Patent ID: 7445172

Claim:
A manually operable pill-crushing apparatus for adapting solid pills into particulates, said pill-crushing apparatus comprising: first and second elongated arms having axially offset proximal and distal ends respectively, said proximal end of said first arm being provided with a handle directly coupled thereto and having a pair of apertures formed therein, said proximal end of said second arm having a handle directly coupled thereto and being provided with an opening formed therein, said first and second arms being pivotally conjoined directly together midway along respective longitudinal lengths thereof such that said handles of said first and second arms are releasably engaged during operating conditions; wherein said first arm has a rigid male pill-crushing block provided with a dome-shaped bottom surface, said male pill-crushing block being statically coupled directly to a distal end of said first arm; wherein said second arm has a pivotal female pill-holding cup adjustably anchored directly to a distal end of said second arm, said female cup having an arcuate inner bottom surface, said male block being directly and removably interfitted within said female cup when said first and second arms are separated beyond a predetermined distance; wherein said female cup articulates about a fulcrum axis registered orthogonal to the longitudinal length of said second arm while said male pill-crushing block is removed from said female pill-holding cup; and means for splitting a first pill into at least two separate halves when said first and second handles are pivotally disengaged such that a second pill is simultaneously pulverized within said pill-holding cup, said pill splitting means comprises a plurality of shoulders monolithically formed with said first and second arms and protruding away therefrom such that said shoulders directly mate when said male pill-crushing block is nested within said pill-holding cup.