Single pill dispenser
View Patent ↗A pill dispenser includes an outer Lazy Susan styled body that contains multiple single pill dispensing units within. The main body can freely rotate to allow the user to easily move to other medications as needed. The dispenser has top mounted pill bottles to allow refilling of pills. Each pill dispenser can dispense a single pill by simply pushing and releasing a spring loaded button. Each dispenser has an adjustment dial that can turned by a finger to adjust for release of different size pills. The dispenser includes a top cover to help keep the internal dispensing mechanisms free of dust and debris.
1. An apparatus for dispensing pills, comprising:
a post having a first base portion of a first larger diameter base and a second smaller diameter rod portion protruding upward from said first base portion;
a plurality of pill dispenser modules;
a turntable ring that is rotatable with respect to said post;
a housing,
said housing having a generally cylindrical shape and having a plurality of cylindrical pockets with each of said cylindrical pockets being configured to store a single pill dispenser module of said plurality of pill dispenser modules,
said housing having a center hole for slidably attaching said housing to said post, and
said housing having a plurality of blind holes at a bottom surface of each of said cylindrical pockets with one of said blind holes of said housing being attachable to one of said pill dispenser modules and another of said blind holes being mateable with said turntable ring;
a top cover having a circular shape, wherein said top cover is configured to secure a plurality of pill bottles and is configured to provide clearance with said post;
a turntable plate,
said turntable plate having a center thru hole to provide rigid attachment with said post, and
said turntable plate being attachable with said turntable ring.
2. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each of said pill dispenser modules is associated with one of the plurality of pill bottles.
3. The apparatus as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each of said pill dispenser modules further comprise a pill dispensing housing defining a drop chute for directing a pill through an exit aperture.
4. The apparatus as set forth in claim 3 , wherein each of said pill dispenser modules further comprise a pill size adjustment dial coupled to said pill dispensing housing.