JP6233841B2 - Pill container - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a tablet container, and more particularly to a tablet container provided with a tablet temporary storage recess in the vicinity of the mouth.

  As a tablet container with a place to place tablets near the mouth, the inward flange protrudes from the upper end of the peripheral wall fitted to the outer surface of the mouth and neck of the container body, and is viewed from above from the inner edge of the inward flange. A cap body with a C-shaped weighing pan extended, a main lid hinged to the cap body, and pivotally attached to the cap body, covered with an inward flange and weighing pan on the top surface of the mouth and neck There has been known one that includes an auxiliary lid that can be opened and closed so as to be able to open and close a tablet outlet that is a part other than the part to be opened (Patent Document 1). A push-down plate is suspended from the back surface of the main lid, and when the main lid is closed, the push-down plate pushes down the auxiliary lid, and when the tablet container is inverted with the main lid closed, When the tablet enters the main lid through the tablet outlet and the tablet container is brought into an upright state again, the tablets in the main lid are returned to the container except for a predetermined number placed on the weighing pan.

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  In recent years, there has been a desire to make it easy to understand the amount used for tablets such as drugs. When taking a predetermined number of tablets by dividing the medicine into several times a day, there is a possibility of forgetting to take the tablets due to daily busyness or forgetting things due to aging, or conversely excessive drinking. For example, the caregiver puts out the number of tablets that should be taken in a day in advance on the tablet temporary storage recess, so that the person can drink it, and the number of drinks can be visually confirmed later. It would be convenient if it could be used.

  The container of patent document 1 is for measuring a tablet, and there is no idea of drinking a tablet placed on a weighing pan divided into a plurality of times. If you take a part of the tablet on the weighing pan and close the main lid while leaving the rest of the tablet on the weighing pan, the tablet on the weighing pan may fall into the container body through the tablet outlet. The number of tablets to be taken after that is unknown.

  The object of the present invention is to preliminarily place tablets to be used divided into a plurality of times within a certain period of time in the vicinity of the tablet outlet, and visually indicate the number of tablets already used and the number of tablets to be used in the future. It is to provide a tablet container that can be easily recognized.

The first means is
A container body 2 having a mouth-and-neck portion 5;
A tablet take-out port 36 is opened in the top wall portion 16 of the cap body 12 fitted to the mouth-and-neck portion 5, and a detachable lid 50 to the upper surface of the top wall portion 16 with respect to the cap body 12. A cap member 10 provided with
A part of the top surface of the top wall 16 is formed with a tablet temporary storage recess 42 that is visible from the outside in an open state,
The tablet temporary storage recess 42 is formed on the rear side of the top wall portion 16 or at least one of the left and right sides away from the tablet outlet 36 disposed at the front portion of the top wall portion 16 .

In this means, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, it is proposed to form a temporary tablet placement recess 42 that is visible from the outside in the open state in a part of the top wall portion 16 of the cap body 12. The number of tablets to be used in a predetermined time (for example, one day) is placed in advance in the tablet temporary storage recess 42, and the number of the remaining tablets is visualized by sequentially using the tablets. Make it easy to recognize the number of The tablet temporary storage recess 42 is provided apart from the tablet takeout port 36 so that the tablet temporarily placed in the tablet temporary storage recess 42 is unlikely to fall into the container body 2 unexpectedly through the tablet takeout port 36.

  In this specification, the “tablet temporary storage recess” refers to a structure in which a part of the top wall part is recessed compared to the surroundings, and one or more vertical wall parts from a part of the upper surface of the top wall part. And a structure in which a portion partitioned from the periphery by the vertical wall portion is a recess.

  The second means includes the first means, and the tablet temporary storage recess 42 is formed as a shallow wide recess having a depth h smaller than the width d1 in the longitudinal direction and a flat bottom surface. .

  In this means, a suitable shape of the temporary tablet placement recess 42 is shown. That is, the depth h of the tablet temporary storage recess 42 shown in FIG. 2 is smaller than the width d1 in the longitudinal direction of the tablet temporary storage recess 42 shown in FIG. This makes it easy to check the number of tablets in the temporary tablet storage recess 42 as viewed from above.

The third means includes the first means or the second means, and the main body side sealing strip 28 and the top plate portion of the lid 50 that are provided on the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion of the top wall portion 16 of the cap main body 12. 52 are provided in such a manner that lid body side sealing strips 56 provided around the lower surface of each outer peripheral portion 52 are in airtight contact with each other in the closed state, and the above-mentioned tablet outlet 36 and tablets are formed in the top wall portion inside the main body side sealing strip 28. A temporary placement recess 42 was formed.

