Integrated Pill Bottle Cap with Internal Storage Container
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing pill-taking devices are often separate from pill bottles, prone to misplacement, and lack effective childproof locking mechanisms, leading to difficulties in remembering medication schedules and potential overdosing or underdosing.
Innovation Solution
A pill bottle cap with an integrated container featuring movable compartment doors and a childproof locking mechanism that secures the container within the bottle, ensuring pills are stored and dispensed correctly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a separate pill container is used to organize medication by time, then pill scheduling is improved, but the device can get misplaced or forgotten
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the pill organization container with the pill bottle cap into a single integrated unit. The container is mounted to the cap and positioned within the bottle interior, ensuring the organization system cannot be misplaced separately from the medication source.
Solution Approach 2:
The container is nested within the pill bottle interior space when the cap is attached. This nesting arrangement allows the organization system to occupy the bottle's internal volume while remaining securely associated with the cap assembly.
2Ease of operation
If a separate pill container is used to organize medication, then pill scheduling is improved, but the device is difficult to lock to prevent unauthorized access
Solution Approach 1:
The locking mechanism is merged with the cap assembly rather than being a separate component. The cap's natural attachment and detachment motions engage and disengage the lock, providing childproof protection without requiring a separate locking device.
Solution Approach 2:
The cap assembly performs the locking function automatically through its attachment to the bottle. The mechanical interaction between the cap, container, and bottle creates the locked state when assembled, eliminating the need for separate locking actions or components.
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AI summary
A device to store pills. The device includes different compartments each sized to hold one or more of the pills. The device is connected to a cap of a pill bottle. When the cap is attached to the pill bottle, the container is positioned in the interior space of the pill bottle. The cap may be safely secured to the pill bottle thus also safely securing the device within the interior of the pill bottle.