# US 4,392,590 A · Eye drop dispensing bottle

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- Number: US 4,392,590 A
- Document ID: US4392590A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/205,606
- Filed: 1980-11-10
- Granted: 1983-07-12
- Earliest claimed: 1979-11-16
- Assignees: Basotherm GmbH
- Inventors: Ernest Hofmann-Igl
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4392590A

## CPC

- A61F 9/0008: {Introducing ophthalmic products into the ocular cavity or retaining products therein (putting in contact lenses A61F9/0061; introducing or retaining media in cavities of the body in general A61M31/00)}
- A61F 9/0026: {Ophthalmic product dispenser attachments to facilitate positioning near the eye}
- A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C)

## Abstract

The invention provides an eye drop dispensing bottle, comprising, in addition to the dispensing opening, an elastic supporting finger by which the bottle may be supported, e.g. at the forehead over the eye, thus achieving an easy and accurate tilting of the dispensing opening in the direction towards the eye.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In an eye drop dispensing bottle made of elastically deformable plastic comprising a hollow body defining a cavity for containment of the product to be dispensed, a bottle neck extending upwardly from said hollow body and terminating in a dropping spout, said dropping spout and said bottle neck being in fluid communication with said hollow body, and a supporting finger extending upwardly from said hollow body and spaced from said bottle neck, the improvement which resides in that the supporting finger is made of soft-elastically yielding material, the upper end of said supporting finger is bent away from said bottle neck to form a soft, yielding supporting area, and the overall height of the supporting finger is less than the overall height of the bottle neck and dropping spout.