has the same sectional shape as the convex portion 24a, such as a circle, an oval, an ellipse, a gourd shape, or a polygon and a combination thereof.

The material of the display body 30 may be one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, polystyrene resin, ABS resin, etc., but polypropylene resin is preferably used in terms of flexibility from the viewpoint of heat resistance, ease of molding, and good assemblability. The color of the display 30 is not particularly limited, and may be colored yellow, blue, red, or the like, and may or may not have surface gloss. Thus, with this configuration, the medicine to be taken next is determined, and further the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention can be easily managed so as not to forget to take the medicine.

Next, the configuration of the cover 24 will be described.

The cover 24 further includes: a locking claw 24b for preventing the cover 24 from being suddenly opened; a knob 24c for facilitating the opening and closing of the cover 24. When the lid 24 is closed, the locking claw 24b is cooperatively locked by the locking claw 22f provided on the side wall 22d of the small box 22, so that the lid 24 is kept closed. When the lid 24 is opened, the knob 24c of the lid 24 is lifted upward (in the Z direction in fig. 1) from the opening 22b of the small box 22 with the hinge 26 as a rotation axis. Shutdown is implemented in the reverse direction.

The concave portion 24b or the convex portion 24a on the surface of the cover 24 may be provided at any position on the cover 24. However, when the display body 30 is attached to the concave portion 24b or the convex portion 24a, in the case of opening the cover 24, the outer circumference of the display body 30 is preferably disposed at a position not overlapping with the hinge portion 26. Here, "upward" refers to an upward direction on the paper surface of fig. 1 (Z direction in fig. 1). That is, when there is a gap L between the outer circumference of the display body 30 and the hinge 26, the cover 24 may be opened at a right angle. When the cover 24 is opened, the outer circumference of the display body 30 hits the hinge portion 26, so that the cover 24 cannot be opened at a right angle, and it is difficult to take out the medicine from the small box 22. Therefore, it is necessary to reduce the volume of the display body 30 or move the concave portion 24b or the convex portion 24a on the surface of the cover 24 to a position where it does not interfere with the hinge portion 26.

With such a configuration, even when the display body is attached, the right-angle opening angle of the cover can be secured, and therefore the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention is easy to use.

The cover 24 may be transparent or opaque, but is preferably transparent. With this transparent construction, the medicine in the small case 22 can be seen from the outside of the cover 24, so that the portable medicine case 10 of the present invention can be easily managed without forgetting to take the medicine.

The material of the cover 24 may be one selected from the group consisting of polyethylene resin, polypropylene resin, polystyrene resin, ABS resin, etc., but the flexibility of the thin U-shaped hinge portion 26 integrated with the cover 24 may be used. In view of the performance and durability,

polypropylene resin is preferably used. The color of the cover 24 is not particularly limited, and may be colored, for example, yellow, blue, red, etc., and may or may not have a surface gloss. In addition, the cover may be colored in different colors, such as yellow, blue and red, in order to easily distinguish the cover in the morning, lunch and evening. The shape of the knob 24c of the cover 24 is not particularly limited as long as the cover 24 can be easily opened and closed and does not affect the ease of molding. The cover 24 may have an L-shape when viewed from the rotation axis direction (Y direction in fig. 1). There is no particular limitation on the contents, font, size, thickness and color of the characters to be printed on the cover 24 as long as they do not affect printability. Instead of printing characters on the cover 24, a seal member printed with characters may be attached to the front surface or the rear surface of the cover 24.

Next, the display body 30 constituting the portable medicine box of fig. 1 will be described. Fig. 5 is a front view showing an example of a display body constituting the portable medicine cartridge of fig. 1.

The concave portion on the surface of the cover 24 may be a concave portion perpendicular to the surface of the cover 24, i.e., a through hole 24 d. In this case, the display body 30 has a long leg 32 and a head 34, the leg 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d, and the head 34 is larger than the through hole 24d in the cross-sectional diameter of the leg 32. Here, the cross-sectional direction of the leg portion 32 refers to the left-right direction on the paper surface of fig. 1. That is, when the recess on the surface of the cover 24 is a through hole 24d perpendicular to the surface, the leg portion 32 elongated in the fitting direction of the display body 30 is inserted into the through hole 24 d. The head 34 is not inserted into the through hole 24d and is located above the surface of the cover 24 (in the Z direction, see fig. 1) because the head 34 is larger in size than the through hole 24 d. The size of the through hole 24d is not particularly limited, and may be any size, but the size of the through hole 24d is required to prevent the medicine accumulated in each small case 22 from being discharged.

