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Medicine bottle with grip

a technology for medicine bottles and lids, applied in the direction of caps, liquid handling, and closures using stoppers, etc., can solve the problems of heightened difficulty and difficulty in opening bottles with a large diameter

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-06-21
MSD CONSUMER CARE INC
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Bottles having a large diameter may be difficult to open because the large diameter body portion may impede gripping by the user's hand.
This difficulty may be heightened in individuals having a disability, such as, e.g., arthritis, particularly for child-resistant bottle closures.

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[0007]Medicine bottles up to a certain size have diameters that may be gripped easily by one hand so that the other hand is free to remove the cap. Larger-sized bottles typically have larger diameters to accommodate larger internal volumes. There may be advantages to increasing the diameter of larger-sized bottles, such as, e.g., providing a lower center of gravity and increasing the bottom surface area relative to the height, thereby making it more difficult for the bottle to be accidentally tipped over when resting on its base. A potential disadvantage is that the larger-diameter base may be more difficult to grasp with one hand. This can make opening and closing the bottle substantially more difficult, especially where the bottle has a child resistant cap that may require forces to applied other than simply turning the cap. Some child resistant caps, for example, require applying a substantial downward force while turning the cap. This additional applied force may make gripping t...

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Abstract

A bottle for a medicine is disclosed. The bottle may have a base portion, a threaded neck portion, a child resistant cap and a grip portion. The bottle may be part of a kit having other bottles without a grip section. The bottle may be part of a retail display system.

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BACKGROUND[0001]Medication bottles may be closed with a threaded cap that is removed by a user applying a twisting force to the cap with one hand while gripping the body of the bottle with the other hand. Bottles having a large diameter may be difficult to open because the large diameter body portion may impede gripping by the user's hand. This difficulty may be heightened in individuals having a disability, such as, e.g., arthritis, particularly for child-resistant bottle closures.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS[0002]FIG. 1 depicts a third angle perspective view of an example set of bottles without caps, according to an example embodiment of the present invention.[0003]FIG. 2 depicts a front view of the example set of bottles of FIG. 1 with caps.[0004]FIG. 3 depicts a cross-sectional view of a bottle of FIG. 2.[0005]FIGS. 4a and 4b depict a child-resistant closure mechanism of the cap of the bottle of FIG. 3.[0006]FIG. 5 depicts a front view of the example set of bottles of FIG. 1, i...

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IPC IPC(8): B65D1/02B65D23/00A47B73/00B65B43/00
CPCB65D1/0223B65D2215/02B65D50/043B65D23/102
Inventor TUNE, MICHAEL P.
Owner MSD CONSUMER CARE INC
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