Cvs Pharmacy, Inc.

Adam A Afzali

Jessica H Donohue

Timothy S Tocci

Darryl P James

Elizabeth K Winter

Jamila S Gramsey

Regan M Fiascone

Courtney J Hopkins-Nestler

Scott Reina

Sarah C Callaway

Kyle Benton

Andreas Senai

Donovan Duchak

A modular dispenser includes a cartridge configured to hold a plurality of pills. A dispensing base is configured to removably receive the cartridge. The dispensing base includes a funnel with a funnel inlet proximate the opening of the cartridge and a funnel outlet spaced apart from the funnel inlet. A drawer is configured to receive the at least one pill from the funnel outlet in a well and is configured to be slidably received within the dispensing base. A metering flap may be movably positioned between the funnel outlet and the well of the drawer. The metering flap is pivotably coupled to at least one of the funnel and the dispensing base and may be configured to one of a) at least partially block and b) fully block the funnel outlet when the drawer is slidably extended away from the dispensing base.

Modular dispenser for multiple objects

A modular dispenser includes a cartridge configured to hold a plurality of pills. The cartridge includes an opening through which the at least one pill is configured to pass under an influence of gravity. A dispensing base is configured to removably receive the cartridge. The dispensing base includes a funnel with a funnel inlet proximate the opening of the cartridge and a funnel outlet spaced apart from the funnel inlet. A dispensing assembly is rotatably coupled to the dispensing base. The dispensing base also includes a catch configured to receive the at least one pill when the catch is proximate the funnel outlet and rotate away from the funnel outlet to a position from which the at least one pill is retrievable by a user.

Modular dispenser for single objects

Dispenser assembly

Dispenser base

Dispenser cartridge assembly

Linked dispenser assemblies

A modular dispenser includes a cartridge configured to hold a plurality of pills. The cartridge includes an opening through which the at least one pill is configured to pass under an influence of gravity. A dispensing base is configured to removably receive the cartridge. The dispensing base includes a funnel with a funnel inlet proximate the opening of the cartridge and a funnel outlet spaced apart from the funnel inlet. A dispensing assembly is rotatably coupled to the dispensing base. The dispensing base also includes at least one catch configured to receive the at least one pill when the at least one catch is proximate the funnel outlet and to rotate the at least one catch away from the funnel outlet to a position from which the at least one pill is retrievable by a user.

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Duxbury, MA, United States of America

Adam A Afzali