Patent ID: 8469194

Claim:
A single-pill dispensing apparatus, comprising: a pill-storage container having an inner wall, an upper portion with a rim region at which a cap can be secured to the pill-storage container, and a lower portion configured for containing pills, and a pill-filtering article configured and arranged to facilitate securing the pill-filtering article inside the pill-storage container near the inner wall, above the lower portion, and below an upper surface of the rim region, and configured and arranged to include a plurality of channel-defining regions, wherein the plurality of channel-defining regions include a first channel-defining region for passing one pill at a time and including a second channel-defining region for passing one pill at a time, and each of the plurality of channel-defining regions being respectively configured and arranged to facilitate a modification that results in formation of an aperture near a boundary of the channel-defining region for permitting one pill at a time to pass, pass pills that are of different types in terms of at least one of size and shape, and whereby when only one of the plurality of channel-defining regions is modified, the pill-filtering article permits one pill at a time to pass, through the aperture ensuing from the modification, toward the upper portion of the container.