Patents Assigned to Apothecary Product, Inc.
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Patent number: 8590164Abstract: A pill splitter includes a base, a cover pivotably secured to the base, a cutting blade attached to the cover, and a pill holder arrangement. The pill holder arrangement includes a slideable fixture constructed and arranged to be movable relative to the base and hold the pill. The pill holder arrangement allows a pill to split when the cover is moved in a closed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2010Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
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Patent number: 8474674Abstract: The invention is directed to a pill cutter that has a protected cutting edge. The pill cutter includes a guard, a base, and a cover. The components are arranged such that the guard slides over the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in an open position and the guard exposes the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in a closed position. The invention is also directed at a method for assembling the pill cutter and a method of using the pill cutter to cut a pill or tablet.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2010Date of Patent: July 2, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventor: Ka Chuen Sze
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Patent number: 8459459Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
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Patent number: 8430287Abstract: The invention is directed to a pill cutter that has a protected cutting edge. The pill cutter includes a guard, a base, and a cover. The components are arranged such that the guard slides over the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in an open position and the guard exposes the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in a closed position. The invention is also directed at a method for assembling the pill cutter and a method of using the pill cutter to cut a pill or tablet.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventor: Ka Chuen Sze
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Publication number: 20110308207Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2011Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
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Patent number: 8006845Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: August 30, 2011Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
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Publication number: 20110180540Abstract: A push tab container assembly includes a container and a lid configured to mate with the container in an unlocked state and in a locked state. The container includes a push tab assembly having a locking member defining a ramped surface and ending at a locking edge. The locking edge is vertically oriented with respect to the ramped surface and is tapered as it extends radially inwardly. The container has exactly one external container thread positioned on an external surface and at least one internal thread positioned on an internal surface. The lid has at least one locking lug positioned on an internal surface of a second skirt. The locking lug has a lug edge that tapers as it extends radially inwardly. When the lid is operably oriented relative to the container in the unlocked state, the external lid thread is mated with the internal container thread.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2011Publication date: July 28, 2011Applicant: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert N. Priebe, Terrance O. Noble
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Patent number: 7942280Abstract: A push tab container assembly includes a container and a lid configured to mate with the container in an unlocked state and in a locked state. The container includes a push tab assembly having a locking member defining a ramped surface and ending at a locking edge. The locking edge is vertically oriented with respect to the ramped surface and is tapered as it extends radially inwardly. The container has exactly one external container thread positioned on an external surface and at least one internal thread positioned on an internal surface. The lid has at least one locking lug positioned on an internal surface of a second skirt. The locking lug has a lug edge that tapers as it extends radially inwardly. When the lid is operably oriented relative to the container in the unlocked state, the external lid thread is mated with the internal container thread.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2008Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert N. Priebe, Terrance O. Noble
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Publication number: 20100314283Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Applicant: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
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Publication number: 20100281674Abstract: The invention is directed to a pill cutter that has a protected cutting edge. The pill cutter includes a guard, a base, and a cover. The components are arranged such that the guard slides over the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in an open position and the guard exposes the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in a closed position. The invention is also directed at a method for assembling the pill cutter and a method of using the pill cutter to cut a pill or tablet.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Applicant: APOTHECARY PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Ka Chuen Sze
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Patent number: 7798330Abstract: A lockable pill container includes a holder defining at least one compartment having an access opening providing access to a pill holder interior volume. At least one lid is moveable between a covering position and an open position. The lid includes a first locking member that is sized to project into the holder when the respective lid is in the covering position. A second locking member is moveable between a locking position and a release position. The locking position includes a position in which the second locking member engages a first locking member of the at least one lid in the covering position. The release position includes a position in which the second locking member is disengaged from all of the first locking members. The second locking member includes opposite first and second ends. The second locking member is moveable from the locking position to the release position by application of a force against the second end.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2008Date of Patent: September 21, 2010Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Terrance O. Noble, Robert N. Priebe
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Publication number: 20100133311Abstract: The invention is directed to a pill cutter that has a protected cutting edge. The pill cutter includes a guard, a base, and a cover. The components are arranged such that the guard slides over the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in an open position and the guard exposes the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in a closed position. The invention is also directed at a method for assembling the pill cutter and a method of using the pill cutter to cut a pill or tablet.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2010Publication date: June 3, 2010Applicant: APOTHECARY PRODUCTS, INC.Inventor: Ka Chuen Sze
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Patent number: 7673778Abstract: The invention is directed to a pill cutter that has a protected cutting edge. The pill cutter includes a guard, a base, and a cover. The components are arranged such that the guard slides over the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in an open position and the guard exposes the cutting edge when the pill cutter is in a closed position. The invention is also directed at a method for assembling the pill cutter and a method of using the pill cutter to cut a pill or tablet.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2005Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventor: Ka Chuen Sze
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Patent number: D648628Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2010Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert N. Priebe, Terrance O. Noble
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Patent number: D657244Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: April 10, 2012Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert N. Priebe, Terrance O. Noble
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Patent number: D684355Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2012Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventor: Robert N. Priebe
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Patent number: D694906Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert N. Priebe, Terrance O. Noble
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Patent number: D695134Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert N. Priebe, Terrance O. Noble
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Patent number: D695512Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert N. Priebe, Terrance O. Noble
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Patent number: D695633Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: December 17, 2013Assignee: Apothecary Products, Inc.Inventors: Robert N. Priebe, Terrance O. Noble