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US 2006/0131327 A9Published application
Hand held fluent dispensing containers
OwnerGabriel Cabelliinventor
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The present invention is directed toward molded plastic re-sealable closures (1, 31) for use with a fluent dispensing container (2). The closures (1, 31) each have a rupturing member (12) and a cover (19) on whose initial opening causes the rupturing member to tear a tearable sealing to form a generally rectangular fluent exit aperture (4), and secures the torn away material remote from the fluent exit aperture to prevent it from blocking same during subsequent re-openings and re-sealings. The present invention is also directed to screw cap assemblies (41, 61) similar to the closures (1,31) but each having an axially displaceable puncturing member and a cap on whose initial unscrewing causes the puncturing member to puncture a tearable sealing to form a generally circular fluent exit aperture. The present invention is further directed to toggle cap assemblies (71, 81) for use with a hand squeezable plastic bottle, the toggle cap assemblies each including a latchable arrangement disposable from a sealing position for preventing the dispensing of a bottle's contents to a flow communication position for enabling the dispensing of a bottle's contents on squeezing the bottle, and vice versa on applying a force against an exposed surface of the latchable arrangement in the direction of the bottle's interior. The present invention is still further directed to a collapsible plastic bottle (91), and a dual container dispenser (101).
A molded plastic re-sealable closure for initially forming a generally rectangular fluid exit aperture in a tearable sealing provided in a container, and thereafter capable of being selectively and repeatedly re-opened and re-sealed for respectively enabling and preventing the dispensing of the container's contents via the fluid exit aperture, the closure comprising:
A screw cap assembly for initially forming a fluent exit aperture in a tearable sealing provided in a container, and thereafter capable of being selectively and repeatedly re-opened and re-sealed for respectively enabling and preventing dispensing of the container's contents via the fluid exit aperture, the screw cap assembly comprising a base for sealingly adhesion to the container, said base having an upright sleeve with an external screw thread on which a cap is initially and re-sealingly screw threadable thereon, said sleeve having a tubular puncturing member slidingly disposable therein with a puncturing tip initially overlying the tearable sealing, said puncturing member being urgable inwards towards the container's interior on an initial unscrewing of said cap from said base whereupon said puncturing tip punctures the tearable sealing for forming the fluent exit aperture.
For use with a hand squeezable plastic bottle, a toggle cap assembly for selectively and repeatedly enabling and preventing dispensing of the bottle's contents, the toggle cap assembly comprising:
A collapsible plastic bottle comprising at least one axially collapsible portion each capable of assuming only two possible states:
A dual container dispenser having a substantially ellipsoidal-like shape with a longitudinal axis and a pair of opposite flat end surfaces on each of which it can freely stand upright, the dispenser having two separable, side-by-side interlockable, hand squeezable plastic containers each having a selectively and repeatedly re-sealable closure associated therewith for enabling the dispensing of its contents upon being squeezed, each end surface of said pair of end surfaces having one of said pair of re-sealable closures.
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