  In this means, as shown in FIG. 2 or FIG. 4, the main body side seal strip 28 of the cap body 12 and the lid body side seal strip 56 of the lid body 50 are formed so as to come into airtight contact with each other. It is located in the tablet temporary storage recessed part 42 inward of the cover body side seal | sticker strip 56, and the tablet D placed in the tablet temporary storage recessed part 42 is prevented from absorbing moisture.

  The fourth means includes any one of the first means to the third means, and at least the base portion 38a of the closing plate portion 38 with respect to an appropriate position on the upper surface of the top wall portion 16 is provided in the closing plate portion 38. And the tip portion 38b side of the closing plate portion 38 is formed so as to be able to close all or a majority of the tablet take-out port 36 in a lying state.

  In this means, as shown in FIG. 2, a closing plate portion 38 capable of closing the tablet outlet 36 is provided. By closing the tablet outlet 36 with the closing plate 38 while the lid 50 is open, the tablet container can be turned upside down and the tablet D can be prevented from rolling out. The closing plate portion 38 only needs to function as a baffle plate that prevents the tablet D from coming out of the tablet takeout port 36, and does not necessarily need to completely cover the tablet takeout port 36.

  The fifth means includes any one of the first means to the fourth means, and a plurality of the temporary tablet placement concave portions 42 partitioned from each other are continuously arranged in a part of the top wall portion 16. Set up.

  In this means, as shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of tablet temporary storage recesses 42 partitioned from each other are continuously arranged side by side. This makes it easy to check the number of tablets and improves visibility.

The sixth means includes fifth means, and the plurality of tablet temporary storage recesses 42 are groove shapes defined by parallel vertical wall portions 44 erected from the top wall portion 16. At least one of the two end portions E1 and E2 is an open end portion, and the tablet in the groove is provided so as to be removable via the open end portion .

  In this means, as shown in FIG. 3, the plurality of tablet temporary storage recesses 42 have a groove shape defined by parallel vertical wall portions 44. At least one of the end portions E1 and E2 of the groove is an open end portion.

According to the first aspect of the invention, since the tablet temporary storage recess 42 that is visible from the outside in the opened state is formed on a part of the top surface of the top wall portion 16, the tablet temporary storage recess 42 is placed in the tablet temporary storage recess 42. You can easily recognize the number of tablets. Further, since the temporary tablet storage recess 42 is separated from the tablet outlet 36, the tablet placed in the temporary tablet recess 42 does not return to the tablet outlet 36, and the number of tablets to be taken can be easily managed. , Prevent forgetting to drink tablets and overdose.
According to the invention relating to the second means, since the tablet temporary placement recess 42 is a shallow wide recess with a flat bottom surface, the visibility of the number of temporarily placed tablets is further improved.
According to the invention relating to the third means, since the tablet temporary storage recess 42 is provided in the main body side seal strip 28 and the lid body side seal strip 56 in the closed state, the tablet temporary storage recess 42 is placed. It is possible to prevent the tablet from absorbing moisture.
According to the fourth aspect of the invention, since the closing plate portion 38 capable of closing the tablet outlet 36 is provided, when the tablet container is tilted and the tablet is taken out from the tablet temporary storage recess 42, the tablet outlet 36 is previously set. By closing with the closing plate part, it is possible to prevent the tablets from being unnecessarily taken out from the tablet outlet 36.
According to the invention relating to the fifth means, since the plurality of tablet temporary placement recesses 42 partitioned from each other are continuously arranged side by side, the visibility of the temporarily placed tablets is further improved.
According to the invention relating to the sixth means, the plurality of tablet temporary storage recesses 42 are in a groove shape defined by parallel vertical wall portions 44, and at least one of both end portions E1, E2 of the groove is opened. Since the end portion is formed, the tablet can be slid in the tablet temporary placement recess 42 and easily taken out from the open end portion.

It is a top view in the open state of the tablet container which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the tablet container of FIG. It is a top view in the open state of the tablet container which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the tablet container of FIG.

  1 to 2 show a tablet container according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The tablet container includes a container body 2 and a cap member 10. These members can be formed of a synthetic resin material. In this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, the left side of FIG. 1 is “front”, the right side of FIG. 1 is “rear”, the lower side of FIG. 1 is “left”, and the upper side of FIG. Define.

