US Patent Issued on March 18 for "Dispenser cap for prescription and over-the-counter pill bottles" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,360, issued on March 18.

"Dispenser cap for prescription and over-the-counter pill bottles" was invented by Chaim Carmiel Futran (Brighton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispenser cap device for dispensing, through a single action, pills from a container is described. A main body is inserted into a container or has its own cavity and has an opening at a first position. A push piece comprises a chamber that is inserted into the main body. A cap component seals the push piece between itself and the main body and also has an opening at a second position. Turning the container upside down allows gravity to feed the pills throug...