Device for storing and distributing, for example medicine cups

Claim 1

Apparatus for storing and distributing medicines to patients comprising a tray provided with a peripheral flange extending all around, and divided on its top side into sections, each of said sections being separated from adjacent sections by bands, open top cups for said medicines, cover means for said cups adapted to be marked to indicate the time when the medicine in respective cups is to be taken, and a plurality of stands each shaped like an open box turned upside down in accordance with said tray sections so as to be placed in a substantially nonmovable and detachable manner in said sections of said tray, said stands being made of a relatively stiff foldable material and adapted to be delivered in unfolded plane state and with creasing lines for erecting the stands at the place of application, each stand being provided with a plurality of cup-receiving means formed as holes in the upper surface of said stand, said upper surface of each stand being located at such a level above said tray that said medicine cups inserted into said holes are supported by abutting against the hole edges, whereby said stand receives as many cups as are required for at leAst the medicines prescribed to be distributed to one patient at different times during a predetermined period, for example, during 24 hours.