Patent ID: 8298174

Claim:
An apparatus for connection to a bottle to assist with pill ingestion comprising: a. a generally cylindrical hollow base having each of inner peripheral surface, an outer peripheral surface, a bottom end and an upper end; b. a means disposed at a predetermined location on said base portion for sealingly engaging said base portion to an interior surface of such mouth of such bottle; c. a generally cylindrical hollow top portion operatively connected to said base portion closely adjacent said upper end thereof; d. an annular flange disposed on an outer peripheral surface of said apparatus in abutting engagement with a rim of the bottle; e. a mesh member fixedly disposed in a plane being generally transverse to a length of said base portion in close proximity to said bottom end of said base portion; f. a first annular abutment disposed on an outer surface of said top portion, and g. a cover including: (i) a generally round base, (ii) a peripheral wall upstanding on said generally round base, said peripheral wall is sized so as to receive said top portion therewithin, (iii) a peripheral gap defined between an outer surface of said top portion and an inner surface of said peripheral wall of said cover, (iv) a ring upstanding on an inner surface of said base of said cover, said ring is so sized that an outer surface thereof is disposed in close proximity to an inner surface of said top portion, (v) a second annular abutment disposed on an inner surface of said peripheral wall of said cover in direct contact with said first annular abutment, wherein said first and second annular abutments are disposed within said peripheral gap, and (vi) an elongated strap having a first end thereof attached to an outer surface of said peripheral wall and having an opposite second end thereof attached to said top portion.