Medication holder and display apparatus

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EP 0 254 487 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	08.02.1989 Bulletin 1989/06

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	27.01.1988 Bulletin 1988/04

(21)	Application number: 87306314.3

(22)	Date of filing: 16.07.1987

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁴: A61J 1/00, A61J 7/00, A61G 12/00, A47F 7/28

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE CH DE ES FR LI NL

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Priority:

21.07.1986 US 887489

(71)	Applicant: BOC, INC.
	Montvale, NJ 07645 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Lind, Michael J. McFarland Wisconsin 53558 (US)

(74)	Representative: Gough, Peter et al
	c/o THE BOC GROUP PLC Patent Department Chertsey Road Windlesham Surrey GU20 6HJ Windlesham Surrey GU20 6HJ (GB)

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(54)	Medication holder and display apparatus

(57) A medication holder and display tray(l0) holds colour coded bottles(22) of medications in a plurality of separate compartments(l6b) which each have an inclined plane(l8) to which is attached a colour coded label(20). The inclined plane(l8) of each compartment positions the bottles(20) of medication resting thereon such that each can be easily and quickly recognized and removed. Colour coding on each bottle corresponds to the colour coding on a top portion of the inclined plane(l8) of a compartment(l6b). This speeds up identification of a medication and helps prevents mistakes. Colour coding is not meant as a substitute for reading a label on a container of medication.

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