Pump dispenser for use with substrates

A non-aerosol package for dispensing a liquid and having an ergonomic top surface comprising:

• a. a container having a container bottom, a container sleeve having a container sleeve top surface and a container sleeve bottom surface, the container sleeve coupled to the container bottom at the container sleeve bottom surface and the container sleeve depending upwardly from the peripheral edge of the container bottom and having an outwardly slanted container sleeve interior surface, where outwardly slanted indicates that the container sleeve top surface has a longer width that the container sleeve bottom surface;
• b. an actuator having an actuator top and an actuator skirt coupled to the actuator top and depending downwardly and indented from the peripheral edge of the actuator top to provide an indented portion of the actuator skirt that is slideably engagable with the outwardly slanted container sleeve interior surface;
• c. a non-aerosol pump assembly having a hollow stem and the pump assembly disposed within the container and in fluid communication with the actuator;
• d. wherein the actuator has at least one discharge orifice in fluid communication with the stem of the pump assembly to permit liquid to flow on to the top surface of the actuator upon reciprocation of the actuator component;
• e. wherein the vertical projection of the top surface of the actuator top has substantially the same dimensions as at least one horizontal slice of the container;
• f. wherein a sleeve interior surface of the container sleeve is slideably engagable with a skirt exterior surface of the actuator skirt;
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• g. wherein a vertical projection of the top surface of the actuator top has a area greater than 4 square inches.

A package for dispensing a liquid and having an ergonomic top surface comprising:

• a. a container having a container bottom with a container bottom peripheral edge, a container sleeve coupled to the container bottom and depending upwardly and outwardly from the container bottom peripheral edge;
• b. an actuator having an actuator top with an actuator top peripheral edge and an actuator skirt coupled to the actuator top and depending downwardly and inwardly from the actuator top peripheral edge and indented from the actuator top peripheral edge to provide an indented portion of the actuator skirt that is slideably engagable with an outwardly slanted sleeve interior surface of the container sleeve;
• c. a pump assembly having a hollow stem and the pump assembly disposed within the container and in fluid communication with the actuator;
• d. wherein the actuator has a single discharge orifice in fluid communication with the stem of the pump assembly to permit liquid to flow on to a top surface of the actuator top upon reciprocation of the actuator top;
• e. wherein the vertical projection of the top surface of the actuator top has substantially the same dimensions as at least one horizontal slice of the container.