Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
258 words
A portable medicine dispensing cart comprising: a cabinet having a hollow interior enclosed by four sides, a bottom and a flat top working surface; hinged door means on one side providing access to said hollow interior; a plurality of medication storage bins slidably supported in removable wire rack cassettes in said hollow interior accessible behind said hinged door means; a pair of lockable, slidably extendable, vertically oriented drawers, one above the other, adjacent to said plurality of medicated storage bins; said vertical drawers being divided into a plurality of compartments with a compartment accessible from the top and a bottom compartment accessible from a side adjacent to said medication bins, whereby said vertical drawers and medication storage bins may be simultaneously accessible; a cart wall locking security system comprising; a wall bracket having a pair of horizontally aligned keyhole slots, a pair of socket balls secured to the rear wall of said cabinet adapted to engage said horizontal keyhole slots of said bracket, a hole in said wall bracket, a spring-loaded pin extending out of the rear wall of said cabinet and adapted to engage the hole in said wall bracket when said socket balls are fully engaged in said keyhole slots, holding means for holding said pin in an extended position when said cart is secured, an adjustable size cup dispenser accessible through a circular aperture in said top surface comprising: retaining means circumjacent said circular aperture in said top surface for retaining said cups; and resilient means for adjusting said retaining means for different size cups.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
258 words
A portable medicine dispensing cart comprising: a cabinet having a hollow interior enclosed by four sides, a bottom and a flat top working surface; hinged door means on one side providing access to said hollow interior; a plurality of medication storage bins slidably supported in removable wire rack cassettes in said hollow interior accessible behind said hinged door means; a pair of lockable, slidably extendable, vertically oriented drawers, one above the other, adjacent to said plurality of medicated storage bins; said vertical drawers being divided into a plurality of compartments with a compartment accessible from the top and a bottom compartment accessible from a side adjacent to said medication bins, whereby said vertical drawers and medication storage bins may be simultaneously accessible; a cart wall locking security system comprising; a wall bracket having a pair of horizontally aligned keyhole slots, a pair of socket balls secured to the rear wall of said cabinet adapted to engage said horizontal keyhole slots of said bracket, a hole in said wall bracket, a spring-loaded pin extending out of the rear wall of said cabinet and adapted to engage the hole in said wall bracket when said socket balls are fully engaged in said keyhole slots, holding means for holding said pin in an extended position when said cart is secured, an adjustable size cup dispenser accessible through a circular aperture in said top surface comprising: retaining means circumjacent said circular aperture in said top surface for retaining said cups; and resilient means for adjusting said retaining means for different size cups.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The medication cart according to claim 1 wherein said holding means for holding said pin in an extended position when said cart is secured comprises: a bracket secured to one of said vertical drawers; a spring-loaded plunger pin slidably supported in said bracket; whereby said plunger pin is held in an extended position whenever said vertical drawer is locked.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said retainer adjusting means for said cup dispenser comprises: a plurality of stepped flanges around the periphery of said circular aperture; a removable resilient elastic band engaging the respective steps of said flanges for restricting the size of the circular opening, said size restriction being determined by which step of the plural flanges said resilient means is engaging.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
95 words
The medication cart according to claim 1 wherein the side of said cabinet opposite said hinged doors includes: a tilt-out panel; a waste receptacle supported on said panel accessible through an aperture in said top working surface when said tilt-out panel is closed comprising: a shelf rack attached to said tilt-out panel; a roll of tear-off disposable plastic bags supported on said shelf; a rectangular hollow bracket attached to said tilt-out panel above said shelf; whereby a replacement waste bag is automatically pulled up through said rectangular hollow bracket when a full bag is removed.