DOUBLE CONTAINER WITH MIXING MEANS

• US 3,696,919 A
• Filed: 10/08/1970
• Issued: 10/10/1972
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/1970
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gilbert Dewayne Miles
• Original Assignee: Gilbert Dewayne Miles
• Inventors: Miles, Gilbert DeWayne
• Primary Examiner(s): Schacher, Richard A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Grant, Edwin D.
• Application Number:
  US05/096,104
• Time in Patent Office: 733 Days
• Field of Search: 128/272 215/6,1C 206/47A 150/.5 220/23
• US Class Current: 206/221
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3222 with additional means facilitating admixture
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 215/08 Mixing

Abstract

The double container comprises an outer container having positioned therein substantially centrally a smaller inner container. Each mouth of both containers lie in approximately the same plane. Additionally, both containers are closed by the same single cap. The outer container may be longitudinally compressed so that access to the inner container may be obtained due to the elastomeric material with which at least the lower portion of the outer container is constructed. The inner container may be removed from its closed position to expose the contents therein to the contents in the outer container all within the outer container.

Claims

1. A double container comprising an outer container having at least the lower portion thereof constructed of elastomeric material, said lower portion having a relatively smooth bottom and a relatively smooth side wall;

a section of that portion above the said lower portion having flexible corrugations whereby the outer container may Be shortened lengthwise due to the said corrugations, said container having a mouth, a closure mounted to close the mouth of said outer container, an inner container, said inner container being spaced from the sides and bottom of said outer container, said inner container having a mouth at one end thereof, the mouth of the outer container and the inner container extend in the same longitudinal direction, said closure having depending means for closing the mouth of said inner container, said lower portion being of relatively thin flexible elastomeric material whereby the said lower portion may be inwardly deformed when the outer container is shortened lengthwise and the inner container may be grasped by deforming the lower portion about the lower portion of the inner container.

2. The double container of claim 1 wherein the outer container has a cylindrical configuration.

3. The double container of claim 1 wherein the inner container has a cylindrical configuration.

4. The double container of claim 2 wherein the inner container has a cylindrical configuration.

5. The double container of claim 1 wherein the closure has a depending skirt having screw means and the mouth of said outer container has mating screw means whereby the closure may be screwed onto the outer container.

6. The double container of claim 1 wherein the underside of the closure has a plug means adapted to fit the mouth of the inner container by friction fit.

7. The double container of claim 5 wherein the underside of the closure has a plug means adapted to fit the mouth of the inner container by friction fit.

8. The container of claim 1 having liquid material both in the inner and outer containers.