Insert for vessels containing pills, tablets or the like

Claim 1

IN COMBINATION WITH A VESSEL HAVING A HOLLOW INTERIOR FOR RECEPTION OF PILLS AND THE LIKE AND A MOUTH COMMUNICATING THEREWITH, THE WIDTH OF SAID MOUTH BEING LESS THAN THE WIDTH OF SAID HOLLOW INTERIOR; A GENERALLY STAR SHAPED UNITARY INSERT OF RESILIENTLY FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL, SAID INSERT COMPRISING A FLAT CENTRAL BODY HAVING A WIDTH LESS THAN THE VESSEL MOUTH, A SERIES OF SHORT ARMS RADIATING FROM SAID CENTRAL BODY IN THE PLANE THEREOF, THE OUTER ENDS OF SAID ARMS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH THE CROSS SECTIONAL BOUNDARY OF SAID HOLLOW INTERIOR, A FURTHER SERIES OF RELATIVELY SPACED LONG ARMS RADIATING FROM SAID CENTRAL BODY, SAID LONG ARMS HAVING INNER PORTIONS SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME PLANE WITH SAID SHORT ARMS; SAID LONG ARMS PROJECTING FROM SAID CENTRAL BODY CONSIDERABLY FURTHER THAN SAID SHORT ARMS AND HAVING OUTER PORTIONS INWARDLY AND UPWARDLY DEFLECTED BY THE CONFINING ACTION OF SAID VESSEL, ALL OF SAID ARMS BEING ADAPTED TO FLEX DURING PASSAGE OF THE INSERT THROUGH SAID MOUTH, SAID SHORT ARMS BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN ADJOINING LONG ARMS, AND DETACHED FROM SAID LONG ARMS TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY UNAFFECTED BY SAID DEFLECTION OF THE LONG ARMS, SAID SHORT ARMS AND SAID INNER PORTIONS OF THE LONG ARMS JOINTLY OCCUPYING SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF SAID HOLLOW INTERIOR TO PREVENT MOVEMENT OF THE VESSEL CONTENTS THEREPAST.