WO2009128773A1 - Contenant de distribution et de stockage - Google Patents

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WO2009128773A1
WO2009128773A1 PCT/SE2009/050379 SE2009050379W WO2009128773A1 WO 2009128773 A1 WO2009128773 A1 WO 2009128773A1 SE 2009050379 W SE2009050379 W SE 2009050379W WO 2009128773 A1 WO2009128773 A1 WO 2009128773A1
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storage container
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Hellé HENRIKSVEEN
Björn BRORSSON
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Active Focus Sweden Hb
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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
    • B65D83/0445—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 all the articles being stored in individual compartments
    • B65D83/0454—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 all the articles being stored in individual compartments the whole forming a circular container with rotating parts
    • 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
    • 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
    • B65D2215/00—Child-proof means
    • B65D2215/02—Child-proof means requiring the combination of simultaneous actions

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  • the present invention relates to a storage container, in particular to a dispensing and storage container for pills, having a plurality of compartments in a rotatable barrel, each compartment being safely covered until it is moved into a dispensing position.
  • Dietary supplements in the form of pills can be an important part of an individual's total vitamin and mineral intake and complement their ordinary diet. Often many different dietary supplements are required in order to fulfil vitamin and mineral requirements, thus many different containers of pills may have to be handled. Many people experience difficulties in remembering when to take their dietary supplements and difficulties when travelling due to the bulk of the numerous pill bottles.
  • Prior art storage containers such as the so-called Dosett®, or the childproof dispenser disclosed in the European patent application EP 0519893 comprising rows of recesses in a rectangular box, each row covered by a sliding lid, are typically adapted for the storage and transport of pills for medical purposes.
  • the childproof dispenser contains a large number of parts.
  • Prior art dispensing containers are often not suitable for dietary supplements since these usually are larger than medicinal pills.
  • the prior art storage containers expose more than the desired recess when opened. Consequently, there is a risk that pills in adjacent recesses fall out, get mixed up with the desired pills or are consumed at the wrong time.
  • the dispensing and storage container comprises a body portion, a top cover and a bottom cover.
  • the body portion comprises a plurality of compartments distributed around the body portion in an upper surface of the body portion, whereby, by arranging the top cover on said upper surface and the bottom cover on a lower surface of the body portion, the top cover and the bottom cover are kept together by a locking means and they enclose the body portion.
  • the body portion In closed state the body portion is rotatable within said covers in order to access one complete compartment at a time through the opening.
  • the body portion comprises a recess in a lower surface of the body portion placed in-between two compartments.
  • Said recess provides means for closing the container by rotating the body portion to a position where the opening is placed above the recess.
  • the recess may further host at least a part of the locking means.
  • the locking means comprises a locking ring that is adapted to hold the projections of the top and bottom covers.
  • the locking ring is spring biased and operated by an arrangement placed in the recess.
  • One embodiment of the present invention is a container adapted to contain one week's supply of, for example, dietary supplements, the container having seven compartments, each compartment marked with one day of the week, whereby the user can see if the supplement for that day has been taken or not.
  • the daily handling of bulky pill bottles is avoided, transport of a week's supply of supplements is simplified and, not least, an attractive design of the container helps the user to remember to take the pills since an attractive container is less likely to be stored out of sight than an ugly container.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides a container with a locking means that needs only a few parts that can be manufactured efficiently and is easily operated by a user.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of an embodiment of a dispensing and storage container according to the present invention in the closed state;
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic exploded view of the dispensing and storage container of figure 1 having two concentric projections adapted to keep the top and bottom covers together;
  • Fig. 3 is a schematic exploded view of the dispensing and storage container having a locking ring to fasten the projections of the top and bottom covers;
  • Fig. 4 is a schematic illustration of the bottom cover and the locking ring acting on the projection
  • Fig. 5 is a close-up of the central part of the body portion that schematic illustrates one embodiment of a spring latch indexing mechanism for obtaining positioning of the body portion according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 6 are schematic illustrations of the storage container in Fig. 2 in the closed state.
  • an embodiment of a dispensing and storage container comprises a body portion 9, a top cover 1 and a bottom cover 2.
  • the body portion 9 comprises a plurality of compartments 5 (in this example there are seven compartments) distributed around a central through-hole 11 in an upper surface of the body portion 9, and optionally a recess 10 in a lower surface of the body portion 9.