  The container body 2 is formed by connecting a cylindrical wall portion 4 having a mouth / neck portion 5 to an outer peripheral portion of a bottom wall portion 6. The illustrated cylindrical wall portion 4 includes a main cylindrical portion 4a that rises from the outer peripheral portion of the bottom wall portion 6, and a leg cylindrical portion 4b that hangs downward from the bottom wall portion 6 from the outer surface of the middle portion in the vertical direction of the main cylindrical portion 4a. It consists of and. And the main cylinder part above the leg cylinder part 4b is used as the neck 5 part. However, these structures can be changed as appropriate.

  Further, in the illustrated example, an auxiliary wall portion 8 having a U-shape in a plan view in which both ends are connected to the inner surface of the main tube portion is formed on the side portion of the main tube portion 4a. Then, the desiccant and the like can be stored in the storage portion S surrounded by the rear portion and the auxiliary wall portion 8. The lower end of the auxiliary wall portion 8 is connected to the bottom wall portion 6. However, when there is no need for moisture prevention, the auxiliary wall portion 8 can be omitted.

  The cap member 10 includes a cap body 12 and a lid body 50.

  The cap body 12 has an outer edge portion of the top wall portion 16 connected to the upper end of the cap peripheral wall portion 14 fitted (screwed in the illustrated example) to the mouth neck portion 5. A tablet taking-out port 36 and a tablet temporary storage recess 42 are formed at appropriate positions, and a closing plate portion 38 for closing the tablet taking-out port 36 is attached.

  In the illustrated example, the top wall portion 16 forms an annular raised portion 20 between the horizontal central wall portion 18 and the outer edge portion 22 shown in FIG. 2, and a convex main body side along the raised portion 20. The seal strip 28 stands short from the upper surface of the outer peripheral portion 18 a of the central wall portion 18. The tablet outlet 36, the temporary tablet storage recess 42, and the closing plate 38 are provided in the central wall portion inside the main body side seal strip 28. A rear portion of the outer edge portion 22 is formed in a shallow recessed portion 30. A locking recess 32 is formed at the front end portion of the top wall portion 16, and a finger-holding recess 34 is formed at the upper end portion of the front portion of the cap peripheral wall portion 14 continuously with the locking recess. The raised portion 20 is positioned above the mouth-and-neck portion 5, and the packing P is sandwiched between the raised portion 20 and the upper end of the mouth-and-neck portion 5.

  In the illustrated example, the tablet outlet 36 is opened inside the main body side seal strip 28 at the front portion of the central wall portion 18.

  The closing plate portion 38 has a base portion 38a connected to the vicinity of the center of the central wall portion 18 through a thin hinge 40, and is provided so that it can be tilted forward and backward. And the tip part 38b of the obstruction board part 38 is provided so that the tablet extraction opening | mouth 36 may be covered in the state of lying down ahead. The closing plate portion 38 does not have to completely cover the tablet outlet 36. As shown by a solid line in FIG. 2, the closing plate portion 38 does not completely fall on the top wall portion 16 when tilted backward, but the tip portion 38 b of the closing plate portion 38 slightly floats from the top wall portion 16. You may form so that it may become a state.

  The tablet temporary storage recess 42 is formed by recessing a part of the top wall portion and continuously forming a flat bottom wall portion 46 from the lower end portion of the vertical wall portion 44 that is a peripheral wall. The temporary tablet placement recesses 42 may be provided on at least one of the left and right side portions of the top wall portion 16 so as not to overlap with the closing plate portion 38 even if the closing plate portion 38 is laid down in the front and rear two directions. The vertical wall portion 44 includes a first wall portion 44a that bends along the inner surface of the mouth-and-neck portion 5, and a second wall portion 44b that is straight when viewed from above. These structures can be changed as appropriate. In the illustrated example, the tablet temporary placement recess 42 is formed as a shallow wide recess having a depth h smaller than the width d1 in the longitudinal direction and the width d2 in the short direction and a flat bottom.

  The lid 50 is connected to a part (the rear part in the illustrated example) of the cap body 12 via a hinge part 48. The lid body 50 is provided with a lid peripheral wall 54 around the top plate portion 52, and a lid body side seal strip 56 that can be engaged with the main body side seal strip 28 of the cap body 12 is formed on the back surface of the top plate portion 52. . The lid-side seal strip 56 in the illustrated example is a double cylinder composed of an inner cylinder portion 56a and an outer cylinder portion 56b, and is provided so that both sides of the main body-side seal strip 28 are sandwiched by these both cylinder portions. These structures can be changed as appropriate. For example, the main body side sealing strip 28 of the cap body 12 may be formed in a double cylinder shape, and the lid side sealing strip 56 of the lid 50 may be formed as a single convex strip. A portion of the lid peripheral wall 54 opposite to the hinge portion 48 is formed so as to be able to be locked with the locking recess 32 in a closed state, and a finger hook portion 58 is attached to the portion. ing.

