IP Library Granted Patent US 9,555,942
Granted Patent B2
US 9,555,942 · App. 13/986,798 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Locking medicine container

Inventor: Brent Bradley Ackerman (Bremerton, WA)
B65D55/145B65D50/062E05B37/02B65D85/24
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,555,942
App. No.
13/986,798
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

One component or embodiment of a locking medical container is the quality of the material used. The sterile non-chemically reactive polypropylene container is suitable for most medical applications. The lock and all its components are made strong to secure the medications from all but the prescribed user. This is done by using a structural method that joins the parts in such a manner as to produce a solid locking unit. The snap in capability of some of the parts used remove manufacture difficulties that are found in other locking devices. This unit when completed is sealed, sterile and very strong. The user simply rotates the tumbler and removes the cavity obstruction to gain access to the contents of the container.

Claims (8)

1. A locking plug container comprising:

a. a compartment;

b. a flexible locking segment with holes inset within, and defining a plug placement area;

c. one or more stators attached by protruding parts inserted into the holes in the flexible locking segment;

d. one or more tumblers with indicia secured on the flexible locking segment by at least one of said stators;

e. a plug with teeth and with an outwardly openable compartment therein;

f. wherein the one or more tumblers can be rotated around the flexible locking segment to interfere with the teeth on the plug and lock the plug onto the container in order to prevent unauthorized access to the compartment.

2. The locking container of claim 1 , wherein the tumbler or tumblers are changeable when the plug is absent from the plug placement area.

Continuity (1)
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