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US 11,530,073 B2Granted
Container
AssigneeSteen Products, Inc.
InventorRobby Wayne Steen
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Abstract
A container including a container body adapted for containing a liquid for storage and dispensing through an opening in the container body. An exterior recess is formed a wall of the container body and defines a location for a pour spout in a stowed position. The pour spout is attached to the container body and is movable between the stowed position within the recess and a deployed use position in liquid dispensing communication with the opening in the container body.
Claims19
A container, comprising:
- a container body adapted for containing a liquid for storage and dispensing through an opening in the container body;
- an exterior recess formed in a wall of the container body and defining a location for a pour spout in a stowed position;
- the pour spout attached to the container body and movable between the stowed position within the recess and a deployed use position in liquid dispensing communication with the opening in the container body;
- a pair of slide grooves positioned on opposite sides of and proximate to the opening of the container body and the exterior recess;
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- the pour spout including a pair of tabs adapted for being positioned in respective ones of the slide grooves and movable for both pivoting and translating the pour spout from its stowed position into its deployed use position in liquid dispensing communication with the opening in the container body.
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A container including:
- (a) a container body adapted for containing a liquid for storage and dispensing through an opening in the container body;
- (b) an exterior recess formed in a wall of the container body and defining a location for a pour spout in a stowed position;
- (c) the pour spout attached to the container body and movable between the stowed position within the recess and a deployed use position in liquid dispensing communication with the opening in the container body;
- (d) a pair of slide grooves positioned on opposite sides of and proximate to the opening of the container body and the exterior recess;
- (e) the pour spout including a pair of tabs adapted for being positioned in respective ones of the slide grooves and movable in the respective ones of the slide grooves for both pivoting and translating the pour spout from its stowed position into its deployed use position in liquid dispensing communication with the opening in the container body;
- (f) the pour spout including a funnel that is positioned in the exterior recess when the pour spout is in the stowed position and is positioned in the liquid dispensing communication with the opening in the container body in the deployed use position;
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- (g) the pour spout including a flexible spout in flow communication with the funnel and including an exit opening through which contents of the container are dispensed, and including a plurality of concentric accordion folds by which the flexible spout is adapted to be collapsed from the extended dispensing position into its stowed position and to be extended from the stowed position into its extended dispensing position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.