Dual use decorating device
AssigneeWilton Industries, Inc.
InventorCatherine Franczyk
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Abstract
A container has an opening and a nozzle disposed within the opening. The nozzle has a sealed tip that extends from the opening. A cap having an opening therethrough is secured to the nozzle. To use the container, the tip of the nozzle is cut to enable a viscous fluid to dispense therefrom at a first thickness. When the cap is re-secured to the nozzle, the opening of the cap enables the viscous food substance to dispense therefrom at a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
Claims20
A container for dispensing a viscous fluid foodstuff, the container comprising:
- a container body having an opening and adapted to contain foodstuff in the form of a viscous fluid;
- a nozzle having a body sealed to the container body so as to surround the container opening, said nozzle body featuring a cylindrical neck including threads formed on an exterior surface of the neck;
- a sealed conical tip of the nozzle extending from and integrally formed with the nozzle body neck adaptable to be opened by an end user to extrude therethrough a stream of viscous fluid foodstuff of a first thickness;
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- a cap featuring a cylindrical inside surface upon which threads are formed, said cap removably secured to the sealed tip of the nozzle via engagement of the threads of said cap with the threads of the nozzle body neck, the cap having an opening permitting the extrusion of a stream of viscous fluid foodstuff therethrough at a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
A dispensing device for dispensing a viscous fluid from a container, the device comprising:
- a nozzle having a body featuring a cylindrical neck including threads formed on an exterior surface of the neck;
- a sealed conical tip extending from and integrally formed with the nozzle body neck adaptable to be opened by an end user to extrude therethrough a stream of viscous fluid of a first thickness;
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- a cap featuring a cylindrical inside surface upon which threads are formed, said cap removably secured to the sealed tip via engagement of the threads of said cap with the threads of the nozzle body neck, the cap having an opening permitting the extrusion of a stream of viscous fluid therethrough at a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
A method for dispensing a viscous fluid from a container having a nozzle with a sealed tip and a cap removably secured to the nozzle, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting a first thickness to dispense the viscous fluid from the container;
- opening the sealed tip so that it features the selected first thickness;
- applying the fluid at the first thickness;
- securing the cap to the container;
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- applying the fluid at a second thickness that is less than the first thickness.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.