Medications Storage and Time Keeping Apparatus

Abstract

A combination of an organizer for medications and an alarm clock is disclosed. A rigid housing is divided into at least seven peripheral compartments, each of which is open at one side thereof and has a pivoting door. Each door and compartment may further include a manually-actuable mechanical door snap for holding the door in the closed position. At least seven such peripheral compartment doors are included having an indicia thereon for indicating a day of the week. One of the compartments may be designated as a spoon compartment, adapted to receive a spoon for allowing a user to physically manage medications contained in at least one of the other compartments. Likewise, one other of the compartments may be designated as a tweezers compartment. An alarm clock is fixed proximate the center of the housing, the alarm clock for reminding the user once each day to take the medication in the compartment corresponding to the present day of the week.

1 . A combination organizer for medications and alarm clock, comprising:
 a rigid housing divided into at least seven peripheral compartments each open at one side thereof, each compartment having a pivoting door adapted to selectively cover the open side, at least seven such peripheral compartment doors including an indicia thereon for indicating a day of the week; and   an alarm clock fixed proximate the center of the housing; the alarm clock having a readable face oriented towards a front side of the housing and a clock control means accessible from a bottom side of the housing through a bottom aperture, a bottom aperture door adapted to selectively cover the bottom aperture.   
   
   
       2 . The combination of  claim 1  wherein at least one of the peripheral compartments is adapted to receive a spoon, whereby a user may use the spoon to physically manage medications contained in at least one of the other peripheral compartments. 
   
   
       3 . The combination of  claim 1  wherein at least one of the peripheral compartments is adapted to receive a tweezers, whereby a user may use the tweezers to physically manage medications contained in at least one of the other peripheral compartments. 
   
   
       4 . The combination of  claim 1  wherein the clock control means includes a battery contained within a battery compartment, a time adjustment knob, an alarm time adjustment knob, and an alarm activation switch. 
   
   
       5 . The combination of  claim 1  wherein the bottom aperture door and each compartment door each include a manually-actuable mechanical door snap for holding the door in place over the open side of one of the compartments. 
   
   
       6 . The combination of  claim 1  wherein each compartment door has a unique color applied thereto, the color contrasting with the indicia.