US2565095A - Dosage and time indicator - Google Patents

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Filed March 17, 1950 FIG.

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Patented Aug. 21, 1951 UNITED STATES "PATENT OFFICE DOSAGE. AND TIME INDICATOR Charles Schatzkin, Coral Gables, Fla.

Application March 17, 1950, Serial No. 150,209

2 Claims.

This invention relates to indicators, and more particularly to a medicine dosage and time indicator.

An object of this invention is to provide a medicine dosage and time indicator which is particularly adapted for use in hospitals, sick rooms, and medical supply houses.

Another object of this invention is to provide a medicine dosage'and time indicator which may be removably secured to an exterior surface of a medicine bottle.

A further object of this invention is to provide a medicine dosage and time indicator on which may be 'enscribed printed or written instructions concerning the dosage and time for taking medicine from a receptacle on which the indicator is supported.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a medicine dosage and time indicator which is simple in structure and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects of this invention will become apparent upon consulting the following specification in conjunction with the drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the medicine dosage and time indicator of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view taken from the right of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken from the right of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a rear elevational view of the medicine dosage and time indicator of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a perspective View of the medicine dosage and time indicator of the present invention as applied to a medicine containing receptacle.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings wherein like reference numerals have been used throughout the several views, there is shown the medicine dosage and time indicator of the present invention, generally designated by the numeral H] which comprises an elongated vertically extending base plate II fabricated of any suitable light and durable metal and provided with a circular clock dial l2 on one face thereof adjacent to and spaced from the lower end thereof.

Disposed radially of the circular clock dial l2 and rotatably supported thereon are a pair of time indicating hands I3, M, the hands being journaled in the base plate H by means of a flanged rivet l5 extending through the hands 13, I 4 and the base plate II and bearing against the rear face of the plate ll. Accordingly, the time indicating hands l3, M can be selectively positioned with respect to the numerical indicia of the clock dial.

Positioned adjacent the upper end of the base plateand fixedly secured thereto is an overhanging writing board It which is fabricated of transparent plastic or hard cellophane material, saidmaterial having an exterior surface adapted so that written or printed instruction may be readily applied thereto.

The writing boad It includes a pair Of spaced upstanding supporting tabs l1 and [9 which embracingly receive and are secured to the upper end of the base plate I l and a downwardly sloping portion carried by the upper ends of the tabs and constituting a writing surface l8. Specifically, the board l6 embodies a first vertically extending rear supporting tab ll which has its lower end portion abutting against the upper rear face of the base plate II and secured thereto, the upper end of the supporting tab ll terminating at a point adjacent to and spaced from the upper end of the plate I l. The intermediate portion of the writing board It slopes forwardly and downwardly with respect to the supporting tab I1 and the base plate H and provides the writing surface I8 which is conveniently disposed and readily visible.

As illustrated in Figure 1 any written or printed indicia may be readily applied to the writing surface [8. The remaining portion of the writing board I6 includes a front supporting tab l9 which abuts against the upper front face of the base plate H and is secured thereto, th front supporting tab l9 being carried from the lower end of the writing surface I8 by means of a horizontally disposed connecting web 20.

Disposed concentrically with respect to the rivet l5 and having one face abutting against and secured to the rear face of the plate H, is a solid cylindrical pad 2|, the pad being provided with any suitable adhesive 22 on the free end face thereof. Accordingly the medicine dosage and time indicator of the present invention may be detachably secured to the exterior 'surface of a medicine containin receptacle 25,

l3, H at the appropriate time for the next dosage of the medicine.

It is to be noted that advertising indicia may be applied to the front face of the base plate ll contiguous to and above the clock dial l2.

Although only one embodiment of the present invention has been described, numerous modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appended claims.

What I claim is:

1. A dosage and time indicator for attachment to a medicine containing receptacle comprising an elongated vertically disposed base plate for securement to an exterior face of said receptacle, a clock dial on one face of said plate adjacent to and spaced from the lower end thereof, time indicating hands disposed radially of said clock dial and rotatably supported on said base plate for visually" indicating the time at which'the medicine in the receptacle is to be taken, an overhanging writing board disposed adjacent the upper end of said base plate and secured thereto, said board including a pair of spaced upstanding supporting tabs embracingly receiving and secured to the upper end of said base plate and a downwardly sloping portion carried by the upper ends of said tabs and constituting a writing surface for the inscription thereon of instructions concerning the time and dosage of the medicine to be taken. 7

2. A'dosag and time indicator for attachment to a medicine containing receptacle comprising an elongated vertically disposed base plate for securement to an exterior face of said receptacle, a clock dial on one face of said plate adjacent to and spaced from the lower end thereof, time indicating hands disposed radially of said clock dial and rotatably supported on said base plate for visually indicating the time at which the medicine in the receptacle is to be taken, an overhanging writing board disposed adjacent the upper end of said plate and secured thereto, said board including a pair of spaced upstanding supporting tabs embracingly receiving and secured to the upper end of said base plate and a downwardly sloping portion carried by the upper ends of said tabs and constituting a writing surface for the inscription thereon of instructions concerning the time and dosage of the medicine to be taken, and means carried on the other face of said base plate for adhesively securing said plate to the exterior surface of said receptacle.

CHARLES SCHATZKIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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