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DISPENSING CAPSULE

  • US 20110174642A1
  • Filed: 04/24/2010
  • Published: 07/21/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A dispensing capsule for affixing to a mouth of a receiving container where said dispensing capsule comprises a cup and a base jointed together and whereinsaid base comprises a generally conical shaped base plate having a concentrically disposed frangible membrane having a reduced thickness, at least one tear line thereon, an upper surface and a lower surface;

  • said cup comprises a circular diaphragm functioning as a top wall, a shoulder disposed at a periphery of the diaphragm slightly protruding above a plane of said diaphragm and a cylindrical shaped side wall extending downwardly at right angle therefrom to create an opening at an opposing end thereof and define a cavity on an interior of the cup, and wherein a diaphragm button is concentrically disposed on said diaphragm and is operably connected to a stake having a stake base at which said stake is fixedly attached to said diaphragm and a tip opposingly disposed from said stake base such that said diaphragm button and stake are axially aligned;

    said cup and the base are affixed to one another such that the frangible membrane is opposingly disposed from said diaphragm button and said base plate is in contacting engagement with said cylindrical shaped side wall of said cup to form an assembled dispensing capsule wherein said base plate forms a bottom wall to seal said cavity for storing preloaded contents within said cavity;

    said assembled dispensing capsule has an open position and a closed position wherein the contents are sealed in said cavity when in the closed position; and

    an activating force applied to said diaphragm button causes the seal of said cavity to break and dispose said dispensing capsule in an open position.

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