Horology: time measuring systems or devices – Combined with disparate device
Reexamination Certificate
2000-01-07
2001-11-13
Hirshfeld, Andrew H. (Department: 2859)
Horology: time measuring systems or devices
Combined with disparate device
C368S107000, C368S108000, C368S109000, C368S278000, C221S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06317390
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to medication alarms and more particularly pertains to a new timed medication container for sounding an alarm when medication needs to be taken.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of medication alarms is known in the prior art. More specifically, medication alarms 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. No. 5,313,439; U.S. Pat. No. 5,020,037; U.S. Pat. No. 4,419,016; U.S. Pat. Des. No. 295,024; U.S. Pat. No. 3,033,355; and U.S. Pat. Des. No. 493,85 1.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new timed medication container. The inventive device includes a bottle for housing medication. A cap for removably closing the bottle has a top wall. The top wall has a top surface. Control circuitry is fixedly mounted in the top wall of the cap. The control circuitry is adapted for tracking elapsing time, subtraction, and activation of an alarm. The control circuitry comprises a microprocessor. A display displays information from the control circuitry. The display is mounted on the control circuitry. A surface of the display is generally flush with the top surface of the top wall. The display is operationally coupled to the control circuitry. A plurality of bores is in the top wall of the cap. A button for programming the control circuitry is in each of the bores in the cap. Each of the buttons is fixedly coupled to the control circuitry.
In these respects, the timed medication container 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 sounding an alarm when medication needs to be taken.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of medication alarms now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new timed medication container construction wherein the same can be utilized for sounding an alarm when medication needs to be taken.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new timed medication container apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the medication alarms mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new timed medication container which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art medication alarms, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a bottle for housing medication. A cap for removably closing the bottle has a top wall. The top wall has a top surface. Control circuitry is fixedly mounted in the top wall of the cap. The control circuitry is adapted for tracking elapsing time, subtraction, and activation of an alarm. The control circuitry comprises a microprocessor. A display displays information from the control circuitry. The display is mounted on the control circuitry. A surface of the display is generally flush with the top surface of the top wall. The display is operationally coupled to the control circuitry. A plurality of bores is in the top wall of the cap. A button for programming the control circuitry is in each of the bores in the cap. Each of the buttons is fixedly coupled to the control circuitry.
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 explaining 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 illustrated in the 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 disclosure 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 timed medication container apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the medication alarms mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new timed medication container which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art medication alarms, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new timed medication container which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new timed medication container which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new timed medication container 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 timed medication container economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new timed medication container 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 timed medication container for sounding an alarm when medication needs to be taken.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new timed medication container which includes a bottle for housing medication. A cap for removably closing the bottle has a top wall. The top wall has a top surface. Control circuitry is fixedly mounted in the top wall of the cap. The control circuitry is adapted for tracking elapsing time, subtraction, and activation of an alarm. The control circuitry comprises a microprocessor. A display displays information from the control circuitry. The display is mounted on the control circuitry. A surface of the display is generally flush with the top surface of the top wall. The display is operationally coupled to the control circuitry. A plurality of bores is in the top wall of the cap. A button for programming the control circuitry is in each of the bores in the cap. Each of the buttons is fixedly coupled to the cont
Goodwin Jeanne-Marguerite
Hirshfeld Andrew H.
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