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AssigneeUnilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
InventorsMark Douglas Gerhart, Harry Hamilton Haubert, III, Robert Charles Blanc, Edward John Giblin
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In an embodiment, a container includes a dispensing opening, a closure and a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls includes a non-uniform surface structured so that the dispensing closure can be disposed on the surface when the container is in its dispensing position. In another preferred embodiment, the top wall of the container includes a vent, a vent cap forming a closure for the vent, a handle, a pouring aperture and a pouring closure covering the pouring aperture. The top surfaces of the vent cap, the handle and the pouring closure are generally parallel, and the heights of the top surfaces of the vent cap and the pouring closure are within an inch of the height of the top surface of the handle. In another preferred embodiment, the top wall of the container includes a handle extending from a handle base within the top wall. A pouring aperture is surrounded by a pouring aperture base which also extends from the top wall. In accordance with this preferred aspect of the invention, the pouring aperture base is isolated from the interior handle base by the handle base exterior.
A container comprising a dispensing opening, a spigot for dispensing product through said dispensing opening, a closure and a plurality of walls, said spigot being covered by the closure when the container is closed, at least a first one of said walls comprising a non-uniform, rough surface structure so that said closure can be rested upon said surface.
A container comprising a top wall including a vent, a vent cap forming a closure for said vent, said vent cap having a top surface, a handle having a top surface, and a pouring aperture having a pouring closure covering said pouring aperture, said pouring closure having a top surface, said top surfaces of said vent cap, said handle and said pouring cap being generally parallel, the height of said top surfaces of said vent cap and said pouring cap being within one inch of the height of the top surface of the handle said pouring closure comprises a measuring cup.
A container comprising a top wall, a handle extending from a handle base within said top wall, said handle base having an interior and an exterior, said top wall including a pouring aperture surrounded by a pouring aperture base said base extending from said top wall, said pouring aperture base being isolated from said interior handle base by said handle base exterior, said container further comprising a vent opening lateral to said handle on a side of said top wall opposite to said pouring aperture.
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