Rotating Pill Bottle Holder for Label-Visible Portable Storage
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for improved holders for prescription pill bottles and medical organizer cases that allow for secure, organized, and portable storage of multiple pill bottles while enabling easy access to medication information during emergencies or travel.
Innovation Solution
A prescription bottle storage unit with rotatable supports for horizontal placement of pill bottles, integrated into a medical organizer case with compartments for vital medical information and supplies, allowing for secure transport and easy identification of medications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If pill bottles are stored vertically in traditional containers, then space utilization is improved, but accessibility to label information deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from vertical storage to horizontal storage arrangement, changing the dimensional orientation of pill bottle placement. This allows labels to face outward for easy viewing while maintaining compact space utilization through the rotatable holder design that accommodates multiple bottles in a circular pattern.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder incorporates a rotatable mechanism that allows the entire arrangement of pill bottles to be rotated around a central axis. This dynamic feature enables users to access any bottle by simply rotating the holder, improving ease of operation without compromising storage capacity.
2Weight of moving object
If multiple pill bottles are stored in a single container, then portability is improved, but identification of individual medications deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is segmented into multiple radial positions or slots, each designed to accommodate a single pill bottle horizontally. This segmentation allows each bottle to be individually positioned with its label facing outward, maintaining clear identification while consolidating multiple bottles into a single portable unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The horizontal support surfaces and label-facing orientation act as intermediaries that facilitate the transmission of medication information to the user. By positioning labels outwardly, the design creates an intermediary viewing plane that allows easy identification without requiring users to handle or tilt each bottle.
3Ease of operation
If pill bottles are arranged for easy label viewing, then accessibility is improved, but space efficiency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The holder employs a circular or radially symmetric design where pill bottles are arranged around a central axis. This curved, spherical-like arrangement allows labels to face outward for easy viewing while maximizing space efficiency through compact radial positioning, fitting multiple bottles into a small footprint area.
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AI summary
A prescription bottle storage unit for holding a plurality of prescription pill bottles, in one embodiment, includes a holder comprising a plurality of means for supporting the prescription pill bottles horizontally and spaced-apart around a vertically-extending axis of the holder and generally at right angles from the vertically-extending axis so that outer horizontal side portions of the prescription pill bottles are observable. Means for rotatably supporting the holder on a level surface is provided so that the plurality of means for supporting the prescription pill bottles is rotatable around the vertically-extending axis. In another embodiment, a portable device for prescription pill bottles includes a removable prescription bottle storage unit comprising a holder having a plurality of means for supporting the prescription pill bottles, and a medical organizer case comprising a compartment for receiving the removable prescription bottle storage unit therein.