The shape of the head 34 is not particularly limited, and may be any of a polygonal column, a combination of polygonal columns, a cylinder, a combination of cylinders, and a combination thereof. The size of the head 34 is not particularly limited, and may be any size, but the size of the head 34 must be such that a correct opening angle of the lid 24 is ensured, and opening of the lid 24 is not hindered.

With this configuration, the medicine to be taken next is determined, so that the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention can be easily managed so as not to forget to take the medicine.

The leg portions 32 may have the same shape and size over the entire length in the fitting direction, but when the display body 30 is pulled out from a state where the head portion 34 of the display body 30 is in contact with the surface of the cover 24. It is preferable to have the locking portion 32a in contact with the edge of the through-hole 24 d. The locking portion 32a of the long leg portion 32 is provided on the fitting surface of the leg portion 32, and further presses the head portion 34 of the display 30 against the surface of the cover 24. When pulled out from the display body 30, the locking portion 32a comes into contact with the edge of the through-hole 24d, thereby forming a hooked position during the pulling out. Therefore, the locking portion 32a is sized to pull out the display 30. Preferably, the distance n of the locking portion 32a from the head 34 is slightly longer than the thickness m of the cover 24. With this configuration, the locking portion is not caught by the edge of the through-hole, and the display body is not dropped by an impact when the cover is opened, thereby making the portable medicine cartridge 10 of the present invention easy to use.

The leg portion 32 may have any cross-sectional shape as long as it can be fitted into the through-hole 24d, but the leg portion 32 has the same cross-sectional shape as the through-hole 24d, for example, a circular shape, an oval shape, an elliptical shape, preferably, one cross-sectional shape selected from a gourd shape, a polygonal shape and a combination thereof. The cross-sectional shape of the through-hole 24d is circular in the illustrated example, but the present invention is not particularly limited and includes circular, oval, elliptical, gourd-shaped, polygonal, and combinations thereof. It has one cross-sectional shape selected from the group, and the cross-sectional shape of the leg portion 32 preferably has the same cross-sectional shape as that of the through-hole 24 d. For example, when the leg 32 has a circular sectional shape, the installation direction of the display body 30 is not limited, so that the display body 30 can be easily installed in the through hole 24 d. For example, when the leg portion 32 has a sectional shape other than a circle, the installation direction of the display 30 is limited such that the outer circumference of the display 30 extends from above the cover 24 to above the hinge 26. The protruding portion may be restricted from protruding so that a correct opening angle of the cover 24 may be secured, so that the stored medicine may be easily taken out even though the display body 30 is mounted.

Further, for example, in the foot portion 32 having the locking portion 32a, the cross-sectional shape of the locking portion 32a is not circular, and the foot portion 32 between the locking portion 32a and the head portion 34 intersects with the locking portion 32 a. In the case where the cross-sectional shape is slightly smaller than the surface shape, since the locking portion 32a is rotated by the locking portion 32a after the locking portion 32a passes through the through-hole 24d, the stopper 24 is opened. The display body 30 can be prevented from falling off due to the impact at that time.

With such a configuration, the cover can be easily formed by the upper and lower molds, and therefore, the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention can be manufactured at low cost and with high quality.

The shape of the head portion 34 may be any shape as long as it can be grasped with fingers, and in two cross sections perpendicular to the direction in which the leg portion 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d, the size of the cross section of the head portion 34 closer to the leg portion 32 is preferably smaller than the size of the cross section of the head portion 34 farther from the leg portion 32. Here, the direction in which the leg portion 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d is the vertical direction on the paper surface of fig. 5. As shown in fig. 5, the head portion 34 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and of four edges between the lower surface 34b and the side surfaces of the head, two edges of the lower left and lower right in fig. 1 are processed into arc-shaped sides. Accordingly, the size of the head lower surface 34b of the display 30 is smaller than the size of the head upper surface 34 a.

By adopting such a configuration, the display body can be reliably pulled out, and the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention can be easily used.

Next, a method for managing the taking state of the medicines housed in the medicine boxes will be described.

