Patent ID: 6966509

Claim:
A pill crushing device comprising: (a) a lower plate having a first end and a second end; (b) an upper plate having an upper surface, a first end and a second end, said second end of said upper plate attached to said second end of said lower plate; (c) means for urging said first ends of said upper and lower plates apart from one another; (d) a receptacle for accepting crushable pills, said receptacle projecting upwardly from said first end of said lower plate; (e) a crushing member projecting downwardly from said first end of said upper plate, said crushing member sized to fit within said receptacle; (f) a post extending upwardly from said lower plate through said upper plate, said post positioned between said second end of said lower plate and said receptacle; and (g) a handle pivotally attached to said post above said upper plate, said handle having a lobe extending downwardly therefrom to abut and apply a camming force to said upper surface of said upper plate; wherein said device is operable by said handle between a pill-loading position wherein said first ends are urged apart by said urging means and a pill-crushing position wherein said first ends are nearer one another.