  • a container is formed by arranging the top cover 1 on said upper surface and the bottom cover 2 on a lower surface of the body portion 9.
  • the top cover 1 and the bottom cover 2 are kept together by a locking means 15 and enclose the body portion 9.
  • the body portion is rotatable within said covers 1, 2 in order to access one compartment at a time through the opening 3.
  • the concave top cover 1 comprises an opening 3 and a first inwardly directed projection 12 and the concave bottom cover 2 comprise a second inwardly directed projection 14.
  • the top cover 1, the body portion 9 and the bottom cover 2 are assembled by arranging the top cover 1 on said upper surface and the bottom cover 2 on said lower surface such that the first projection 12 and the second projection 14 extend into the central through-hole 11 , whereby the top cover 1 and the bottom cover 2 are kept together by a locking means, and said covers 1,2 enclose said body portion 9.
  • the body portion 9 is then rotatable within said covers 1,2 about a rotation axis defined by said projections in order to access one compartment at a time through the opening 3 or to close the dispensing and storage container by arranging the opening 3 over the recess 10.
  • the body portion 9 is barrel-shaped with convex upper and lower surfaces which preferably match the respective inner surfaces of the concave top cover 1 and the bottom cover 2.
  • the dispensing and storage container comprises a body portion 9, a top cover 1 and a bottom cover 2.
  • the container is adapted to contain one week's supply of such dietary supplements, one daily supply being stored in each of in total seven compartments 5 that are substantially triangular and distributed around a central through-hole 11 in an upper surface of the body portion 9, however not limited to this configuration.
  • the body portion 9 is barrel-shaped with convex upper and lower surfaces, which preferably match the respective inner surfaces of the concave top cover 1 and the bottom cover 2, respectively, in order to enclose the body portion 9 in an assembled state.
  • a projection 12 that protrudes from the inner surface of the top cover 1 and a projection 14 that protrudes from the inner surface of the bottom cover 2 extend into the central through-hole of the body portion 9 and the bottom cover 2 are kept together by a locking means.
  • the body portion 9 is rotatable within said covers 1,2 about a rotation axis defined by said projections 12, 14 in order to access one compartment 5 at a time through the opening 3.
  • Said projections 12, 14 may each be formed as a cylinder, which are concentric when the container is assembled.
  • the projection 12 of the top cover 1 is tubular and has an inner diameter that is adapted to provide a spring fit on the outer diameter of the projection 14 of the bottom cover 2.
  • the body portion 9 may comprise a recess 10 in-between two compartments 5.
  • the recess 10 is formed in the lower surface of the body portion 9 and when it is positioned under opening 3 none of the compartments 5 are exposed through the opening.
  • the portions 7 of the upper surface of the body portion 9 that become visible through the opening 3 when said a respective compartment 5 is under opening 3 are provided with the days of the week or any other indication that is useful for helping a user to find the appropriate pills.
  • the body portion 9 In order to be able to rotate the body portion 9 in the assembled state at least one of the top and bottom covers 1 ,2 are adapted to form an opening 4 that exposes part of the body portion 9. As schematically illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 the edges of the top and bottom covers 1,2 may be cut to form the opening 4 adjacent to opening 3.
  • the body portion 9 may be rotated by pushing the exposed body portion 9 in the desired direction by a user's digit.
  • the peripheral edge 16 of the body portion 9 is provided with some kind of texturing such as grooves or a high friction surface to improve digit to surface contact.
  • Fig. 3 and 6 schematically illustrate grooves on the body portion 9.
  • the three parts of the dispensing and storage container i.e. the top cover 1 , the body portion 9 and the bottom cover are easily disassembled and assembled, however each part may also be permanently fixed to one or two of the other parts.
  • the locking means that keeps the top cover 1 and the bottom cover together can be controlled to release the projections 12, 14 of the top cover 1 and the bottom cover 2 by pressing a button 13.
  • the button 13 may be placed on the peripheral edge 16 of the body portion 9, adjacent to the recess 10.
  • the dispensing and storage container can be opened for refilling.
  • the top cover 1 and bottom cover 2 are simply pressed against each other, whereby the locking mechanism grips the projections 12, 14 and in this way the top cover 1 and bottom cover 2 are held together.