In each small box 22, for example, a medicine of a morning dose, a lunch dose, a evening dose, and a bedtime dose are stored, respectively, and when the medicine of the morning dose is taken, the medicine of the morning dose is stored. The cover 24 of the small box 22 containing the medicine is opened, the medicine is taken out from the small box 22, and then the cover 24 is closed, and the display body 30 is attached to the concave or convex portion of the cover 24 storing the small box 22 containing the lunch medicine. Next, when lunch medication is to be taken, the lid 24 of the small box 22 containing lunch medication is opened, the medicine is taken out from the small box 22, and the lid 24 is closed. The display body 30 attached to the concave or convex portion 24a of the cover 24 is removed, and the display body 30 is attached to the concave or convex portion 24a of the cover 24 of the small box 22 in which the medicine for the late dose is stored. Next, at the time of taking a medicine at night, after taking the medicine at that time, a medicine for taking the display body 30 before going to bed is stored in the concave or convex portion 24a of the cover 24 of the small box 22. The removal of the medicine and the movement of the display body 30 are repeated every time the medicine is taken in the morning, afternoon, evening and before bedtime.

In the illustrated example, the number of the small connected cassettes 22 constituting the connected unit 20 of the portable medicine cassette 10 is four, but the present invention is not particularly limited thereto, and the administration state at each administration timing can be managed. In terms of comfort, the same number as the number of daily doses is preferred. For example, when the dose of small cassette 22 is four times a day, as shown in the illustrated example, four times is preferred; when the dose is three times a day, three times is preferable. In the case of twice a day in the morning and in the evening, the number is preferably two. However, for example, when the dose is once a day, the number of connected small boxes 22 is not one, and is the same as the number of days 7 in the week because it is easy to manage the state of taking the medicine every day. The size of the portable medicine box 10 is not particularly limited as long as it can be put into a business travel bag or a travel bag, and is a4 or less and 5cm or less in thickness, for example, 7cm in length, 30cm in width, and 4cm in height.

Basically, the portable medicine box of the first embodiment of the present invention is constructed as described above. With such a configuration, the portable medicine box 10 of the present invention can take out the medicine without difficulty, easily carry the medicine, and easily manage so as not to forget to take the medicine. In addition, it is safer and easier to use than conventional connectors, and the connector can be manufactured at low cost and with high quality.

Next, a first modification of the display body constituting the portable medicine box of fig. 1 will be described. Fig. 6 is a front view showing a first modification of a display body constituting the portable medicine box of fig. 1.

The recess 24b on the surface of the cover 24 may be a through hole 24d perpendicular to the surface of the cover 24. In this case, the display body 40 has long legs 32 and a head 42. The leg 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d, and the head 42 has a larger cross-sectional size of the leg 32 than the through hole 24 d. Here, the cross-sectional direction of the leg portion 32 refers to the left-right direction on the paper of fig. 6. The display body 40 has the same configuration as the head 34 of the display body 30 except for the head 42, and thus description of the same parts will be omitted.

The shape of the head 42 may be any shape as long as it can be grasped with fingers, and in two cross sections of the head 42 orthogonal to the direction in which the leg portion 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d, the size of the cross section of the head 42 closer to the leg 32 is preferably smaller than the size of the cross section of the head 42 farther from the leg 32. Here, the direction in which the leg portion 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d is the vertical direction on the paper surface of fig. 6. That is, the head 42 has a complex shape consisting of three columns: an upper portion 42a distal from leg 32, a middle portion 42b proximal to leg 32, and a lower portion 42c proximal to leg 32. On the other hand, the diameter of the intermediate portion 42b is small. Accordingly, the cross-sectional dimension of the middle portion 42b of the display body 40 is smaller than the cross-sectional dimension of the upper portion 42 a. The upper edge of the upper portion 42a and the upper edge of the lower portion 42c may be machined to be smoothly curved.

The first variation of the display main body is configured substantially as described above. With this configuration, the display body can be reliably pulled out, and therefore the portable medicine cassette 10 of the present invention is easy to use.

Next, a second modification of the display body constituting the portable medicine box of fig. 1 will be described. Fig. 7 is a front view showing a second modification of the display constituting the portable medicine cartridge of fig. 1.

The recess 24b on the surface of the cover 24 may be a through hole 24d perpendicular to the surface of the cover 24. In this case, the display main body 50 has the long leg 32 and the head 52, the leg 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d, and the leg 32 of the head 52 has a cross-sectional size larger than that of the through hole 24 d. Here, the cross-sectional direction of the leg portion 32 refers to the left-right direction on the paper of fig. 7. The display body 50 has the same configuration as the head 34 of the display body 30 except for having the head 52, and thus, description of the same components will be omitted.

