CONTAINER DEVICE FOR DISPENSING LIQUIDS

• US 3,871,555 A
• Filed: 03/17/1972
• Issued: 03/18/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Delmas E. Collins
• Original Assignee: Delmas E. Collins
• Inventors: Collins, Delmas E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tollberg, Stanley H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Shannon, John P.
• Application Number:
  US05/232,675
• Time in Patent Office: 1,096 Days
• Field of Search: D9/290,275 D44/21R 222/131,500,570,183
• US Class Current: 222/131
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 19/12 Vessels or pots for table use

Abstract

A container device for dispensing liquids including an opentopped body having a removable lid for covering the open top thereof. The body is of a double-shell construction having one shell heat insulated from the other shell. Guide elements are mounted on one of the shells for coacting engagement with the other shell for properly positioning the shells with respect to one another in the assembled condition of the device. The body includes an inwardly extending depression and a handle mounted adjacent the depression to position the handle closer to the lengthwise axis of the body. The lid includes a spout having an approach component for funneling the liquid contents of the device through a discharge opening into an external receptacle. A shield is mounted on the spout in covering relation with respect to the discharge opening being movable from a closed position to an open position upon movement of the device between a nonpouring position and a pouring position, respectively. A screen is positioned adjacent the spout to prevent solid objects contained in the liquid from being unintentionally discharged from the container.

Claims

1. A sanitary container for dispensing liquids therefrom comprising, a hollow body, said body being open at the top and closed at the bottom for receiving and discharging a liquid material, a lid member is detachably connected to and covers the open top of said body, said lid member includes a cover portion having a discharge opening therein, said lid member includes an integrally formed spout assembly having another discharge opening connected in fluid communication with said discharge opening in said cover member for discharging liquid from said device, said body is of a double shell construction including an inner shell and an outer shell, said body includes centering means between said inner shell and said outer shell for supporting said shell in spaced generally continued relation with respect to one another to insulate said inner shell from the atmospheric environment surrounding said container, said outer shell and said inner shell each includes a depression therein, said depression of said inner shell is aligned with and spaced inwardly from depression of said outer shell to enable said inner shell to be fitted internally of said outer shell, said depressions extend in the lengthwise direction of said shells, said outer shell is formed with a handle for holding said body, said handle extends along and in the lengthwise direction of said depression to enable said handle to be positioned closer to the center of mass of the liquid contained in said container, said cover portion is of a generally planar construction and said spout assembly includes a lip member having a bottom wall which is formed integral with and extends outwardly from said cover portion, being disposed generally in the general plane thereof, said lip member includes a front edge disposed outwardly of said outer shell and an inner edge disposed inwardly of said inner shell, said spout assembly including an approach component connecting said discharge opening in said cover portion in fluid communication with said discharge opening in said spout assembly, said approach component being raised out of the general plane of said cover portion in overlying relation with respect to the discharge opening in said cover portion directing fluids passing through said discharge opening in said cover portion through said discharge opening in said spout assembly onto said lip member for discharge from said device, said approach component includes a top wall disposed above the general plane of said cover portion and overlying said opening in said cover portion, said bottom wall of said lip member commences generally vertically below the termination of said top wall of said approach component for defining said discharge opening in said spout assembly, said discharge opening in said spout assembly defines a plane which extends generally perpendicular to the general plane of said cover portion, said approach component being further defined by spaced laterally extending side walls which extend outwardly from said cover portion and project beyond the periphery of said cover member to form part of said spout, said side walls being disposed on opposite sides of said opening in said cover portion, said top wall bEing supported on and extending between said side walls as to span and cover said opening in said cover portion, forming a passageway for directing liquid from said discharge openings in said cover portion and said spout assembly and along said bottom wall, a shield member is disposed in covering relation over said discharge opening in said spout assembly to prevent contaminants from entering said container and said shield member is pivotally connected to said approach component to enable pivotal movement by gravity between a closed position covering said discharge opening in said spout assembly and an open position upon movement of said container from an upright position to a tilted position, respectively.

2. A container in accordance with claim 1, wherein said centering means comprises a peripheral flange adjacent the upper end of said inner shell and guide elements adjacent the lower end of said outer shell, said peripheral flange extending radially outwardly and downwardly alongside said inner shell for overlapping seated engagement with the upper peripheral edge of said outer shell, and said guide elements having radially inwardly and downwardly extending abutment surfaces for seated engagement with the lower end of said inner shell when said flange is seated on the upper peripheral edge of said outer shell for maintaining the lower end of said inner shell in spaced relation from the lower end of said outer shell.

3. A container in accordance with claim 2, wherein said cover portion includes an endless downwardly depending outer peripheral flange and an endless downwardly depending inner peripheral disposed radially inwardly of said outer flange, said cover flange extends in laterally spaced relation from said outer flange defining therewith a downwardly opening endless recess in said cover portion for receiving the peripheral flange of said inner shell for attaching said lid member in seating relation adjacent the open top of said container.

4. A container in accordance with claim 1 wherein, said spout assembly includes a screen assembly disposed in the discharge opening of the spout assembly to retain solid objects within said container during discharge of said liquid therefrom.