  • the peripheral edge 6 of the top cover 1 and the bottom cover 2 are rounded or chamfered in order to fit into each other when pressed together - this helps align the top and bottom covers and also can form a seal between them.
  • said covers 1,2 may comprise engagement means 21 on the peripheral edges 6,8 thereof. As schematically illustrated in Fig. 3, this may be accomplished by having locking pins on the top cover 1 and corresponding locking slots on the bottom cover 2.
  • the locking means may comprise a locking ring 17 that is arranged in the central through-hole 11.
  • the locking ring 17 is connected to a push rod 18 that extends through the recess 10 to the peripheral edge 16 of the body portion 9 in position of the button 13.
  • the push rod 18 is preferably spring biased to an eccentric position, for example by having two arms 19 pushing against the sidewalls of the recess 10.
  • the projections 12, 14 of the top and bottom covers 1,2 each have a neck of a first diameter supporting a head 20 of a larger diameter.
  • the cam surfaces allow the locking ring to move back to its original position, thereby trapping the heads in the locking ring and holding the top cover 1 and the bottom cover 2 together.
  • the top cover 1 and bottom cover 2 can be removed by pushing the button 13, whereby the locking ring moves into the centre of the central through-hole 11 and the heads 20 are released.
  • the necks and heads are shown as discrete parts, however they are not limited to this.
  • the projections may for example be an integral part of the covers.
  • the above mentioned heads 20 of the projection 12, 14 may have different maximum diameters to enable removal of only one of the covers 1,2.
  • the head 20 of the projection 14 of the bottom cover 2 has a larger diameter than the head 20 of the projection 12 of the top cover 2. Consequently the top cover 1 is released first when the button 13 is pushed.
  • the locking ring 17 moves and the head snaps into a fixed position and the top cover 1 and the bottom cover 2 are kept together.
  • the top and bottom covers are released by simply pulling the covers apart while pushing in button 13.
  • Assembly and disassembly of the container may be simplified by having the edges of one or both heads chamfered.
  • edges of the locking ring that are in contact with the head during closing and opening of the container, respectively may be chamfered.
  • Locking means comprising the locking ring approach does not necessarily involve the button 13 and the push rod arrangement for releasing the covers 1,2.
  • projections 12, 14 may be pressed into the locking ring 17, the locking ring 17 moves and heads of the projections are snapped into position.
  • the top cover 1 and the bottom cover are then released by pulling said covers apart, whereby the projections 12, 14 forces the locking ring to move sufficiently to release the heads.
  • the closing and opening of the container is simplified by having the head and/or the locking ring chamfered.
  • this button-less design is not limited to the use of locking rings.
  • Other locking means such as the concentric cylinders, can also be used.
  • the dispensing and storage device comprises a spring latch indexing mechanism that makes the body portion 9 securely stay in a discrete number of fixed positions corresponding to the positions of the compartments 5 and the recess 10.
  • the spring latch mechanism may comprise a plurality of flexible projections 22 protruding from the top cover 1 and corresponding indents 23 in the sidewall of the central through-hole. It is to be understood that this is only one non-limiting example of how a spring latch indexing mechanism can be obtained. One other example is to provide projections in the body portion 9 and corresponding indents in the bottom cover 2.
  • Fig. 6 schematically illustrates two side views and one top view of the storage container of Fig. 3. From this the texturing in form of grooves on the body portion 9 is clearly seen.
  • one or more compartments 5 comprises sub- compartments which are exposable together.
  • dispensing and storage container according to the invention has been exemplified with seven compartments and for the use of dietary supplemental, it is not limited to this.
  • the simple and versatile three-part assembly using the locking mechanism can also be used for other purposes.

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La présente invention porte sur un contenant de stockage, en particulier sur un contenant de distribution et de stockage pour des pilules, qui présente une pluralité de compartiments (5) dans une partie de corps rotative (9), chaque compartiment (5) étant couvert de façon sûre par un couvercle supérieur (1) et un couvercle inférieur (2) jusqu'à ce qu'il soit déplacé en une position de distribution qui permet l'accès à un compartiment complet (5) à un certain moment et à travers une ouverture (3). Le couvercle supérieur (1) et le couvercle inférieur (2) sont maintenus réunis par un moyen de verrouillage (5), et ils renferment la partie de corps (9).
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