Patents by Inventor Doug Mehrens

Doug Mehrens has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Single pill dispenser
    Patent number: 6860403
    Abstract: A pill dispenser for a bottle (and corresponding method of dispensing a pill) comprising a cap with an interior chamber and a hole through a top of the cap and communicating with the interior chamber, which cap is rotatable when engaged with a corresponding bottle, and a pill stop oriented to dispense a single pill from the interior chamber through the hole when the bottle is oriented with cap downward and the cap rotated so that the hole and the pill stop correspond in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Inventors: Doug Mehrens, David Smith