  In the illustrated example, the hinge portion 48 is a conventionally known elastic reversing hinge portion that includes a thin hinge portion 48a and a pair of left and right elastic band plates 48b. However, the strip plate portion may be omitted and the thin hinge portion alone may be configured. The cap body 12 and the lid body 50 may be separated.

  Next, the suitable usage method of the tablet container of this application is demonstrated. First, the number of tablets for one day is set in the temporary tablet placement recess 42 at the beginning of the day. This work may be performed by the user himself / herself who takes the tablet, or by an assistant such as his / her family. Specifically, the lid 50 is rotated from the closed position indicated by the imaginary line in FIG. 2 to the open state indicated by the solid line, and the closing plate portion 38 is held by the finger in the open state indicated by the solid line. Is turned upside down, the tablet D can be shaken out from the tablet outlet 36. The number of tablets D to be taken per day is placed in the tablet temporary placement recess 42, and the lid 50 is closed again. In this case, since the tablet temporary storage recess 42 is separated from the tablet takeout port 36, the tablet placed in the tablet temporary storage recess 42 during a series of operations returns from the tablet takeout port 36 to the container body 2 side. There is no. Further, since the main body side sealing strip 28 and the lid body side sealing strip 56 are in airtight contact, the tablet placed in the temporary tablet placement recess 42 does not absorb moisture.

Next, when the user takes a tablet, the lid 50 is opened, and a necessary number of tablets are picked and taken out from the tablet temporary storage recess 42. This has the following advantages.
First, since the number of tablets in the temporary tablet storage recess 42 decreases each time, for example, in the morning, noon, and evening, the number of tablets taken can be visually discriminated. After taking the tablet, the person or family can confirm the number of tablets, and if the number of tablets remaining in the temporary tablet storage recess 42 is larger than planned, the user can immediately notice that he / she has forgotten to take a tablet.
Secondly, since the tablets for one day can be swung out from the tablet take-out port 36 at a time and put into the tablet temporary storage recess 42, compared with the case where the swirling operation is performed at each time of taking, it is necessary for the hand due to sickness or aging This is advantageous for users who lack the dexterity.
Thirdly, since the tablets for one day are taken out in advance and placed in the tablet temporary storage recess 42, it is possible to avoid taking an excessive amount of tablets when the memory of whether or not they have been taken becomes ambiguous.

  When it is difficult to pick a finger from the inside of the tablet temporary storage recess 42 due to illness or aging, the fingertip is put on the tip 38b of the closing plate 38 shown by a solid line in FIG. The tablet D can be taken out from the temporary tablet placement recess 42 by tilting it over the take-out port 36 and pressing it with a finger and turning the tablet container upside down.

  Hereinafter, other embodiments of the present invention will be described. In the description of this embodiment, the description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment is omitted.

  3 and 4 show a tablet container according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the structure of the central wall portion 18 of the first embodiment is modified. The center wall portion 18 is formed by successively forming an outer peripheral portion 18a having a main body side seal strip 28, an annular concave portion 18b, and a horizontal base portion 18c located at a lower position than the outer peripheral portion 18a from the outer side to the inner side. Yes. The reason why the base portion 18c is lower than the outer peripheral portion 18a is that the tablet D is sandwiched between the base portion 18c and the top plate portion 52 of the lid 50, and the tablet D unexpectedly enters the tablet temporary placement recess 42. This is to avoid moving to.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the annular recess 18b swells downward in a substantially U shape, and its lower end is formed in a thin portion T as shown in FIG. The reason why the thin portion T is provided is that, as described above, when the tablet D is sandwiched between the top plate portion 52 and the base portion 18c of the lid body 50, an excessive clamping force is avoided, and a flexible effect is achieved. This is for playing the music. The tablet into the container body 2 when the tablet container is moved to prevent the tablet D from moving within the tablet temporary storage recess 42 by sandwiching the tablet D between the top plate portion 52 and the base portion 18c. It is possible to prevent the noise from being returned and the tablet container being carried. Furthermore, by providing a thin portion, it is possible to disperse the stress corresponding to the variation in the tablet size and the variation in the dimension of the molded product.