The head 52 may have any shape as long as it can be gripped with fingers, and it is preferable that, in two cross sections of the head 52 orthogonal to the direction in which the leg 32 is fitted in the through hole 24d, the size of the cross section of the head 52 closer to the leg 32 be smaller than the size of the cross section of the head 52 farther from the leg 32. Here, the direction in which the leg portion 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d is the vertical direction on the paper of fig. 7. That is, the head 52 has a complex shape including two columns: an upper portion 52a distal from leg 32 and a lower portion 52b proximal to leg 32. The diameter of the lower portion 52b is smaller than the diameter of the upper portion 52 a. Accordingly, the lower portion 52b of the display body 50 has a smaller sectional size than the upper portion 52 a. The upper portion 52a may be provided with a through-rope hole 54 for fixing a rope described later.

The 2 nd modification of the display main body is configured substantially as described above. With this configuration, the display body can be reliably removed, and thus the portable medicine cassette 10 of the present invention is easy to use.

Next, a portable medicine box according to embodiment 2 of the invention will be described. Fig. 8 is a perspective view illustrating a portable medicine cassette according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

The portable medicine box 60 of the present invention has a connecting body 70 and a display body 50, and the connecting body 70 includes four small boxes 22. Each of the four small boxes 22 has a lid 24 and a hinge portion 72, and the lid 24 has a concave portion 24b or a convex portion 24a provided on a surface, and opens and closes an opening of each small box 22, respectively. The hinge portion 72 rotatably supports the cover 24. The display body 50 is used to indicate a specific small box among the four small boxes 22, and is detachably coupled to the concave-convex portion of the small box 22.

The portable medicine box 60 has the same configuration as the connected body 20 of the portable medicine box 10, except that the portable medicine box 60 has the small box 22 having the hinge 72 and the string 74. Therefore, the description of the same components will be omitted. That is, since the small box 22 and the cover 24 constituting the connecting body 70 are the same as the small box 22 and the cover 24 described above, the description thereof is omitted.

The connecting body 70 includes four small boxes 22 having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, rectangular openings 22b having the same direction are provided on the surface of each small box 22, and each hinge 72 has two hinges 72 at the center, and the four small boxes 22 can be connected in two rows. Here, the planar partition wall 22a of the opening 22b may be a long side or a short side of a rectangle. As shown in fig. 8, the partition wall 22a between two adjacent small boxes 22 has a planar shape, and the four small boxes 22 constituting the connector 70 have a rectangular parallelepiped shape. And four hinges 72 are located in the center from the bottom left to the top right of the sheet. Each line of small boxes 22 is connected in two rows (in the Y direction in fig. 8) in parallel with each other at an interval in the direction from the upper left to the lower right in fig. 5 (the X direction in fig. 8). More specifically, the connecting body 70 is formed by connecting two small boxes 22 such that two hinge portions 72 are aligned in a direction from the lower left to the upper right of the drawing (Y direction in fig. 8). The

intermediate bodies

70a and 70b are connected such that the side walls 22c on the same side as the hinge portion 72 of each of the

intermediate bodies

70a and 70b are adjacent to each other. The hinge portion 72 includes a base portion 72a, and the two covers 24 are arranged in parallel in a direction from the lower left to the upper right in the drawing (Y direction in fig. 8) in the base portion 72 a. Are fixed to the side walls 22c on the same side as the hinge portions 72 of the two small boxes 22, respectively.

The portable medicine box 60 according to the present invention is configured to be convenient in a case where a storage space for storing is wide and short, and therefore, is easy to carry.

The portable medicine box 60 of the present invention may or may not have a thread 74 for connecting the display body 50 to the connecting body 70, but preferably has. That is, one end of the wire 74 may be fixed to the connection body 70, and the other end may be fixed to the display body 50. Alternatively, string holes 76 and 54 may be provided through the connection body 70 and the display body 50, respectively, and both ends of the string 74 may be fixed using the string holes 76 and 54, respectively. After the thread 74 passes through 54, the two ends of the thread 74 may be joined together to form a loop. The material of the cord 74 may be one selected from the group consisting of cotton, silk, polypropylene, nylon, rubber, and the like. The color of the line 74 is not particularly limited, and may be chromatic, for example, yellow, blue, red, or the like. Note that one end of the wire 74 is not limited to the link body 70, and may be fixed to the link body 20. The other end of the wire 74 is not limited to the display body 50 and may be fixed to the

display body

30 or 40. That is, the string 74 may be used to connect one of the

bodies

40, 50 of the display 30 to the connecting

body

20, 70.

