Patent ID: 7055717

Claim:
A disposable pill dispensing chute, comprising: a) an elongated cylindrical body having first and second opposing ends to permit pills to pass from the first end to the second end; b) a funnel inlet having first and second opposing ends, being disposed on said first end of said cylindrical body, wherein said second end of said funnel inlet is joined to said first end of said cylindrical body, wherein said first end of said funnel inlet is enlarged for receiving pills therein, wherein said first end of said funnel inlet tapers toward said second end of said funnel inlet; c) a narrowed throat section connecting said second end of said funnel inlet to said first end of said cylindrical body and forming a smooth transitional curvature surface both inside and outside of said chute from said funnel inlet to said cylindrical body, wherein said throat section has a smaller diameter than said cylindrical body to permit the pills to be segregated; and d) an outlet being disposed on said second end of said cylindrical body to permit pills to exit from the cylindrical body, wherein said funnel inlet, said cylindrical body and said narrowed throat section form a unitary member.