Pharmacy bottle, system, and method

US8870004B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• TARGET BRANDS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Ryan McCoy · Falcon Heights, US
• Stacy Abel · Maple Grove, US
• Matthew P. Franks · Austin, US
• Adam D. Hoppus · Okabena, US
• Duane Sawyer · York, US
• Gordon Beecroft · Leola, US
• John A. Vassallo · Lititz, US
• Michael Makhlouf · Lititz, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 25, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 28, 2014
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S206/807
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A pharmacy container comprises a bottle and a ring. The bottle includes a body defining a storage chamber, a neck extending away from the body and defining an opening opposite and providing access to the body, and a pair of opposed ledges each extending radially outwardly from the neck and spaced from the body. The neck includes threads extending around an outside surface of the neck, and the pair of opposed ledges are positioned between the body and the threads. The ring defines an interior wall, an exterior wall, and a pair of opposed indentations radially extending through the interior wall toward the exterior wall. The ring is positioned around the neck with the pair of opposed indentations positioned adjacent the pair of opposed ledges such that interaction between the pair of opposed indentations and the pair of opposed ledges maintains the ring in position relative to the bottle.