Patent Publication Number: US-11660254-B2

Title: Pill organizer

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     The present application claims foreign priority to Chinese Patent Application No. CN202020286174.X, titled “PILL ORGANIZER WITH BUCKLED ELASTIC PIECE,” filed on Mar. 10, 2020 in the State Intellectual Property Office of China, and the entire contents of which is hereby incorporated by reference. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to a field of pill boxes, and in particular to a pill organizer with a buckled elastic piece. 
     BACKGROUND 
     A pill box on the market generally comprises an upper cover and a main body. The upper cover of the pill box is integrally connected with the main body of the pill box. And when the upper cover is in a closed position, the upper cover is deformed and bent. When unlocking the upper cover, the upper cover is automatically opened by force generated by deformation of the upper cover. However, due to high strength of the upper cover, deformation recovery of the upper cover is small, resulting in that the upper cover cannot be fully opened automatically, and require users to open the upper cover manually, which is inconvenient for the users to take out or replenish pills. In addition, since the pill box is closed most of the time and the upper cover is deformed and bent at the closed position for a long time, the upper cover is easily damaged, which greatly shorten service life of the pill box, and also affect sealing property of the pill box. 
     SUMMARY 
     In order to solve above problems in the prior art, the present disclosure provides a pill organizer with a buckled elastic piece. A cover of the pill organizer with a buckled elastic piece is able to be fully opened automatically, which is convenient to take out and replenish pills, and simple and fast in operation. Moreover, when the cover is in a closed state, a sealing effect of the pill organizer with the buckled elastic piece is stable and reliable, and a service life is long. Further, the pill organizer with the buckled elastic piece has ingenious and compact structure, which is quick and convenient to assemble, and is easy to produce. 
     To achieve the above objection, the present disclosure provides a pill organizer. The pill organizer comprises a box body. The box body comprises at least one pill storage cavity and at least one cover. The pill storage cavity defining an upper end opening. The cover is matched with the upper end opening and is disposed on the upper end opening of the pill storage cavity. One end of the cover is rotatably connected with the box body. Another end of the cover is detachably buckled with the box body. An elastic piece is disposed om an inner surface of the one end of the cover rotatably connected with the box body. One end of the elastic piece is fixed on the box body. Another end of the elastic piece of the covers is buckled with one side of the pill storage cavity of the box body. 
     Furthermore, an upper edge of one side wall of the pill storage cavity has a notch. Another end of the elastic piece of the cover is buckled with the notch. 
     Furthermore, a clamping seat is disposed on a rear end of an inner surface of the cover. An engaging hole is disposed on the clamping seat. The elastic piece is an S-shaped elastic piece or an L-shaped elastic piece. The one end of the elastic piece comprises an inverse clamping head. And the another end of the elastic piece comprises a curved buckling portion. During assembly, the curved buckling portion passes through the engaging hole and hooks on an edge of the engaging hole, and the curved buckling portion is buckled with the notch. 
     Furthermore, the clamping seat and is integrated together with the cover. The inverse clamping head and the curved buckling portion are integrated together with the elastic piece. 
     Furthermore, the elastic piece is an elastic plastic piece or an elastic metal piece. 
     Furthermore, an rear end of the cover is rotatably connected with an rear end of the pill storage cavity of the box body. A front end of the cover is detachably, buckled with a front end of the pill storage cavity of the box body. The one end of the elastic piece is fixed on an inner surface of the rear end of the cover. The another end of the elastic piece is buckled with the rear end of the pill storage cavity of he box body. 
     Furthermore, a locking buckle matched with the pill storage cavity is disposed on a front end of the box body. A buckle hole is disposed on the front end of the cover. The buckle hole of the cover is buckled with the locking buckle when the cover is closed. 
     Furthermore, the box body comprises at least one row of pill storage cavities arranged side by side along a longitudinal direction of the box body. 
     Furthermore, the box body is assembled from more than one pill box bodies. Two adjacent pill body bodies are connected by magnetic attraction. Each of the pill box bodies comprises the at least one pill storage cavity defining the upper end opening and at least one cover. 
     The cover of the pill organizer of the present disclosure is able to be fully opened automatically, which is convenient to take out and replenish pills, and is simple and fast in operation. Moreover, when the cover is in a closed state, the sealing effect of the pill organizer is stable and reliable, and a service life is long. Further, the pill organizer has an ingenious and compact structure, which is quick and convenient to assemble, is easy to produce, and is conducive to mass production and popularization. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS 
         FIG.  1    is a schematic diagram showing a structure of a pill organizer according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  2    is an enlarged schematic structural view of portion A shown in  FIG.  1   . 
         FIG.  3    is a schematic diagram showing a structure of an elastic piece of the pill organizer according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  4    is an enlarged schematic view of a partial structure of a pill organizer according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG.  5    is a schematic diagram showing a structure of an elastic piece of a pill organizer according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     In order to make the purpose, technical solutions and advantages of the present disclosure more clear, the present disclosure will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described below are only used to explain the present disclosure, and are not intended to limit the present disclosure. 
