US 5,848,731 AGranted

Dispenser for personal materials

OwnerRon Deeringinventor

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Abstract

A dispensing device designed to be secured to a container, and to perform a cap function for the container. The dispenser is particularly designed to retain and dispense a plurality of different personal care items, such as lip-balm, lotions or cosmetics when the container is filled with fluids such as water or body lotion, or semi-solids such as sunscreen or skin creams. The dispenser includes a cup-shaped body having an inner annular wall interconnected to an outer annular wall by a circular bottom wall, the walls together defining a storage chamber in which to retain balm, cosmetics, condiments or other such substances. The inner wall of the body has internal threads for threadably engaging the dispenser with the neck of the container, the dispenser thus serving as the cap for the container. The dispenser further includes a capping lid that is releasably engaged over the body. The capping lid has a circular top wall with an annular sidewall depending from it. A centrally-located spout seal is positioned on the circular top wall of the capping lid so that when the lid is positioned over the body, it not only covers the body's storage chamber, but it also seals the opening in the container, thus preventing fluid from being emitted from the container when the lid is in place.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A dispenser for storing and dispensing personal materials including balms, cosmetics, and medications, removeably secured to a container which possess a substance therein, the dispenser comprising:

a) a cylindrical body comprising an inner annular wall, an outer annular wall and a bottom base wall which extends between the inner annular wall and outer annular wall, said walls defining an open chamber for storing personal materials;
b) an internally threaded portion located upon the inner annular wall, configured to inter-engage with an externally threaded neck of the container so that the dispenser, and personal materials contained within the open chamber thereof, can be removeably secured to the container;
c) an annular lip located upon the inner annular wall, said annular lip defining a spout hole which is in fluid communication with a neck opening of the container, thus allowing the substance contained within the container to be emitted from said container via the spout hole, without contacting the personal materials stored within the open chamber;
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d) a lid having a circular top wall, an annular sidewall extending downward around the circumference of said circular ton wall, a spout seal projecting downwards from the circular top wall towards the spout hole, and a flexible hinge integral with the lid and secured to the outer annular wall, whereby the spout seal is sized to engage the spout hole, thus sealing said spout hole and preventing substance from escaping the container therethrough.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.