Patent ID: 8757382
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: A61J,B65D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a pill-storage container; a pill-filtering article configured and arranged to facilitate securing the pill-filtering article inside the pill-storage container near an inner wall thereof and below an upper surface of the pill-storage container, the pill-filtering article being configured and arranged to include a first portion corresponding to a channel-defining region for passing one pill at a time, and a second portion corresponding to a region of the pill-filtering article other than the channel-defining region, wherein the channel-defining region is configured for being secured within the pill-storage container and arranged to facilitate passage of pills through a formed aperture, thereby defining an aperture boundary through the channel-defining region for permitting passage of the pills one pill at a time based on at least one of pill size and pill shape, the pill-filtering article and the first portion, that corresponds to the channel-defining region, being configured and arranged to, after the formed aperture is provided via the channel-defining region, to pass the pills sequentially through the channel-defining region based on at least one of pill size and pill shape, and the pill-filtering article and the second portion of the pill-filtering article being configured and arranged to, after the formed aperture is provided via the channel-defining region, block the pills.