     As shown in  FIGS.  1 - 5   , a first embodiment and a second embodiment of the present disclosure provides a pill organizer with a buckled elastic piece. The pill organizer comprises a box body  1 . The box body  1  comprises at least one pill storage cavity  12  and at least one cover  2 . The pill storage cavity  12  defines an upper end opening. The cover  2  is matched with the upper end opening and is disposed on the upper end opening of the pill storage cavity  12 . One end of the cover  2  is rotatably connected with the box body  1 . Another end of the cover  2  is detachably buckled with the box body  1 . An elastic piece  24  is disposed om an inner surface of the one end of the cover  2  rotatably connected with the box body  1 . One end of the elastic piece  24  is fixed on the box body  1 . Another end of the elastic piece  24  of the cover  2  is buckled with one side of the pill storage cavity  12  of the box body  1 . 
     Specifically, the box body  1  comprises at least one row of pill storage cavities  12  arranged side by side along a longitudinal direction of the box body  1 . Covers  2  are one to one arranged on pill storage cavities  12 . An rear end of each cover  2  is rotatably connected with an rear end of each pill storage cavity  12  of the box body  1 . A front end of each cover  2  is detachably buckled with a front end of each pill storage cavity  12  of the box body  1 . The one end of each elastic piece  24  is fixed on an inner surface of the rear end of each cover  2 . The another end of each elastic piece  24  is buckled with the rear end of each pill storage cavity  12  of he box body  1 . 
     As shown in  FIGS.  1 - 2   , a clamping seat  21  is disposed on a rear end of an inner surface of each cover  2 . An engaging hole  22  is disposed on each clamping seat  21 . Each clamping seat  21  is integrated together with each cover  2  (e.g., each clamping seat  21  and each cover  2  are integrally injection molded). As shown in  FIGS.  3  and  5   , each elastic piece  24  is an S-shaped elastic piece or an L-shaped elastic piece. The one end of each elastic piece  24  comprises an inverse clamping head. And the another end of each elastic piece  24  comprises a curved buckling portion  26 . Each elastic piece  24  is selected from an elastic plastic piece. Each inverse clamping head  25  and each curved buckling portion  26  are integrated together with each elastic piece  24  (e.g., the inverse clamping head  25  and the curved buckling portion  26  of each elastic piece  24  are integrally injection molded using a silicone rubber material). 
     An upper edge of one side wall of each pill storage cavity  12  has a notch  13 . When assembly, as shown in  FIGS.  1 , 2 , and  4   , each curved buckling portion  26  passes through each engaging hole  22  and hooks on an edge of each engaging hole  22 , and another end of each elastic piece  24  is buckled with the notch  13 , that is, the curved buckling portion  26  is buckled with the notch  13 . A locking buckle  14  matched with each pill storage cavity  12  is disposed on a front end of the box body  1 . A buckle hole  23  is disposed on the front end of each cover  2 . Each buckle hole  23  of each cover  2  is buckled with each locking buckle  14  when each cover  2  is in a closed state. 
     In the present disclosure, when taking out or replenishing the pills, another end of each cover  2  is separated from the box body  1 , that is, each locking buckle  14  disposed on the front end of the box body  1  is controlled to separate from each buckle hole  23  disposed on the front end of each cover  2 . At the moment of separation, each elastic piece  24  deformed by squeezing is restored, so that each cover  2  is automatically turned up to be fully opened. After taking out or replenishing the pills, each cover  2  is controlled to move downwardly until each cover  2  is buckled with the box body  1  (e. g., each buckle hole  23  at the front of each cover  2  is snapped into each locking buckle  14 ). At this time, each elastic piece  24  is squeezed by each cover  2  and deformed. 
     By providing each elastic piece  24  on each cover  2  of the pill organizer, each cover  2  of the pill organizer of the present disclosure is able to be fully opened automatically, which is convenient to take out and replenish pills, and is simple and fast in operation. Moreover, when the cover  2  is in a closed state, the sealing effect of the pill organizer is stable and reliable, and a service life is long. Further, the pill organizer has an ingenious and compact structure, which is quick and convenient to assemble, is easy to produce, and is conducive to mass production and popularization. 
     Of course, the box body is assembled from more than one pill box bodies. For example, two adjacent pill box bodies  11  are connected by magnetic attraction. In this embodiment, two adjacent pill box bodies  11  are connected together by a magnetic connecting piece provided on one side of pill box bodies. Or, in another embodiment, the two adjacent pill box bodies  11  are assembled together through a clamping hole disposed on one side and a clamping pin disposed on the other side of the pill box bodies  11 . However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. 
     In one embodiment, each of the pill box bodies  11  comprises the at least one pill storage cavity defining the upper end opening and at least one cover. In this way, the users are able to arbitrarily combine the pill box bodies  11  according to different usage situations, which is more convenient to use and carry. In addition, each elastic piece  24  is also able to be selected from an elastic metal piece, such as a metal dome. 
     The above are some optional embodiments of the present disclosure. It should be understood that for those ordinary skilled in the art, without departing from the principles of the present disclosure, several improvements and retouches can be made, which is also regarded as within the protection scope of the present disclosure.