MEASURING AND DISPENSING CONTAINER
First Claim
1. A measuring and dispensing container having a flexible walled reservoir chamber, a measuring and dispensing chamber and a conduit for transferring liquid from said reservoir chamber to said measuring and dispensing chamber, wherein said reservoir is provided with a non-squeezable handle by which it can be grasped when tilting the container to dispense liquid from the dispensing chamber so as to reduce the risk that excess force applied to the reservoir by a hand holding it will squeeze more liquid than intended into measuring and dispensing chamber.
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Abstract
A measuring and dispensing container having a flexible walled reservoir chamber, a measuring and dispensing chamber and a conduit for transferring liquid from said reservoir chamber to said measuring and dispensing chamber. The reservoir is provided with a non-squeezable handle by which it can be grasped when tilting the container to dispense liquid from the dispensing chamber so as to reduce the risk that excess force applied to the reservoir by a hand holding it will squeeze more liquid than intended into measuring and dispensing chamber. Such handle may be formed by reinforcement of at least one wall of the reservoir to provide sufficient rigidity to prevent squeezing at the reinforcement or by providing a “cut-out” in the reservoir chamber through which a user'"'"'s fingers may pass and providing reinforcement on or in one or more walls of the reservoir chamber proximate to the cut out.
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34 Claims
- 1. A measuring and dispensing container having a flexible walled reservoir chamber, a measuring and dispensing chamber and a conduit for transferring liquid from said reservoir chamber to said measuring and dispensing chamber, wherein said reservoir is provided with a non-squeezable handle by which it can be grasped when tilting the container to dispense liquid from the dispensing chamber so as to reduce the risk that excess force applied to the reservoir by a hand holding it will squeeze more liquid than intended into measuring and dispensing chamber.
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34. A method of measuring and dispensing a predetermined quantity of liquid from a container having a flexible reservoir chamber, a measuring and dispensing chamber, and a conduit interconnecting said reservoir and measuring chambers, and a said reservoir is provided with a non-squeezable handle by which it can be grasped when tilting the container, said method including the steps of pouring liquid through a filling opening into said reservoir chamber, sealing said filling opening, venting a pouring opening from said measuring chamber, squeezing said flexible reservoir chamber to force liquid from said reservoir chamber through said conduit into said measuring and dispensing chamber until the predetermined quantity has entered said measuring and dispensing chamber, said liquid being directed upon entry into the measuring and dispensing chamber, for example against a wall of the measuring and dispensing chamber other than that bearing measurement markings, such wall down which the liquid is directed typically being the rear wall of the measuring and dispensing chamber, opening said pouring opening and tilting said container by use of a handle adapted to prevent any further squeezing of the reservoir so as to dispense the measured amount of liquid from the measuring and dispensing chamber.
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