Michael D Raines

US Patent:

7182218, Feb 27, 2007

Filed:

Sep 2, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/933824

Inventors:

Michael Raines - Santa Monica CA, US

Assignee:

Sammylife, Inc. - Los Angeles CA

International Classification:

B65H 3/44

US Classification:

221123, 221114, 221101

Abstract:

The present invention is a pill dispenser and organizer to provide easy access and clear organization of various pills to be consumed daily. The dispenser can hold pills in 12 compartments (4 rows of 3 columns each) or 28 compartments (4 rows of 7 columns each). In operation, a user drops pills from the top of the dispenser into the columns of the topmost row. Various embodiments of a mechanism on the side of each row (except the bottommost row) allows the user to transfer the pills from a column in a higher row to a column in a lower row. A set of mechanisms allow the user to remove the pills from the bottommost row, one column at a time. The present invention can be rectangular (the compartments lined in rows and columns) or circular in shape (the compartments extending radially from the center).