Patent ID: 7559496
Filing Date: 2009-07-14
Classification: A61J,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A pill crushing device comprising an anvil portion to receive a bottom tray with a flange to act as a mortar, said anvil comprising a recess having a perimeter adapted to engage said flange of said bottom tray, and a hammer portion to engage a top tray having a flange, said trays being substantially identical and nestable, opposed paired lever arms pivoted adjacent their ends about first paired aligned first opposed pivots in said anvil portion, said hammer portion being pivoted about second paired aligned second pivots spaced apart from said first pivots on said lever arms, said hammer portion having sockets engaging connecting pins forming said second pivots, said hammer portion being rotatable from a first upper position to a second lower position, wherein said hammer portion engages said top tray, said top tray engages said bottom tray, and said bottom tray engages said recess.