# US 2014/0190996 A1 · Pump-equipped container and dispensing pump used for same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190996 A1 - Document ID: US20140190996A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/985,134 - Filed: 2012-02-14 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-02-17 - Assignees: Nihon Yamamura Glass Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Yukihiro Ogawa; Satoshi Miyatake; Takuya Tsuji; Tayori Kato; Kenji Tanaka - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190996A1 ## CPC - B05B 11/0038: {Inner container disposed in an outer shell or outer casing} - B05B 11/1047: {the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container} - B05B 15/30: Dip tubes - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) ## Abstract A pump-equipped container and a dispensing pump used therefor are provided, such that a thin container body can be implemented, while deformation of the container body associated with an operation portion being pushed down can effectively be prevented. A pump-equipped container 1 includes: a container body 2 having a mouth portion 15; and a dispensing pump 20 removably attached to the mouth portion 15. The dispensing pump 20 includes: a pump body 22 removably attached to the mouth portion 15 of the container body 2; a support member 31 having its bottom end portion abutted on a bottom portion 5 of the container body 2 to thereby receive a downward load acting on the mouth portion 15 of the container body 2; a leg member 32 provided at the support member 31. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pump-equipped container, comprising: a container body having a mouth portion; and a dispenser pump removably attached to the mouth portion, wherein the dispenser pump includes: a pump body that has an operation portion capable of reciprocating in a top-bottom direction and that is removably attached to the mouth portion of the container body; a support member having its bottom end portion abutted on a bottom portion of the container body to thereby receive a downward load acting on the mouth portion of the container body; and a leg member provided at the support member so as to be capable of switching between a closed-leg attitude in which the leg member can pass through the mouth portion and an open-leg attitude in which the leg member spreads outwardly in a radial direction of the support member, the leg member in the open-leg attitude abutting on the bottom portion of the container body to thereby receive a diagonally downward load acting on the mouth portion of the container body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pump-equipped container according to claim 1, wherein the leg member is a plurality of leg portions that can elastically deform over the open-leg attitude being a natural state in which the leg portions extend diagonally downwardly from an intermediate portion in a height direction of the support member and the closed-leg attitude in which the leg portions extend along the support member. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The pump-equipped container according to claim 2, wherein the support member is structured as being divided into a top support member and a bottom support member, and the leg portions are integrally provided to a bottom end portion of the top support member. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The pump-equipped container according to claim 2, further comprising: a narrowing ring shiftable along the support member, wherein an operation of the narrowing ring can switch the leg portions between the open-leg attitude and the closed-leg attitude. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The pump-equipped container according to claim 4, further comprising: an engaging stopper projecting portion that engagingly stops shifting of the narrowing ring from the mouth portion into the container body, the engaging stopper projecting portion being formed at the mouth portion of the container body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The pump-equipped container according to claim 4, further comprising: a restricting projecting portion that restricts a lowermost position of the narrowing ring relative to the support member, the restricting projecting portion being formed at each of the leg portions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The pump-equipped container according to claim 6, further comprising: a receiving projecting portion provided to at least one of the support member and the leg portions, the receiving projecting portion abutting on other one of the support member and the leg portions to receive elastic deformation of the leg portions toward the support member than the closed-leg attitude, and the receiving projecting portion being formed so as to correspond to a height position of the restricting projecting portion in the closed-leg attitude. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The pump-equipped container according to claim 6, further comprising: a pop-up suppressing portion that suppresses the narrowing ring maintained at the lowermost position from popping up, the pop-up suppressing portion being formed projectively outwardly at an intermediate portion in a height direction of each of the leg portions. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The pump-equipped container according to claim 6, further comprising: a holding projecting portion that holds the narrowing ring in the mouth portion of the container body, the holding projecting portion being formed at the mouth portion of the container body. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The pump-equipped container according to claim 2, further comprising: an abutment portion capable of being brought into surface contact with the bottom portion of the container body, the abutment portion being formed at a bottom end portion of each of the leg portions. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The pump-equipped container according to claim 2, wherein the bottom end portion of each of the leg portions is arranged at an outer circumferential portion of the bottom portion of the container body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The pump-equipped container according to claim 1, further comprising: a suction pipe provided at the dispenser pump so as to extend from the pump body toward the bottom portion of the container body, wherein the support member is structured to be tubular, so as to be externally fitted to the suction pipe. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The pump-equipped container according to claim 1, wherein the container body is made of a soft material that can be self-standing and that can be crushed by a hand to achieve a reduction in volume. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The pump-equipped container according to claim 1, wherein a barrel portion of the container body is structured to be tubular whose cross section is polygonal, the barrel portion being foldable. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The pump-equipped container according to claim 14, further comprising: a folding gusset portion formed at each of opposing side faces of the barrel portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The pump-equipped container according to claim 1, further comprising: a bottom face of the container body being formed so as to project downwardly with increasing proximity to the center portion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) A dispenser pump used for the pump-equipped container according to claim 1, comprising: a pump body that has an operation portion capable of reciprocating in a top-bottom direction and that is removably attached to the mouth portion of the container body; a support member that has its bottom end portion abutted on the bottom portion of the container body to thereby receive a downward load acting on the mouth portion of the container body; and a leg member that is provided at the support member and that is capable of switching between a closed-leg attitude in which the leg member can pass through the mouth portion and an open-leg attitude in which the leg member spreads outwardly in a radial direction of the support member, the leg member receiving a diagonally downward load acting on the mouth portion of the container body by abutting on the bottom portion of the container body in the open-leg attitude.