Dosing container
AssigneeDiversey, Inc.
InventorJeroen Caminada
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Abstract
A container including a reservoir to store a dispensable material and an elongated neck that extends from the reservoir and that terminates at a distal end. The container also includes a frangible region intermediate the reservoir and the distal end of the elongated neck. The frangible region is fracturable in response to a predetermined force applied to the distal end to create opening in the elongated neck through which the material can be dispensed from the reservoir. The container further includes a guard disposed adjacent the elongated neck to inhibit inadvertent fracture of the frangible region absent the predetermined force.
Claims19
A container comprising:
- a reservoir to store a dispensable material;
- an elongated neck extending from and fluidly connected to the reservoir;
- a frangible region intermediate the reservoir and a distal end of the elongated neck, the frangible region fracturable in response to a predetermined force applied to the distal end to create opening in the elongated neck through which the material may be dispensed from the reservoir;
- and
- a guard positioned on the container adjacent the frangible region to inhibit inadvertent fracture of the frangible region absent the predetermined force.
A container comprising:
- a reservoir to store a dispensable material;
- an elongated neck extending from and fluidly connected to the reservoir;
- a frangible region intermediate the reservoir and a distal end of the elongated neck, the frangible region fracturable in response to a predetermined force to create an opening through which the material may be dispensed from the reservoir;
- and
- a passageway having a first end proximate the frangible region and a second end in fluid communication with the reservoir,
- wherein the passageway is in fluid communication with air surrounding the container in response to fracturing of the frangible region to supply make-up air into the reservoir when the material is dispensed from the reservoir.
A container comprising:
- a backing;
- a package defining a reservoir to store a dispensable material;
- and
- a frangible region disposed on the package and fracturable in response to a predetermined force applied to a portion of the package,
- wherein the backing cooperates with the package to seal the reservoir,
- wherein fracture of the frangible region generates an opening in the package through which the material may be dispensed from the reservoir, and
- wherein the backing resists fracture of the frangible region absent the predetermined force on the frangible region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.