Cup for administering pills

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING PILLS COMPRISING: (A) AN OPEN-TOPPED CUP ADAPTED TO CONTAIN WATER THEREIN, SAID CUP BEING OF FRUSTO-CONICAL FORM, HAVING A LARGER DIAMETER AT ITS TOP THAN AT ITS BOTTOM, WHEREBY TO BE NESTABLE WITH OTHER LIKE CUPS, AND (B) A PILL RECEPTACLE INSERT COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SHEET OF RESILIENT MATERIAL NORMALLY LYING IN FULL AREA CONTACT WITH THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID CUP INTERMEDIATE THE TOP AND BOTTOM THEREOF, SAID INSERT SHEET HAVING GENERALLY VERTICAL SIDE EDGES AND GENERALLY HORIZONTAL TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, THE SIDE EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID SHEET BEING AFFIXED TO SAID CUP WALL AND THE INTERMEDIATE BODY PORTION OF SAID SHEET BEING DIVIDED FROM SAID EDGE PORTIONS BY WEAKENED FOLD LINES FORMED IN SAID SHEET, SAID FOLD LINES BEING GENERALLY VERTICAL, SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID SHEET NORMALLY BEING MAINTAINED IN ITS OUTWARDLY BOWED POSITION AGAINST SAID CUP WALL BY ITS RESILIENT RESISTANCE TO FLEXURE, BUT BEING EXTENDABLE TO AN INWARDLY BOWED POSITION, WHEREBY TO FORM A PILL RECEPTACLE BETWEEN THE BODY MEMBER PORTION OF SAID INSERT SHEET AND SAID CUP WALL, BY FORCING IT INWARDLY THROUGH A PLANE DETERMINED BY SAID FOLD LINES, AND RETAINABLE IN SAID EXTENDED POSITION BY ITS RESILIENCE, THE BODY PORTION OF SAID INSERT SHEET HAVING OPENINGS FORMED THERETHROUGH WHEREBY WATER MAY FLOW THROUGH SAID PULL RECEPTACLE AS WATER IS DRUNK FROM SAID CUP.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR ADMINISTERING PILLS COMPRISING: (A) AN OPEN-TOPPED CUP ADAPTED TO CONTAIN WATER THEREIN, SAID CUP BEING OF FRUSTO-CONICAL FORM, HAVING A LARGER DIAMETER AT ITS TOP THAN AT ITS BOTTOM, WHEREBY TO BE NESTABLE WITH OTHER LIKE CUPS, AND (B) A PILL RECEPTACLE INSERT COMPRISING A GENERALLY RECTANGULAR SHEET OF RESILIENT MATERIAL NORMALLY LYING IN FULL AREA CONTACT WITH THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF SAID CUP INTERMEDIATE THE TOP AND BOTTOM THEREOF, SAID INSERT SHEET HAVING GENERALLY VERTICAL SIDE EDGES AND GENERALLY HORIZONTAL TOP AND BOTTOM EDGES, THE SIDE EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID SHEET BEING AFFIXED TO SAID CUP WALL AND THE INTERMEDIATE BODY PORTION OF SAID SHEET BEING DIVIDED FROM SAID EDGE PORTIONS BY WEAKENED FOLD LINES FORMED IN SAID SHEET, SAID FOLD LINES BEING GENERALLY VERTICAL, SAID BODY PORTION OF SAID SHEET NORMALLY BEING MAINTAINED IN ITS OUTWARDLY BOWED POSITION AGAINST SAID CUP WALL BY ITS RESILIENT RESISTANCE TO FLEXURE, BUT BEING EXTENDABLE TO AN INWARDLY BOWED POSITION, WHEREBY TO FORM A PILL RECEPTACLE BETWEEN THE BODY MEMBER PORTION OF SAID INSERT SHEET AND SAID CUP WALL, BY FORCING IT INWARDLY THROUGH A PLANE DETERMINED BY SAID FOLD LINES, AND RETAINABLE IN SAID EXTENDED POSITION BY ITS RESILIENCE, THE BODY PORTION OF SAID INSERT SHEET HAVING OPENINGS FORMED THERETHROUGH WHEREBY WATER MAY FLOW THROUGH SAID PULL RECEPTACLE AS WATER IS DRUNK FROM SAID CUP.