By adopting such a configuration, the loss and accidental ingestion of the display body can be prevented, and therefore, the portable medicine cartridge 60 of the present invention is safe and easy to use.

Basically, the portable pharmaceutical pig of the second embodiment of the present invention is as described above. With such a configuration, the portable medicine box 60 of the present invention can take out the medicine without difficulty, easily carry the medicine, and easily manage so as not to forget to take the medicine. In addition, it is safer and easier to use than conventional connectors, and the connector can be manufactured at low cost and with high quality.

Next, an example of a portable medicine box according to a third embodiment of the present invention and a modified example thereof will be described. Fig. 9 is a plan view schematically illustrating an example of a portable medicine cassette according to a third embodiment of the present invention and first to third modifications thereof.

A portable medicine cassette 80a in fig. 9(a) is an example of a portable medicine cassette according to a third embodiment of the present invention, and has a plurality of connecting bodies 20, each of which 20 is adjacently linked. The adjacent connection bodies 20 have a detachable connection portion 82a therebetween. That is, the three link bodies 20 are connected via the two connection portions 82a in the downward direction on the paper surface of fig. 9A (X direction in fig. 9A). The portable medicine box 80a differs from the portable medicine box 10 in that it has three connecting bodies 20, whereas the connecting bodies 20 in the portable medicine box 10 each have a connecting portion 82 a. Although the four small boxes 22 and the cover 24 and the hinge portion 26 of each small box 22 have different sizes, they have the same configuration in terms of function, and thus the description of the same components will be omitted.

The connecting body 20 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a side wall 20a on the same side as the knob 24c (X direction in fig. 9A) and a side wall 20b in the opposite direction (direction opposite to the X direction in fig. 9A). In the connecting portion 82a, the side wall 20a of the adjacent one of the link bodies 20 and the side wall 20b of the other link body 20 are connected such that the knobs 24c all face the same direction (X direction in fig. 9A). It should be noted that the number of bonding of the connecting body 20 is not limited to three, and may be two or four or more. Further, the outer shape of the connection body 20 is not limited to a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and may be a connection shape of a plurality of polygonal columns or cylinders.

The portable medicine cartridge 80B of fig. 9(B) is a first modification of the portable medicine cartridge of the third embodiment of the present invention, and has a plurality of the connection bodies 20, and each of the connection bodies 20 is linked adjacently. A coupling portion 82b for detachably coupling the two coupling bodies 20 to each other may be provided. That is, the two coupling bodies 20 are coupled to each other via one coupling portion 82B below the plane of the drawing in fig. 9B (in the X direction in fig. 9B). The portable medicine cartridge 80b differs from the portable medicine cartridge 10 in that it has two connectors 20, and the connectors 20 of the portable medicine cartridge 10 each have a connecting portion 82 b. Although the four small boxes 22 and the cover 24 and the hinge portion 26 of each small box 22 have different sizes, they have the same configuration in terms of function, and thus the description of the same components will be omitted.

Since the side walls 20B of the adjacent connection bodies 20 are connected to each other at the connection portions 82B, the knobs 24c of the small cassettes 22 of different groups are in opposite directions (X direction and opposite direction in fig. 9B). In the portable medicine box 80B of fig. 9(B), all eight side walls 20B are connected to each other and do not remain, so the number of the connecting bodies 20 is two or less. Further, the outer shape of the connection body 20 is not limited to a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and may be a connection shape of a plurality of polygonal columns or cylinders.

The portable medicine cassette 80C in fig. 9C is a second variation of the portable medicine cassette according to the third embodiment of the present invention, and has a plurality of connecting bodies 20, each connecting body 20 being adjacent to each other. A coupling portion 82c for detachably coupling the two coupling bodies 20 to each other may be provided. That is, the three coupling bodies 20 are coupled to each other via the two coupling portions 82C in the lower direction (X direction in fig. 9C) on the paper surface of fig. 9C. The portable medication box 80c differs from the portable medication box 10 in that it has three connectors 20, and the connectors 20 in the portable medication box 10 each have a connector 82 c. Although the four small boxes 22 and the cover 24 and the hinge portion 26 of each small box 22 have different sizes, they have the same configuration in terms of function, and thus the description of the same components will be omitted.

