Patent ID: 9717651
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61J

Claim:
1. A pill cup adapted for use with a pill crushing apparatus, the pill crushing apparatus including a cup holder configured to removably hold the pill cup and a cup mating surface axially aligned and insertable within the pill cup such that a rotational interaction between the pill cup and the cup mating surface imparts a grinding force against one or more pills held between the pill cup and the cup mating surface, the pill cup comprising: a) a bottom wall; b) an integral upwardly extending sidewall; and c) an upper perimeter flange wherein said upper perimeter flange includes a plurality of annularly spaced locking lugs configured to align with and engage a plurality of complementary spaced recesses on the cup holder such that each respective locking lug engages substantially all of its respective recess.