Patent ID: 7500579
Filing Date: 2009-03-10
Classification: A47G,A61J,B65D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A container comprising: a cup having a side wall and a closed bottom for holding a quantity of liquid to be consumed while swallowing one or more pills, a shelf connected to the side wall on the interior of the cup for supporting one or more pills, wherein the shelf includes a plurality of openings enabling liquid in the cup to wash the one or more pills into the mouth when the cup is tilted, and a pill box attached to the side wall of the cup with the pill box interior isolated from the cup interior for storing one or more pills in a dry environment, and an inverted funnel disposed beneath and connected to the shelf for directing liquid in the cup to flow through the shelf and carry the pills to the mouth when the cup is tilted for drinking, said funnel diminishing in cross section to the size and shape of the shelf where it connects to the bottom of the shelf, and wherein said funnel is configured to extend outwardly from the cup sidewalls and into the interior of the cup.