In the connecting portion 82C, since the length of one of the adjacent connecting bodies 20 is half of the length of the other connecting body, the opening directions of the connecting bodies of the four knobs 24C and the connecting bodies of the eight knobs 24C are in opposite directions (the X direction in fig. 9C is opposite to the X direction). It should be noted that the number of bonding of the connecting body 20 is not limited to three, and may be two or four or more. Further, the outer shape of the connection body 20 is not limited to a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and may be a connection shape of a plurality of polygonal columns or cylinders.

The portable medicine cartridge 80D of fig. 9D is a third modification of the portable medicine cartridge of the third embodiment of the present invention, and has a plurality of the connection bodies 70, and each of the connection bodies 70 is adjacent. A connecting portion 82d for detachably connecting the two connecting members 70 to each other may be provided. That is, the three connection bodies 70 are connected in the right direction (Y direction in fig. 9D) on the paper surface of fig. 9D via the two connection portions 82D. The portable medication box 80d differs from the portable medication box 10 in that the portable medication box 80d has three connectors 70, and each connector of the connectors 20 of the portable medication box 10 has a connector 82 d. Although the four small boxes 22 and the cover 24 and the hinge portion 26 of each small box 22 have different sizes, they have the same configuration in terms of function, and thus the description of the same components will be omitted.

The connecting body 70 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and has a side wall 70c in a direction different from the knob 24c (for example, Y direction in fig. 9D) and a direction opposite to the direction (for example, Y direction in fig. 9D). (opposite direction). In the connecting portion 82d, the side wall 70c of the adjacent one connecting member 70 and the

side wall

70c or 70d of the other connecting member 70 are connected to each other. Direction and opposite direction). It should be noted that the number of bonding of the connecting body 70 is not limited to three, and may be two or four or more. Further, the outer shape of the connecting body 70 is not limited to a rectangular parallelepiped shape, and may be a connecting shape of a plurality of polygonal columns or cylinders.

With this configuration, the portable medicine boxes 80a to 80d of the present invention house medicines for the number of days of business trip or travel in the morning, noon, evening, before sleep and in each of the four small boxes. Each small box can be stored individually in a combined small box, even if it is too small to be stored when storage is attempted. That is, if N links are combined, the total number and total volume of the capsules become N times, and thus, each dose of medicine in the morning, noon, evening and before sleep is stored in the N capsules, respectively.

Next, the above-described example of the portable medicine box according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described. Fig. 10 is a plan view excluding one of three connection bodies constituting the portable medicine cartridge of fig. 9A, and fig. 11 is a view taken along a line BB of the portable medicine cartridge of fig. 10, which is an enlarged sectional view.

The portable medicine box 80a shown in fig. 10 has two connecting bodies 20, and each connecting body of the portable medicine box 80a has a joint 82a with respect to the connecting body 20 of the portable medicine box 10. Although the sizes of the four small boxes 22 and the cover 24 and the hinge portion 26 of each small box 22 are different, they have the same configuration in terms of function, except that the

display bodies

110 and 120 are made to have different shapes with respect to the display body 30, and thus, description of the same components will be omitted.

The coupling portion 82a includes a male coupling portion 90 and a female coupling portion 100. The male coupling portion 90 is provided on the sidewall 20b, and the female coupling portion 100 is provided on the sidewall 20 a. In two adjacent connection bodies 20 among the plurality of connection bodies 20, the male-side coupling portion 90 of one connection body 20 is detachably coupled to the female coupling portion 100 of the other connection body, and the adjacent one connection body 20 and the other connection body 20 are relatively slid in the Y direction or the opposite direction in fig. 9A.

With this structure, the number of the connection portions is reduced in spite of the many small boxes 22. Thus, the portable medicine caddy 80a of the present invention may be used even when each small caddy is too small to store. In addition, the labor for attachment is small, and it is easy to cope with an increase or decrease in the amount of one dose.

Next, the coupling mechanism between the coupling bodies will be described.

The male side connection portion 90 has a T-shaped cross-sectional shape, and has a flat connection plate 92 and a connection portion 94. The connecting plate 92 is parallel to the side wall 20b, and the size of the connecting plate 92 is relatively small; the connecting portion 94 extends in the connecting direction of the cartridges 22, and the connecting portion 94 connects the connecting plate 92 in a direction perpendicular to the opening 22b of each small cartridge 22 (a direction perpendicular to the paper surface of fig. 9A), the connecting portion 94 being connected between the center 92a and the side wall 20b of the connecting plate 92. The opening 22b of each packet 22 is horizontal, and the inner edges of the opening 22b of each packet 22 are on the same plane.