  A mouth tube portion 36a is erected from the front portion of the base portion 18c, and a tablet take-out port 36 is opened at an upper end portion of the mouth tube portion 36a. In the illustrated example, the tablet outlet 36 is positioned at the same height as the outer edge portion 22 of the top wall portion 16.

  A plurality of parallel flat plate-shaped vertical wall portions 44 in the front-rear direction are erected from the upper surface of the rear half portion of the base portion 18c, and the spaces between the vertical wall portions 44 are opened at both ends E1, E2 in the front-rear direction. It forms in the tablet temporary storage recessed part 42 used as an edge part. In the illustrated example shown in FIG. 3, the three temporary tablet placement recesses 42 on the inner side in the left-right direction are formed in a groove shape.

  The plurality of vertical wall portions 44 may be formed so that the tablet D can be sandwiched between them. Moreover, the height of each vertical wall part 44 is shorter than the up-and-down width of the tablet D, and it can be made to slide with a finger | toe applied to the tablet D from the top.

  When the tablet D is taken out from the temporary tablet placement recess 42, the tablet D may be slid forward from the front end E1 in accordance with the position of the tablet D and picked up with a finger.

  Although not shown, also in the present embodiment, a closing plate portion that can close the tablet outlet 36 can be provided at an appropriate position on the top wall portion.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 2 ... Container body 4 ... Cylinder wall part 4a ... Main cylinder part 4b ... Leg cylinder part 5 ... Mouth neck part 6 ... Bottom wall part 8 ... Auxiliary wall part 10 ... Cap member 12 ... Cap main body 14 ... Cap peripheral wall part 16 ... Top Wall part 18 ... Central wall part 18a ... Outer peripheral part 18b ... Annular recess 18c ... Base part 20 ... Raised part 22 ... Outer edge part 28 ... Main body side sealing strip 30 ... Concave part 32 ... Locking concave part 34 ... Concave part for finger hooking
36 ... Tablet extraction port 36a ... Mouth tube portion 38 ... Blocking plate portion 38a ... Base portion 38b ... Tip portion 40 ... Thin hinge 42 ... Temporary tablet placement recess 44 ... Vertical wall portion 44a ... First wall portion 44b ... Second wall portion 46 ... Bottom wall part 48 ... Hinge part 48a ... Thin hinge part 48b ... Elastic band plate part 50 ... Lid body 52 ... Top plate part 54 ... Lid peripheral wall 56 ... Lid side seal strip 58 ... Finger hook part D ... Tablet E1, E2 ... End Part P ... Packing S ... Storage part T ... Thin part

Claims (6)

A container body (2) having a mouth and neck (5);
A tablet outlet (36) is opened in the top wall (16) of the cap body (12) fitted to the mouth and neck (5), and the top wall ( And 16) a cap member (10) provided with a detachable lid (50) on the upper surface,
A part of the top surface of the top wall (16) is formed with a tablet temporary storage recess (42) that is visible from the outside in an open state,
The tablet temporary storage recess (42) is separated from the tablet outlet (36) disposed at the front of the top wall (16) and is located on the rear side of the top wall (16) or at least one of the left and right sides. A tablet container characterized by being formed.   The tablet according to claim 1, wherein the tablet temporary storage recess (42) is formed as a shallow wide recess having a depth smaller than at least the width (d1) in the longitudinal direction and a flat bottom surface. container.   The main body side sealing strip (28) and the top plate portion (52) of the lid body (50) are provided on the lower surface of the outer peripheral portion of the top body (16) of the cap body (12). The lid side seal strip (56) is provided so as to be in airtight contact with each other in the closed state, and the tablet outlet (36) and the temporary tablet storage recess ( 42) The tablet container according to claim 1 or 2, wherein 42) is formed.   The base portion (38a) of the closing plate portion (38) is hinged so that the closing plate portion (38) can be raised and lowered at an appropriate position on the upper surface of the top wall portion (16), and the closing plate portion is in a lying state. The tablet according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the tip (38b) side of (38) is formed so as to be able to close all or a majority of the tablet outlet (36). container.   A plurality of temporary tablet placement recesses (42) partitioned from each other are continuously arranged in a part of the top wall portion (16), according to any one of claims 1 to 4. The tablet container as described. The plurality of temporary tablet placement recesses (42) have a groove shape defined by parallel vertical wall portions (44) erected from the top wall portion (16), and are formed at both end portions (E1, E2) of the groove. 6. The tablet container according to claim 5, wherein at least one of them has an open end, and the tablet in the groove can be taken out through the open end .