Dosing container
AssigneeDiversey, Inc.
InventorJeroen Caminada
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Abstract
A container including a reservoir to store a dispensable material and an elongated neck that extends from the reservoir and that terminates at a distal end. The container also includes a frangible region intermediate the reservoir and the distal end of the elongated neck. The frangible region is fracturable in response to a predetermined force applied to the distal end to create opening in the elongated neck through which the material can be dispensed from the reservoir. The container further includes a guard disposed adjacent the elongated neck to inhibit inadvertent fracture of the frangible region absent the predetermined force.
Claims16
A container comprising:
- a reservoir to store a dispensable material;
- an elongated neck extending from and fluidly connected to the reservoir;
- a frangible region intermediate the reservoir and a distal end of the elongated neck, the frangible region fracturable in response to a predetermined force applied to the distal end to create opening in the elongated neck through which the material is configured to be dispensed from the reservoir;
- a guard positioned on the container adjacent the frangible region to inhibit inadvertent fracture of the frangible region absent the predetermined force;
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- a passageway having a first end disposed proximate the frangible region and a second end in fluid communication with the reservoir, wherein the passageway is elongated and extends from adjacent the frangible region to a bottom of the reservoir.
A container comprising:
- a reservoir to store a dispensable material;
- an elongated neck extending from and fluidly connected to the reservoir;
- a frangible region intermediate the reservoir and a distal end of the elongated neck, the frangible region fracturable in response to a predetermined force to create an opening through which the material is configured to be dispensed from the reservoir;
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- a passageway having a first end proximate the frangible region and a second end in fluid communication with the reservoir,
- wherein the passageway is elongated and extends from adjacent the frangible region to a bottom of the reservoir and is in fluid communication with air surrounding the container in response to fracturing of the frangible region to supply make-up air into the reservoir when the material is dispensed from the reservoir.
A container comprising:
- a backing;
- a package defining a reservoir to store a dispensable material;
- and
- a frangible region disposed on the package and fracturable in response to a predetermined force applied to a portion of the package,
- wherein the backing cooperates with the package to seal the reservoir,
- wherein fracture of the frangible region generates an opening in the package through which the material is configured to be dispensed from the reservoir, and
- wherein the backing resists fracture of the frangible region absent the predetermined force on the frangible region;
- wherein the backing has a notch and the notch is positioned adjacent the package to receive a portion of a vessel into which the material can dispensed, and
- wherein the container is cooperatively held in an inverted position by the backing and the notch upon receipt of the portion of the vessel within the notch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.