Patent ID: 6302295
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A61J,B65D

Abstract:
A medicine pill bottle cap with a transparent hollow storage compartment to replace a standard medicine pill bottle cap, comprising:a. a circular shaped lower bottle attaching portion having an upper surface, a lower surface, a cylindrical threaded part with an inner thread to be engaged with the outer thread of a prescription bottle to which the lower bottle attaching portion is to be attached, a central rivet hole and an inner dispensing hole between the upper surface and the lower surface;b. a transparent hollow storage compartment of a similar shape as the lower bottle attaching portion having a hollow cylindrical cavity defining a bottom, a top, an inner peripheral edge and an outer peripheral edge, and a closable outer dispensing means, the bottom of the transparent hollow storage compartment further defining an inner dispensing hole, and a central rivet hole;c. a rivet placed within the central rivet hole of the lower bottle attaching portion and the central rivet hole of the transparent hollow storage compartment securing the lower bottle attaching portion to the transparent hollow storage compartment in a rotatable manner, wherein the inner dispensing hole of the lower bottle attaching portion may be aligned with the inner dispensing hole of the transparent hollow storage compartment allowing a daily dosage of pills within the bottle to which the lower bottle attaching portion is attached to enter the hollow cylindrical cavity of the transparent hollow storage compartment for visible monitoring by the user.