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Granted Patent B1
US 11,998,512 · App. 18/332,980 · Granted Jun 4, 2024

Medicine cup apparatus with ring attachment

Inventor: Adrienne Landry Lay (St. Bernard, LA)
Assignee: ALL1 L.L.C.
A61J7/0046G01F19/00A61J2200/76
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Patent No.
US 11,998,512
App. No.
18/332,980
Granted
Jun 4, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

A medicine cup apparatus that includes a cup having a side wall, bottom panel, open top, and an interior for holding a selected medicine. A ring is affixed to the cup that can fit around a user's finger, allowing the user to more easily hold the medicine cup and administer medicine orally. The ring is affixed to the cup bottom panel permanently or removably.

Claims (30)

1. A medicine cup apparatus comprising:

a) a cup having a cup sidewall, bottom panel, interior for holding medicine to be administered and volume measurement marks of between about 0 and 15 milliliters;

b) a ring attachment comprising a ring with a ring opening that is sized and shaped to accommodate a user's finger;

c) a base that includes a disk, wherein one side of the disk is attached to the ring and the other side of the disk is connectable to the bottom panel of the cup; and

d) wherein the ring attachment facilitates oral administration of medicine when a user places his or her finger into the ring opening.

2. The medicine cup attachment of claim 1 , wherein the base is permanently connected to the bottom of the medicine cup.

3. The medicine cup attachment of claim 1 , wherein the base is removably connected to the bottom of the medicine cup.

4. The medicine cup attachment of claim 3 , wherein the ring attachment is designed to be collapsible.

5. The medicine cup attachment of claim 3 , further comprising a cover for the medicine cup, wherein the cover is attached to the ring attachment.

6. The medicine cup attachment of claim 1 , wherein the ring attachment is textured to allow for a better grip of said ring.

7. The medicine cup attachment of claim 1 , wherein a part of the ring attachment lights up.

8. The medicine cup attachment of claim 1 , wherein the ring is of a stretchable material that can stretch to more easily accommodate a user's finger.

9. The medicine cup attachment of any prior claim 1 , further comprising a stand connected to the ring opposite the cup bottom panel that has a lower surface that enables the cup to rest in an upright position on an underlying support surface.

10. A medicine cup apparatus comprising:

a) a medicine cup with gradations for measuring and dispensing fluid medicine;

b) said cup having a volume of between about 1 and 15 milliliters, a cup side wall, a cup bottom panel and an interior; and

c) a ring attached to the cup bottom panel, the ring being sized and shaped to accommodate a user's finger, wherein the ring facilitates oral administration of a selected medicine contained in said cup interior.

11. The medicine cup apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the ring is permanently connected to the bottom of the medicine cup.

12. The medicine cup apparatus of claim 11 , further comprising a cover for the medicine cup, wherein the cover is attached to the ring.

13. The medicine cup apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the ring is removably connected to the bottom of the medicine cup.

14. The medicine cup apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the ring is collapsible.

15. The medicine cup apparatus of claim 13 , further comprising a cover for the medicine cup, wherein the cover is attached to the ring.

16. The medicine cup apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the ring is of an elastic material that can stretch to more easily accommodate a user's finger.

17. The medicine cup apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a stand that the ring can rest on and remain in an upright standing position.

18. A medicine cup apparatus comprising:

a) a medicine cup with gradations for measuring and dispensing fluid medicine;

b) said cup having a cup side wall, a cup bottom and an interior; and

c) a ring attached to the cup, the ring being sized and shaped to accommodate a user's finger, wherein the ring facilitates oral administration of a selected medicine contained in said cup interior.

19. A method of administering medicine orally using the apparatus of claim 18 .

20. The medicine cup apparatus of claim 18 , further comprising a means to operably sync to a mobile device.

Continuity (3)
Continuation 17568932 · Jan 5, 2022
Continuation 17073659 · Oct 19, 2020
Provisional Application 62916604 · Oct 17, 2019