Dental dispensing cup with integrated finger mount

Abstract

A dental paste cup is provided which comprises a cup having an open mouth defined by a rim, a removable closure overlying the open mouth and engaging the rim, and a finger mount extending adjacently and circumferentially from the rim, in a ring-like manner, and terminating in an open end proximate to the rim to thereby provide a slide-resistant grip on a support finger. In one embodiment, the end segment, which is releasably attached to the outer rim of the cup, passes through an aperture in the finger mount into alignment with an outer extension of the closure, which is releasably secured to the inner rim of the cup. The application of a vertical squeezing force to the finger mount disengages the end segment from the rim and permits the end segment to bear against the outer extension of the closure and thereby effect displacement of the closure from the mouth of the cup. In an alternative embodiment, the finger mount has a continuous construction and the closure is mechanically secured to the rim of the cup or the closure comprises heat sealable material that is heat sealed to the rim of the cup.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.