Medication dispensing means

Claim 1

A PILL DISPENSING DEVICE FOR DISPENSING PILLS ON A NON-UNIFORM DAILY SCHEDULE WHICH MUST BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE PERSONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL CYCLE OF THE USER, COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, A CALENDAR DISK BEARING A MULTIPLICITY OF READABLE DAY-OF-WEEK IDENTIFICATIONS OF SUCCESSIVE DAYS, SAID IDENTIFICATIONS BEING PHYSICALLY ARRANGED IN AN ANNULAR PATTERN AND CONTINUING CHRONOLOGICALLY OVER A PLURALITY OF WEEKS, A PILL DISK DISPOSED IN CONCENTRIC RELATION TO SAID CALENDAR DISK AND DEFINING A PATTERN OF PILL RECEIVERS, SAID PILL DISK DEFINING A TIME REFERENCE INDICATOR AND BEING ADJUSTABLE ROTATABLY WITH REFERENCE TO SAID CALENDAR DISK TO MOVE SAID TIME REFERENCE INDICATOR INTO CIRCUMFERENTIAL REGISTRATION WITH ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF SAID DAY-OF-WEEK IDENTIFICATIONS, SAID PATTERN OF PILL RECEIVERS IN SAID PILL DISK AND SAID PATTERN OF DAY-OF-WEEK IDENTIFICATIONS BEING RELATED TO EACH OTHER TO EFFECT AN ALINEMENT OF THE PILL RECEIVERS WITH A SET OF THE DAY-OFWEEK IDENTIFICATIONS FOR EACH ADJUSTED POSITION OF THE PILL DISK IN WHICH SAID TIME REFERENCE INDICATOR IS ALINED WITH ONE OF SAID DAY-OF-WEEK IDENTIFICATIONS, SAID PILL RECEIVERS HAVING A POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP TO EACH OTHER AND TO SAID TIME REFERENCE INDICATOR WHICH CORRESPONDS WITH REFERENCE TO SAID PATTERN OF DAY-OF-WEEK IDENTIFICATIONS ON SAID CALENDAR ELEMENT TO A PREDETERMINED DAILY SCHEDULE FOR DISPENSING PILLS, MEANS FOR HOLDING SAID PILL DISK AND SAID CALENDAR DISK IN ADJUSTED POSITIONS RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER, A DISPENSING DISK ROTATABLY DISPOSED IN COVERING RELATION TO SAID PILL DISK TO RETAIN PILLS IN SAID PILL RECEIVERS, AND SAID DISPENSING DISK DEFINING A PILL DISPENSING APERTURE THEREIN ADJUSTABLE UPON ROTATION OF THE DISPENSING DISK INTO ALINEMENT WITH SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID PILL RECEIVERS FOR DISPENSING PILLS FROM SAID RECEIVERS.