The planar coupling plate 92 constituting the convex coupling portion 90 extends in the Y direction of fig. 9A or the direction opposite to fig. 9A on a plane parallel to the side wall 20 b. The connecting portion 94 connects between the center 92a and the side wall 20b in the direction perpendicular to the paper surface. The connection plate 92 and the connection portion 94 may be integrated with the connector 20, or may be configured as separate components, but are preferably integrated with the connector 20 to reduce the number of components.

The female coupling portion 100 may have a continuous pair of L-shaped support portions or a plurality of separate L-shaped support portions. The support plates 92 are supported by sliding into the female coupling portion 100 from both sides of the female coupling portion 100, but the sliding property is improved because the contact area of the male coupling portion 90 and the female coupling portion 100 is small. Preferably a plurality of separate pairs of L-shaped support portions.

The female coupling portion 100 may include a plurality of L-shaped first support portions 102 and a plurality of L-shaped second support portions 104. In this case, each first supporting portion 102 is arranged on a first straight line parallel to the connecting direction of the small box 22, and slidably supports the one side 92b of the link plate 92 with respect to the center 92a of the link plate 92. The support portion 104 is provided on a second straight line parallel to the first straight line, and slidably supports the other side 92c of the link plate 92 with respect to the center 92a of the link plate 92.

A first support portion 102 and a second support portion 104 constituting the concave side connecting portion 100 support sliding on one side 92b and the other side 92c of the connecting plate 92, respectively, with respect to the center 92a of the connecting plate 92. Therefore, the first support portion 102 and the second support portion 104 are arranged at an interval such that the width of the space 106 in which the link plate 92 slides is slightly larger than the width of the link plate 92. The first support portion 102 and the second support portion 104 may be integrated with the connector 20 or may be configured as separate components, but are preferably integrated with the connector 20 to reduce the number of components.

The coupling mechanism between the coupling bodies is not limited to the above-described mechanism, but instead of the male coupling portion 90 and the female coupling portion 100, a convex portion 24a and a concave portion 24b, and a convex portion 24a and a concave portion 24b are provided on the surfaces of the

side walls

20a and 20b, respectively. Two adjacent coupling bodies 20 may be detachably coupled to each other by fitting, and magnets may be provided on the

sidewalls

20a and 20b instead of the male coupling portion 90 and the female coupling portion 100, respectively. Two connection bodies 20 adjacent to each other may be detachably connected to each other by an attractive force. It should be noted that two adjacent combinations of the portable medicine boxes 80b to 80d may be detachably combined with each other by using the combination mechanism between the above-described combination mechanisms.

Next, the

display bodies

110 and 120 will be described.

The recess 24b on the surface of the cover 24 may be a through hole 24d perpendicular to the surface of the cover 24. In this case, the display main body 110 has the long leg 32 and the head 112, and the display main body 120 has the long leg 32 and the head 122, the long leg 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d, and the

heads

112 and 122 have a size larger than the through hole 24d in the cross direction of the leg 32. Here, the cross-sectional direction of the leg portion 32 refers to the left-right direction on the paper of fig. 11. The display body 110 has the same configuration as the head 34 of the display body 30 except that it has the head 112, and the display body 120 has a head with respect to the head 34 of the display body 30 except that it has the portion 122, which have the same configuration, and the description of the same components will be omitted.

The head 112 may have any shape as long as it can be gripped with fingers, and it is preferable that, of two cross sections of the head 112 perpendicular to the direction in which the leg portions 32 are fitted in the through holes 24d, the size of the cross section of the head 112 closer to the leg portions 32 be smaller than the size of the cross section of the head 112 farther from the leg portions 32. Here, the direction in which the leg portion 32 is fitted into the through hole 24d is the vertical direction on the paper surface of fig. 11. That is, the head portion 112 has a complex shape including an upper portion 112a of a rectangular parallelepiped distant from the leg portion 32 and a lower portion 112b of a cylinder closer to the leg portion 32, and is smaller in diameter. Accordingly, the lower portion 112b of the display body 110 has a smaller cross-sectional dimension than the upper portion 112 a. The upper portion 112a may be provided with a through hole 114 for fixing a string to be described later.

