Container
AssigneeAid Pak, Inc.
InventorAlfred C. D'Alessandro
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Abstract
A fluid dispensing squeeze bottle and nozzle combination in which the bottle is formed of a blow molded resilient plastic with an integrally formed closure having a twist off member that provides an opening in the cover when twisted. The cover is also formed with a cantilevered top having a tapered wall. The cover and top snap-fit into a corresponding recess within one end of a separate nozzle. The nozzle recess is provided with an annular flange adapted to engage the cantilevered top of the bottle cover to form a fluid impervious seal.
Claims11
In combination, a Fluid containing plastic squeeze bottle having an integrally formed cover, a nozzle attachment having an integrally formed means for removably interlocking said nozzle to said cover, said cover having a dome with an opening formed therein by twisting off an integral twist off member along an annularly shaped thin section in said dome, said dome comprising a cantilever section and an integral annular depending skirt about its outer periphery, said opening being formed in the center of said cantilever section and defined solely by the thickness of said thin section, said skirt having a thickness greater than the thickness of said cantilever section whereby said cantilever section may be deflected in the direction of the axis of said skirt, said nozzle attachment having means defining a downwardly depending internal annular ring engaging said cantilever section in a fluid tight seal about the periphery of said opening and a passage extending through the nozzle attachment terminating at one end in a plurality of portals and at the other end in an opening with the annular ring disposed adjacent to and concentric with the opening in the nozzle attachment, the openings in the nozzle attachment and dome being of comparable size and the cantilever section extending a sufficient distance to define the opening in the dome.
A disposable douche product comprising:
- a flexible container having a body and a head at one end thereof at least a portion of which has a greater radial rigidity than the body, the head including a neck extending from the container, an annular collar integrally formed on the neck and spced from the container, the collar having opposed sloped shoulders forming a tapered collar, a first passageway through said head, a plug integrally formed on the exterior surface of the end of said head distal from the container and obturating said passageway, said plug having a weakened section to facilitate severing said plug from said head and opening said passageway;
- a douching liquid sealed within said container, the quanitity of said liquid being that needed for a single application;
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- a pipe adapted to be sealingly snap-fitted onto the exterior surface of said head after said plug is severed from said head, said pipe including an annular skirt base portion defining a cavity therein and an annular recess spaced from the proximate end of the base, the proximate base end being the end adapted to be closest to the container when the pipe is mounted on the container head, the recess being formed in the interior surface of the skirt and conforming to the mating shape of said collar, an elongated flexible nozzle section having a second passageway therethrough communicating with said cavity, a plurality of apertures through the distal end of said nozzle section communicating with said second passageway, said first and second passageways being in flow communication when said plug is severed from said head and said pipe is mounted on said head whereby squeezing said container effects ejecting said douching liquid through said apertures.
A disposable douche product comprising;
- a container including a flexible, blow-molded, plastic, elongated container body and a head at one end thereof, the head including a neck extending from one end of the container body, an annular collar integrally formed on the exterior surface of the neck and spaced from the container, the collar having spaced apart opposed sloped annular shoulder forming a tapered collar, the collar and the portions of the neck contiguous to the collar having a greater radial rigidity than said body, a first passageway through said head, a plug integrally formed on the exterior surface of the end of said head distal from the container body and obturating said first passageway, said plug having a weakened section and a projection extending transversely therefrom to facilitate manually grasping said plug to effect severing of said plug from said head at said weakened section and opening said passageway;
- a douching liquid sealed within said container, the quantity of liquid being that needed for a single application;
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- a pipe adapted to be sealingly snap-fitted onto the exterior surface of said head after said plug is severed from said head, said pipe including an annular skirt base defining a cavity therein, an annular recess spaced from the proximate end of the base, the proximate base end being the end adapted to be closest to the container body when the pipe is mounted on the head, the recess being formed in the interior surface of the skirt and conforming to the dimensions and shape of said collar, the proximate end of the base being beveled from the interior surface thereof toward the exterior surface to facilitate snap fitting the pipe onto the container head, an elongated flexible nozzle section having a second passageway therethrough and communicating with said cavity, a plurality of apertures through the distal end of said nozzle section communicating with said second passageway, said first and second passageways being in flow communication when said plug is severed from said head and said pipe is snapped onto said head so that squeezing said container effects ejecting said liquid through said pipe and out through said apertures.
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