Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Combined with disparate device
Reexamination Certificate
2000-02-18
2001-11-27
Gutierrez, Diego (Department: 2859)
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Combined with disparate device
C368S109000, C221S002000, C221S015000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06324123
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to timers and more particularly pertains to a new medication timer for tracking when medication is to be taken.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of timers is known in the prior art. More specifically, timers heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,233,571; 5,347,453; 282,446; 4,905,213; 4,361,408; and U.S. Pat. No. 4,786,176.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents fo not disclose a new medication timer. The inventive device includes a bottle for housing the medication. The bottle has an open end which has a lip. The lip has threads formed thereon. A first cap for removably closing the bottle has a first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions are generally annular. The first and second portions each has an interior threaded surface. A timer for tracking medication use has a top wall, a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending therebetween. The peripheral side wall has threads thereon. The peripheral side wall has a plurality of bores therein. Control circuitry is fixedly mounted in an interior of the timer. The control circuitry is adapted for tracking elapsing time, and adapted for activation of an alarm. A display for displaying information from the control circuitry is mounted on the control circuitry. The display is operationally coupled to the control circuitry. A button for programming the control circuitry is in each one of the bores in the timer.
In these respects, the medication timer according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of tracking when medication is to be taken.
SUMMARY OF THE INVEMTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of timers now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new medication timer construction wherein the same can be utilized for tracking when medication is to be taken.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new medication timer apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the timers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new medication timer which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art timers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a bottle for housing the medication. The bottle has an open end which has a lip. The lip has threads formed thereon. A first cap for removably closing the bottle has a first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions are generally annular. The first and second portions each has an interior threaded surface. A timer for tracking medication use has a top wall, a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending therebetween. The peripheral side wall has threads thereon. The peripheral side wall has a plurality of bores therein. Control circuitry is fixedly mounted in an interior of the timer. The control circuitry is adapted for tracking elasping time, and adapted for activation of an alarm. A display for displaying information from the control circuitry is mounted on the control circuitry. The display is operationally coupled to the control circuitry. A button for programming the control circuitry is in each one of the bores in the timer.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaning at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illistrated in drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore , that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical dislosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new medication timer apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the timers mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new medication timer which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art timers, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new medication timer which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new medication timer which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new medication timer which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such medication timer economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new medication timer which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new medication timer for tracking when medication is to be taken.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new medication timer which includes a bottle for housing the medication. the bottle has an open end which has a lip. The lip has threads formed thereon. A first cap for removably closing the bottle has a first portion and a second portion. The first and second portions are generally annular. The first and second portions each has an interior threaded surface. A timer for tracking medication use has a top wall, a bottom wall and a peripheral side wall extending therebetween. The peripheral side wall has threads thereon. The peripheral side wall has a plurality of bores therein. Control circuitry is fixedly mounted in an interior of the timer. The control circuitry is adapted for tracking elapsing time, and adapted for activation of an alarm. A display for displaying information from the control circu
Goodwin Jeanne-Marguerite
Gutierrez Diego
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