Similarly, the cross-section of the head 122 proximate the leg 32 is preferably smaller than the cross-section of the head 122 distal the leg 32. That is, the head 122 has a compound shape including two cylinders: an upper portion 122a distal from leg 32 and a lower portion 122b proximal to leg 32. The diameter of the lower portion 122b is smaller than the diameter of the upper portion 122 a. I have thus shown that the cross-sectional dimension of the lower portion 122b of the display body 120 is smaller than the cross-sectional dimension of the upper portion 122 a. The upper portion 122a may be provided with a through hole 124 for fixing a string to be described later.

By adopting such a configuration, the display body can be reliably removed, thereby facilitating the use of the portable medicine box 80a of the present invention.

The portable medicine box 80a may or may not have a line 84a for connecting the display body 110 to the connected body 20 and a line 84b for connecting the display body 120 to the connected body 20. Preferably, it is used. That is, one end of the wire 84a may be fixed to the connector 20 and the other end may be fixed to the display 110, while one end of the wire 84b may be fixed to the connector 20 and the other end may be fixed to the display 120. Alternatively, string holes 86a and 86b penetrating the connecting body 20 are provided, both ends of the string 84a are fixed using the string holes 86a and 114, and both ends of the string 84b are fixed using the string holes 86b and 124. Each may be fixed. The material and color of the cords 84a and 84b are the same as those of the cords 74, and the description thereof will be omitted. One end of the wires 84a and 84b is not limited to the

display members

110 and 120, and may be fixed to each of the

display members

30, 40, and 50. That is, each of the

display bodies

30, 40, 50, 110, and 120 may be connected to the connector 20 using the wires 84a and 84 b. In addition, the above display body may be detachably mounted to the surface of the cover 24 of the small case 22 of each of the connected bodies of the portable medicine cases 80b to 80d to indicate a specific small case.

By adopting such a structure, the loss and the erroneous swallowing of the display body can be prevented, and therefore, the portable medicine cartridge 80a of the present invention is safe and easy to use.

As described above, the example of the portable medicine box according to the third embodiment of the present invention and the modified example thereof are basically configured. With such a structure, the portable medicine boxes 80a to 80d of the present invention can take out the medicines without difficulty, and is convenient for carrying the medicines and also convenient for managing the medicines, thereby reminding the patient not to forget to take the medicines. In addition, it is safer and easier to use than conventional connectors, which can be manufactured at low cost and with high quality.

[ Industrial Applicability ]

The medicine box of the invention can take out the medicine without difficulty and is convenient for carrying the medicine; the cartridge of the present invention is safe and easy to use, and has the effect of producing a high quality cartridge at a low cost, compared to conventional cartridges, in addition to being convenient to manage so as not to forget to take the medicine. Is suitable for industrial large-scale production.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and does not limit the present invention in any way. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A portable medicine box is characterized by comprising a plurality of connecting bodies and a display body, wherein the inner cavity of each connecting body is divided into a plurality of small boxes by a plurality of partition plates, an independent cover is arranged at the opening of each small box, and a concave part or a convex part is arranged on the surface of each cover; the cover is connected with the opening of the small box in a turnover mode through a hinge portion, and the display body is detachably connected to the concave portion or the convex portion.

2. A portable medicine kit according to claim 1, characterized in that the connecting body consists of four rectangular cuboid shaped small boxes each having a rectangular opening on the same side surface, the hinge parts being hinges, four hinges, one hinge being linked to the lid of each of the small boxes.

3. The portable medicine kit of claim 1, wherein a plurality of the connecting bodies are aligned in two rows by the hinge.

4. A portable medication box according to any of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a tether for connecting the display body to the connecting body.

5. A portable medicine box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a concave or convex portion on the surface of the cover is such that when the display body is connected to the concave or convex portion, the outer periphery of the display body does not extend from above the cover to above the hinge portion.

6. A portable medicine kit according to claim 5, characterized in that the recess on the surface of the cover is a through hole perpendicular to the surface of the cover and the display body has a leg to be fitted into the through hole.

7. A portable medicine box according to claim 6, wherein said legs have locking portions which are brought into interference fit with edges of said through holes so that said display body is detachably attached to said cover surface.

8. The portable medication box of claim 6 wherein the legs have a cross-sectional shape that is the same as the cross-sectional shape of the through holes, the cross-sectional shape selected from the group consisting of circular, oval, elliptical, gourd-shaped, polygonal, and combinations thereof.

9. A portable medication box according to claim 1, comprising a plurality of said connecting bodies, each of said connecting bodies comprising a connecting portion for detachably connecting two adjacent connecting bodies to each other.