Patent ID: 6119894
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: A61J,B65D

Abstract:
A pill dispensing cap assembly to dispense a pill received from a pill container engaged therebelow, said assembly comprising:a base securable across an otherwise open top of said pill container, having an opening therethrough communicating with said pill container;a pill transferor pivotally mounted on said base for pivoting between a pill-receiving position and a pill-dispensing position, said pill transferor having a conical cavity with an open first end and a conical shape closed second end, said open first end positioned to communicate with said opening in said base when said pill transferor is in said pill-receiving position, to receive pills from said pill container, said open first end being exposed when said pill transferor is in said pill dispensing position, a portion of said pill transferor blocking said opening in said base when said pill transferor is in said pill-dispensing position; and,two co-axially aligned pins extending laterally outwardly from said pill transferor to engage said base.