Method and apparatus for metering liquid nutritional supplements
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65D-039/08
B65D-039/00
B65D-041/04
B65D-085/00
출원번호
US-0193382
(2002-07-11)
등록번호
US-7296700
(2007-11-20)
발명자
/ 주소
Steele, IV,William E.
Livingston,Phillip D.
Zierhut,Clarence D.
출원인 / 주소
Remington Health Products, L.L.C.
대리인 / 주소
Fulbright & Jaworksi LLP
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
19인용 특허 :
35
초록▼
A method and apparatus for metering a liquid nutritional supplement provides a liquid dispenser having a body that contains a predetermined number of single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement, a cap, such as a child-resistant cap, coupled to a neck portion of the body, and a dosage cup cou
A method and apparatus for metering a liquid nutritional supplement provides a liquid dispenser having a body that contains a predetermined number of single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement, a cap, such as a child-resistant cap, coupled to a neck portion of the body, and a dosage cup coupled to the cap. The dosage cup has at least four axial shoulders on an inside surface thereof that each has an engaging surface adapted to engage axial ridges of the cap. The dosage cup is coupled to the cap such that a force that is greater, by a predetermined amount, than the weight of the dosage cup is required to remove the dosage cup from the cap, and providing the dosage cup with an indicator adapted to indicate one of the single dosages of the liquid nutritional supplement to be consumed by a user for a predetermined time period.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. A dispenser for metering a liquid nutritional supplement, comprising: a body having a neck portion, the neck portion having at least one thread thereon; a child-resistant cap adapted to couple to the neck portion, the child resistant cap having a plurality of axial ridges aro
What is claimed is: 1. A dispenser for metering a liquid nutritional supplement, comprising: a body having a neck portion, the neck portion having at least one thread thereon; a child-resistant cap adapted to couple to the neck portion, the child resistant cap having a plurality of axial ridges around an outside perimeter thereof; a dosage cup adapted to couple to the child-resistant cap such that a user has to exert a force on the dosage cup that is greater, by a predetermined amount, than the weight of the dosage cup to remove the dosage cup from the child-resistant cap; at least four axial shoulders on an inside surface of the dosage cup, each axial shoulder having an engaging surface adapted to engage the axial ridges, the engaging surface starting proximate a base of the dosage cup and tapering from a point distal from said base along a wall of the dosage cup, and wherein the inside surface of said dosage cup has a smooth frustoconical shape, the inside surface being devoid of any projections other than said axial shoulders. 2. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the liquid nutritional supplement is selected from the group consisting of a dietary supplement, a vitamin supplement, and a joint care supplement. 3. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the at least four axial shoulders comprises two pair of diametrically opposed axial shoulders, the distance between diametrically opposed points on the inside surfaces of each pair of shoulders slightly less than a diameter of an outside surface of the axial ridges of the child-resistant cap when the dosage cup is coupled to the cap. 4. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the at least four axial shoulders each have inside surfaces that coincide with a circle having a diameter slightly less than an outside diameter of the axial ridges of the child-resistant cap when the dosage cup is coupled to the child-resistant cap. 5. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the dosage cup includes an indicator adapted to indicate a single dosage of the liquid nutritional supplement. 6. The dispenser of claim 1, wherein the dosage cup includes a plurality of indicators, each indicator adapted to indicate a single dosage of the liquid nutritional supplement. 7. The dispenser of claim 5, wherein the single dosage comprises a required dosage for a predetermined time period for the user. 8. The dispenser of claim 5, wherein the body houses an amount of the liquid nutritional supplement equal to a plurality of single dosages each having an equal amount. 9. The dispenser of claim 5, wherein the wall of the dosage cup includes a taper to substantially match a taper of a top portion of the body when the dosage cup is coupled to the child-resistant cap. 10. The dispenser of claim 5, wherein the child-resistant cap is adapted to work in conjunction with the thread such that the user has to push down on the child-resistant cap to rotatably remove the child-resistant cap from the neck portion.
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