Condiment shaker
AssigneeDart Industries Inc.
InventorLarry G. Zimmerman
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Abstract
A condiment shaker including a hollow body with an enlarged opening therethrough receiving a pivotally mounted lid for rocking between a closed position and a dispensing position. In the dispensing position, slots through the lid flange are open and provide transverse dispensing passages. Lugs on the container body align with the slots and move through the length thereof as the lid is closed. The lid is positively positioned and releasably retained in each of the two positions by cooperating abutment areas and a complementary protuberance and recess respectively on the container body and the lid.
Claims22
A condiment shaker comprising a hollow body adapted to contain a condiment for selective dispensing thereof, an opening defined through said body, wall means peripherally encircling said opening, a lid for said opening received within said wall means, said lid including a top panel generally coextensive with said opening, and a peripheral flange depending from said top panel and terminating in an inner edge, said peripheral flange being received within said wall means in sufficiently close peripheral proximity thereto to substantially preclude discharge of shaker contents therebetween, said lid including a dispensing section and a pressure section extending from said dispensing section and defining a pivot line therebetween, a first portion of said lid flange, within said dispensing section, including dispensing slot means defined therein and extending transversely between said inner edge and said top panel, and pivot means mounting said lid in said opening for pivotal movement along said pivot line of said lid between a dispensing position and a closed position;
- said dispensing slot means in said dispensing position of said lid being positioned at least partially outward of said hollow body and said opening wall means and defining a through passage outward from said hollow body to the exterior of said hollow body for a dispensing of a condiment therefrom, said lid flange peripherally beyond said first portion being in substantially sealed engagement with said opening wall means;
- said dispensing slot means in said closed position of said lid being positioned within said opening and in transverse alignment with a corresponding portion of said opening wall means to preclude dispensing through said slot means.
A condiment shaker comprising a hollow body adapted to contain a condiment for selective dispensing thereof, said body including an exterior and an interior, an opening defined through said body from said exterior to said interior, a lid received within said opening, said lid including a top panel generally coextensive with said opening, and a peripheral flange depending from said top panel and terminating in an inner edge, said lid being received within said opening in sufficiently close peripheral proximity thereto to substantially preclude discharge of shaker contents between said lid and said opening, said lid including a dispensing section and a pressure section extending from said dispensing section and defining a pivot line therebetween, a first portion of said lid flange, within said dispensing section, including dispensing aperture means defined therein between said inner edge and said top panel, and pivot means mounting said lid in said opening for pivotal movement along said pivot line of said lid between a dispensing position and a closed position;
- said dispensing aperture means in said dispensing position of said lid being positioned at least partially outward of said exterior of said hollow body and said opening and defining a through passage outward from said interior to said exterior of said hollow body for a dispensing of a condiment therefrom, said lid flange peripherally beyond said first portion being in substantially sealed engagement with said opening;
- said dispensing aperture means in said closed position of said lid being positioned inward of said body exterior to preclude dispensing through said aperture means.
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