US 12,186,273 B2
Systems and methods for portable pill dispensers with various dispensing mechanisms
Chris Crowley, Golden, CO (US); Tyler McCrary, Atlanta, GA (US); Ward Broom, Atlanta, GA (US); John Kidd, Atlanta, GA (US); Ashley B. Hancock, Atlanta, GA (US); Michael Ingoldby, Superior, CO (US); and Roscoe Conkling Nelson, IV, Arvada, CO (US)
Assigned to Intent Solutions, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by Intent Solutions, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,581.
Application 18/321,581 is a continuation of application No. 17/646,888, filed on Jan. 4, 2022, granted, now 11,666,511.
Application 17/646,888 is a continuation of application No. 16/958,404, granted, now 11,241,365, issued on Feb. 8, 2022, previously published as PCT/US2018/066640, filed on Dec. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/610,634, filed on Dec. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0301876 A1, Sep. 28, 2023
Int. Cl. A61J 7/00 (2006.01); A61J 1/03 (2023.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G06V 40/12 (2022.01); G06V 40/18 (2022.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01)
CPC A61J 7/0076 (2013.01) [A61J 1/03 (2013.01); G06F 21/32 (2013.01); G16H 20/13 (2018.01); G06V 40/1365 (2022.01); G06V 40/197 (2022.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A portable pill dispenser, comprising:
a container configured to house at least one pill therein;
a housing attachable to the container, wherein the housing comprises a dispensing opening;
a dispensing mechanism disposed within the housing, wherein the dispensing mechanism is configured to dispense the at least one pill from the container to the dispensing opening, wherein the dispensing mechanism comprises a rotating barrel comprising at least one cavity configured to receive the at least one pill therein, wherein rotation of the rotating barrel dispenses the at least one pill to the dispensing opening;
a ramp disposed within the housing, wherein the ramp is configured to direct the at least one pill to the dispensing mechanism; and
one or more rotating gates disposed about the ramp to control the movement of the at least one pill to the dispensing mechanism, wherein the one or more rotating gates comprise two spaced apart rotating gates, and wherein each of the two spaced apart rotating gates comprise a cutout.