Apparatus for disguising liquid contents in possession
Assignee5 N Out, Inc.
InventorsJane Cusick, Debbie Mende
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Abstract
A device in the form of a container is disclosed which obscures and/or misdirects another person from recognizing the device contains potable fluid. The device is generally constructed with the appearance of a cosmetics-style tube and, in the illustrated form, a sunscreen lotion tube. The device includes a neck and a removable cap that are matingly threaded as to be sealingly engaged to prevent leakage, and the device is fillable by a loading device styled as a funnel.
Claims20
An apparatus for containing and dispensing fluid, the device comprising:
- a body having a sealingly closed end and an open end;
- and
- a removable cap for sealingly engaging the open end,
- wherein the body is formed of elastically deformable food-safe plastic in a generally tubular shape, the closed end is heat sealed, the open end has an opening sized to permit pouring of fluid therefrom in the absence of pressure on the body the removable cap is dis-engaged from the open end, and the removable cap and open end include structure for sealingly engaging to prevent pourable liquid from leaking therebetween.
An apparatus for disguising the contents thereof, the apparatus comprising:
- a cosmetic-style appearance including,
- a tubular body formed of elastically deformable food-grade polymeric material having a compressed and sealed closed end and an exterior surface bearing indicia of a common cosmetic and an openable end, and
- a closure for engaging with the openable end having a first position and a second position, the first position allowing dispensing of a pourable fluid at ambient temperature and in the absence of compression pressure applied to the body, and a second position for preventing of dispensing of pourable fluid.
In combination, a first apparatus for disguising the contents thereof and a second apparatus for loading said contents in said first apparatus, the combination apparatus comprising:
- a tube having a cosmetic-style appearance, the tube including,
- a tubular body formed of elastically deformable food-grade polymeric material having a compressed and sealed closed end and an exterior surface bearing indicia of a common cosmetic and an openable end, and
- a closure for engaging with the openable end having a first position for allowing dispensing of a pourable fluid at ambient temperature and a second position for preventing of dispensing of pourable fluid without applying pressure;
- and
- a loading device in the form of a funnel,
- wherein the closure and tubular body are engageable in the second position to prevent pourable fluid contained therein to pass therebetween, the closure and tubular body are dis-engageable in the first position to permit fluid to pour from the openable end, the loading device is sized to cooperate with the openable end for loading of pourable fluid into the tubular body, and the openable end is sized to permit pouring of fluid therefrom and sized to permit cleaning of the interior of the tubular body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.