Patent ID: 6929474

Claim:
A support apparatus for supporting components of a dental material, comprising: at least two individual bottles ( 12 , 14 ) each capable of receiving therein a component which can be shaken, each individual bottle ( 12 , 14 ) having a coding ( 22 ) associated therewith, wherein the individual bottles ( 12 , 14 ) are secured to one another in a compatibly configured manner via projections 40 and recesses 42 disposed on the surfaces of the bottles facing one another; a cover having cover regions ( 64 , 66 ), each cover region ( 64 , 66 ) having a coding corresponding to the coding ( 22 ) of a respective one of the individual bottles ( 12 and 14 ); and a mixing base ( 70 ) having a pair of recesses ( 72 , 74 ), each recess ( 72 , 74 ) having a coding ( 78 , 80 ) corresponding to the coding ( 22 ) of a respective one of the individual bottles ( 12 , 14 ), whereby each respective bottle ( 12 , 14 ) has a respective cover region ( 64 , 66 ) and a respective recess ( 72 , 74 ) of the mixing base ( 70 ) associated therewith and identifiable as associated therewith by virtue of the corresponding coding thereon.