Dispensing device
AssigneeTrudell Medical International
InventorsGreg Lawrence, Peter M. Scarrott
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Abstract
A dispenser includes a dispenser housing, an indicating device connected to the dispenser housing and a container removably engaged with the dispenser housing. The container and the dispenser housing remain connected as the container is moved between an engaged position and a disengaged position relative to the dispenser housing. The dispenser housing includes an upper portion pivotally connected to a lower portion.
Claims28
A dispenser for use with a container for dispensing dosages of a substance from the container, the dispenser comprising:
- a dispenser housing comprising:
- a lower portion having a nonremovable support block and a first outermost surface, wherein said support block comprises a well shaped to receive a valve stem of the container;
- a tubular upper portion directly connected to the lower portion and defining a cavity shaped to receive the container, wherein said tubular upper portion and said cavity extend in a longitudinal direction, said tubular upper portion having a second outermost surface, wherein said first and second outermost surfaces are flush;
- a tubular housing comprising an inner surface circumferentially surrounding said second outermost surface of at least a portion of said tubular upper portion, wherein said tubular housing has a third outermost surface, wherein said third outermost surface of said tubular housing is spaced radially outwardly from said first outermost surface of said lower portion and said second outermost surface of said upper portion, wherein said tubular housing is connected to said dispenser housing, and wherein said tubular housing is non-movable relative to said tubular upper portion in said longitudinal direction;
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- an indicating device connected to said dispenser housing.
A dispenser for dispensing dosages of a substance, the dispenser comprising:
- a dispenser housing comprising:
- a lower portion having a nonremovable support block and a first outermost surface;
- a tubular upper portion directly connected to the lower portion and defining a cavity shaped to receive a container, wherein said tubular upper portion and said cavity extend in a longitudinal direction, said tubular upper portion having a second outermost surface, wherein said first and second outermost surfaces are flush;
- a tubular housing comprising an inner surface circumferentially surrounding said second outermost surface of at least a portion of said tubular upper portion, wherein said tubular housing has a third outermost surface, wherein said third outermost surface of said tubular housing is spaced radially outwardly from said first outermost surface of said lower portion and said second outermost surface of said upper portion, wherein said tubular housing is connected to said dispenser housing, and wherein said tubular housing is non-movable relative to said tubular upper portion in said longitudinal direction;
- an indicating device connected to said dispenser housing;
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- wherein said container is disposed in said cavity and has an end portion comprising a valve stem disposed in said support block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.