US 11,794,963 B2
Nutritional supplements dispenser and methods
Jeffrey Thomas Linton, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Chase Ryan Linton, Ann Arbor, MI (US); and Ted Matthew Mills, Novi, MI (US)
Assigned to Tespo IP, LLC, Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed by Life Boost Inc., Plymouth, MI (US)
Filed on May 24, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/328,169.
Application 17/328,169 is a continuation of application No. 16/377,588, filed on Apr. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,014,721.
Application 16/377,588 is a continuation of application No. 15/546,517, granted, now 10,252,843, issued on Apr. 9, 2019, previously published as PCT/US2016/016499, filed on Feb. 4, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/113,416, filed on Feb. 7, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2021/0347541 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. B65D 77/24 (2006.01); B65D 83/06 (2006.01); B65D 43/16 (2006.01); B65D 43/22 (2006.01); B65D 77/20 (2006.01); B65D 77/40 (2006.01); B65D 51/22 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/222 (2013.01) [B65D 43/163 (2013.01); B65D 43/22 (2013.01); B65D 77/20 (2013.01); B65D 77/24 (2013.01); B65D 77/40 (2013.01); B65D 83/06 (2013.01); B65D 2251/009 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0021 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0028 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0093 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An indexable dispenser for use with a supplements cartridge having a plurality of serving chambers each storing a volume of supplement therein, the dispenser comprising:
a housing to receive and at least partially surround an outer perimeter of the supplements cartridge, wherein the housing supports the cartridge for rotation therein about a central axis of the cartridge;
an extraction mechanism supported by the housing and having a member movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the member is spaced apart from the cartridge in the first position, and wherein the member is configured to engage the supplements cartridge and open a select one of the plurality of serving chambers in the supplements cartridge in the second position to dispense supplement therefrom;
an electrical power source; and
a wireless transmitting and receiving device, the device configured to transmit and/or receive a wireless signal indicative of dispensing of supplements and/or a time of dispensing.