Patent ID: 7404500

Claim:
A pill dispensing cap for a bottle having inner and outer sleeves, the inner sleeve ( 4 ) having an intermediate divider panel ( 21 ) and a first base panel ( 7 ) and the outer sleeve ( 3 ) having a second base panel ( 17 ) located immediately below the first base panel, first and second window openings ( 15 , 16 ) defined in the first and second base panels, a plate ( 9 ) moveable across and within the two sleeves and defining a third window opening ( 19 ), a fourth window opening ( 20 ) defined in said divider panel, and a releasable locking arrangement ( 14 , 11 ) whereby the plate can be held in an initial position wherein the first and second windows ( 15 , 16 ) are aligned, whilst the third and fourth windows ( 19 , 20 ) are not aligned, the outer sleeve ( 3 ) being rotatable forwardly to a position wherein the first and second windows are not aligned and the locking of the plate is released to enable the plate ( 9 ) to be slid across to a position wherein the third and fourth windows ( 19 , 20 ) are aligned to allow pills in a bottle to enter the inner sleeve ( 4 ), a return of the plate ( 9 ) to its initial position then allowing the outer sleeve ( 3 ) to be rotated back to its initial position, thus allowing pills to be dispensed from the inner sleeve ( 4 ) via the aligned first and second windows ( 15 , 16 ).