| 摘要 |
Aspects of the disclosure involve a pill-filtering article that is located and secured inside a pill container. According to one example embodiment, an assembly of articles distributes one pill at a time in the form of a single-pill dispensing apparatus that includes a pill-storage container and such a pill-filtering article. The container has an inner wall, an upper portion with a rim region where a cap may be secured, and a lower portion for containing pills. The pill-filtering article has a size and a shape that facilitates securing the article inside the pill-storage container near the inner wall, above the lower portion, and below the upper rim region, and also configured with a plurality of channel-defining regions including a first channel-defining region through which one-pill at a time passes and including a second channel-defining region through which one pill at a time passes. |
| 主权项 |
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a pill-storage container including an inner wall; a pill-filtering article configured and arranged to facilitate securing the pill-filtering article inside the pill-storage container near the inner wall and below an upper surface of the pill-storage container, the pill-filtering article being configured and arranged to include material at a first portion corresponding to a channel-defining region for passing one pill at a time, and also at a second portion corresponding to a region of the pill-filtering article other than the channel-defining region, wherein the channel-defining region is configured for being secured within the pill-storage container and arranged to facilitate passage of pills through a formed aperture and the pill-filtering article is further configured and arranged as a tamper-indicating seal, therein defining an aperture boundary through the channel-defining region for permitting passage of the pills one pill at a time based on at least one of pill size and pill shape, the pill-filtering article and the first portion, that corresponds to the channel-defining region, being configured and arranged to, after the formed aperture is provided via the channel-defining region, to pass the pills sequentially through the channel-defining region based on at least one of pill size and pill shape, wherein modification of the material causes the seal to break, wherefrom the aperture is formed, and the second portion of the pill-filtering article being configured and arranged to, after the formed aperture is provided via the channel-defining region, block the pills. |
