A pill bottle insert that may be coupled with a pill bottle to increase the time and effort required to dispense each pill. The insert includes a cap portion, from which a cone extends downwards into the bottle. A hole passes through the cap portion, proximately to the narrowest diameter of the cone, while the widest diameter of the cone is substantially similar to the interior diameter of the bottle, such that pills moving towards the mouth of the bottle will be received by the cone, and directed towards the hole. The hole may be sized and shaped to provide a desired level of effort to dispense each pill, depending upon the size and shape of the pills. The cone may also include diverters projecting from the interior wall, that may be sized and shaped to further restrict dispensing.

A child resistant pill container includes a base having individual compartments. A lid rotatably fits over the base and has a closed cover defining one open section. A releasable lock arrangement is between the base and the lid. The lid can be rotated relative to the base to position the open section in the lid over one of the individual compartments in the base.

A flow-limiting device that controls the distribution of unitary products from a container for holding said unitary products includes at least one dispensing opening, a body made of a polymeric material with an entry side, a dispensing side and a peripheral side extending in an axial direction of the body. The peripheral side has a lower and an upper axial end, the entry side has at least in part, a concave shape when viewed onto the entry side with at least one guiding surface. The dispensing side has at least in part, a concave shape when viewed onto the dispensing side. The dispensing opening is at an axial position between and spaced from the axial positions of the lower and upper axial end, wherein the entry side and/or the dispensing side include a plurality of elevated regions, which are arranged to define the concave shape.

Embodiments are directed to a spherically shaped bottle. The spherically shaped bottle may be configured to hold and dispense ingestible pills, including tablets, capsules, or other ingestible products. The spherically shaped bottle may include a container body that holds the ingestible pills within an internal volume. A cap may be pivotally coupled with the container body and configured to cover the internal volume. The cap may define a spherical outer surface of the container with the container body when closed. The spherically shaped bottle may include a neck above the internal volume configured to dispense ingestible pills when the spherically shaped bottle is tilted.

[Technical Problem]

To improve convenience of a medicine dispensing apparatus.

[Solution to Problem]

A medicine dispensing apparatus (1) includes a first rotator, a second rotator, a counter (26), a recovering path (22) having a recovering end (22A), a dispensing end (21) having a dispensing end (21A) disposed in a position higher than the recovering end, and a switching mechanism (25) for switching a medicine passage path between the dispensing path and the recovering path.

One aspect of this disclosure provides a medication fulfillment canister. In one embodiment, the canister comprises a bottom section having a tray portion for receiving a medication therein. An upper dispensing compartment is located over a rearward end of the bottom section that is removably attached to the bottom section. A lower edge of the upper dispensing compartment is located above the bottom section to form an opening therebetween to allow a medication to pass therethrough and into the tray portion. A tray lid is removably attached to the canister and configured to cover the tray portion and rotate between an open position and a closed position. A lock is located within a wall of the bottom section that locks the tray lid in the closed position.

A pill box is provided, including a main body, having an elongated hole, the elongated hole including an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion which are open toward two different sides of the main body, the main body further including a pill guiding portion which protrudes outwardly and a cap portion, the pill guiding portion having a guiding opening, the cap portion openably covering the guiding opening; a plurality of case bodies, each of the plurality of case bodies movably engaged and positionable in the elongated hole, each of the plurality of case bodies including an opening communicable with the guiding opening when located close to the guiding opening.

A bottle insert and a kit. The bottle insert may include one or more skip prevention elements.

A container includes a cartridge containing a plurality of products therein. The cartridge defines a dispensing opening. The container also includes an outer shell configured to receive the cartridge therein. The outer shell includes a dispensing end and a receiving end. The receiving end is configured to receive the cartridge therethrough. The container further includes a dispensing mechanism coupled to the outer shell dispensing end. The dispensing mechanism is movable between a first position and a second position. The dispensing mechanism in the first position obstructs the dispensing opening such that the products are retained in the container, and the dispensing mechanism in the second position enables the products to be dispensed from the container.

A container having a container element, a lid element removably joined to the container element to form a sealed storage cavity, and a bowl element that removably covers the lid element to protect it during transport. The storage cavity has an interior vertical wall dividing it into multiple storage chambers. The lid element has two openings, each sealably closed by an operable flap movable from an open position to a closed position. In an open position, the flap has a convex outer surface forming a spout for the opening. In a closed position, the flap has a concave outer surface and engages all edges of the opening to seal the opening. When in use, the bowl element can be removably stowed to the bottom of the container element or used as a serving vessel.