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The present pestle and mortar for crushing pills in pill cups is tailored to conform to the shape of a pill cup. A conventional frustum-shaped pill cup lines a frustum-shaped receptacle in the mortar to receive a frustum-shaped pill crushing portion of the pestle which is nestable in the pill cup. T

The present pestle and mortar for crushing pills in pill cups is tailored to conform to the shape of a pill cup. A conventional frustum-shaped pill cup lines a frustum-shaped receptacle in the mortar to receive a frustum-shaped pill crushing portion of the pestle which is nestable in the pill cup. The frustum-shaped crushing portions of the pestle and mortar distribute pressure over much of the exterior and interior surface areas of a pill cup so that pills may be crushed in even fragile paper pill cups without tearing or otherwise damaging the paper pill cups. Moreover, the pill cup and mortar operate as one piece and the frustum-shaped crushing portion of the pestle substantially seals the interior of the pill cup to prevent pill granules from flying out of the pill cup during a pill crushing operation.

대표청구항 ▼

A pestle and mortar for crushing a pill comprising: a pestle including a pill crushing portion and a handle portion, the pill crushing portion forming the shape of a frustum and having a planar pill crushing face and a pestle sidewall, the pestle having a central axis; and a mortar having a frustum-

A pestle and mortar for crushing a pill comprising: a pestle including a pill crushing portion and a handle portion, the pill crushing portion forming the shape of a frustum and having a planar pill crushing face and a pestle sidewall, the pestle having a central axis; and a mortar having a frustum-shaped receptacle formed by a mortar sidewall and a planar mortar floor, the surface area of the mortar floor being slightly greater than the surface area of the pill crushing face so that the pestle is readily insertable in and removable from the receptacle and so that lateral movement of the pill crushing face across the mortar floor is minimal, the pestle being freely rotatable in the receptacle about the axis whereby the floor of the mortar and face of the pestle cooperate in the crushing of the pill.