Gripping attachment for a bottle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11518576-B2
Application number	US-201916963541-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2019
Priority date	Feb 21, 2018
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

A gripping attachment (10) is disclosed which facilitates the handling of a medication bottle (12). The medication bottle includes a container (14) having a cylindrical wall (16) extending parallel to a longitudinal axis. The container is closed at one end by a base wall (18) and has an opposed open end. The container receives a cap (20) on the open end to enclose the container. The gripping attachment comprises a sleeve portion (22) having a sleeve wall (24) defining an internal, cylindrical surface configured to removably attach to the container wall. The gripping attachment further comprises a leverage component connected to the sleeve portion to facilitate gripping the sleeve portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gripping attachment device to facilitate handling a medication bottle, the medication bottle including a container having a cylindrical wall extending parallel to a longitudinal axis, the container being closed at one end by a base wall and having an opposed open end, the container receiving a cap on the open end to enclose the container, said attachment device comprising:
a sleeve portion having a sleeve wall defining an internal, cylindrical surface configured to removably attach to a wall of the container to inhibit relative movement between the container and the sleeve portion;
a leverage component connected to said sleeve portion to facilitate gripping said sleeve portion, and
a base radially-enlarged compared to the sleeve portion, the sleeve portion defining an upper end of the attachment device, and the base defining a bottom end of the attachment device, the base is tapered outwardly from the sleeve portion toward the bottom end of said attachment device along the longitudinal axis, wherein the base is disposed entirely around the longitudinal axis, wherein said base comprises one or more surface structures, each surface structure is configured to contain a syringe.

2. The device of claim 1 in which the one or more surface structures comprises a plurality of cavities extending axially in the base toward the bottom end and in parallel to the longitudinal axis, the cavities are equally spaced from one another around the longitudinal axis.

3. The device of claim 2 wherein the one or more surface structures correlates with a dosing regimen of the medication.

4. The device of claim 3 in which the plurality of cavities comprises seven cavities and each cavity is marked to represent a day of the week.

5. The device of claim 1 in which the one or more surface structures comprises a notch configured to receive said syringe in a radial direction.

Assignees

• Lilly Co Eli

Inventors

• Chalfant Tonya Lee
• Page Carrie Jannean
• Zhang Tony Y
• Ternik Robert Louis
• Thomas Matthew Scott
• Luisi Jacob
• Squillace Michael P

Classifications

• B65D23/106 Primary

  the gripping region of the handle extending between the neck and the base of the bottle or jar and being located in a radial plane comprising the axis of the bottle or jar · CPC title

• B65D2313/06

  using vacuum suction cups · CPC title

• B65D23/0885 Primary

  Rigid shells for receiving the bottle or part of it (B65D23/0842, B65D81/3876, B65D85/302 take precedence) · CPC title

• A61J1/1418

  Threaded type · CPC title

• B65D23/12

  Means for the attachment of smaller articles · CPC title