Dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10150609-B2
Application number	US-201314648405-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2013
Priority date	Dec 4, 2012
Publication date	Dec 11, 2018
Grant date	Dec 11, 2018

Abstract

A dispenser for dispensing product that includes a dispenser body having first and second interior sections, a lid, and a release mechanism. Product in the first interior section passes through an opening in the second interior portion and into an inner channel for dispensing. The inner channel includes a prong that prevent product from reverting back to the first interior section. The lid includes a lip that, when the dispenser is closed, creates a seal about the inner channel. When the dispenser is to be opened, the user may activate the release mechanism, which includes an upper portion and an activation portion. The user inwardly presses the release activation portion, which deflects or bends a portion of the inner channel away from the lip. The user may also downwardly press on the release mechanism to release the upper portion from engagement with the lip and the sidewall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A dispenser for the dispensing of product comprising:
a dispenser body having a sidewall, the sidewall generally defines a first interior section and a second interior section, the first interior section configured to house the product, the second interior section configured for the dispensing of the product, the second interior section having an inner channel and an opening, the opening configured to allow product to move from the first interior section into the inner channel, the inner channel having at least one prong that is configured to prevent product to be dispensed from the inner channel from reverting back to the first interior section;
a lid having a lip configured to engage the inner channel when the dispenser is in a closed position to form a seal about an upper portion of the inner channel that prevents ambient air from passing through the seal and into the inner channel; and
a release mechanism having an activation portion, an upper portion, at least a portion of the activation portion positioned about an aperture in the sidewall, the upper portion being positioned in the second interior portion between the sidewall and the lip when the lid is in a closed position, wherein the activation portion includes a backside and bridge, the bridge configured to bias the activation portion about the aperture in the sidewall, wherein when the dispenser is in a closed position the backside engages an adjacent portion of the inner channel when the activation portion is inwardly depressed so as to bend or deflect the adjacent portion of the inner channel away from at least a portion of the lip.

2. The dispenser of claim 1 wherein the release mechanism includes a spring, the spring configured to bias the release mechanism in a first position in which the upper portion engages the interior portion of the sidewall and lip.

3. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the release mechanism includes a slot between at least a portion of the activation portion and the upper portion.

4. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the release mechanism includes sides that are separated from at least a portion the activation portion by one or more slots.

5. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the activation portion includes a tab.

6. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the inner channel includes two prongs, the two prongs extending from the inner channel away from the first inner section.

7. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the lid is attached to the dispenser body by a hinge.

8. The dispenser of claim 1 , further including a cap that is operably attached to the dispenser body, the cap herein the dispenser body includes an opening that is covered by a cap, the opening providing access to the first interior section.

9. The dispenser of claim 8 , wherein the cap may be repeatedly removed from the dispenser opening to permit the re-insertion of product into the first interior section.

10. The dispenser of claim 1 further including at least one guide positioned in the first interior section, the at least one guide configured to properly orient product to be dispensed so that the product may enter into the opening of the second interior section.

11. The dispenser of claim 1 further including at least one guide positioned in the second interior section, the at least one guide configured to properly orient product to be dispensed so that the product may enter into the inner channel of the second interior section.

Assignees

• Csp Technologies Inc

Inventors

• Giraud Jean-Pierre
• Pichot Herve

Classifications

• B65D83/049

  the dispensing means forming a part of a removable closure, e.g. gripping teeth or cavity · CPC title

• B65D83/0436 Primary

  the articles being dispensed by pinching action on a flexible tube · CPC title

• B65D50/045

  where one action elastically deforms or deflects at least part of the closure, the container or an intermediate element, e.g. a ring (B65D50/041, B65D50/043 take precedence) · CPC title