Dual compartment pump dispenser

• US 5,740,947 A
• Filed: 05/13/1996
• Issued: 04/21/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond'S Usa Co., Division Of Conopco, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Chesebrough-Pond'S Usa Co., Division Of Conopco, Inc.
• Inventors: Flaig, Raymond Michael, Bertolini, Peter, Turbett, James Lynn
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin P.
• Application Number:
  US08/645,395
• Time in Patent Office: 708 Days
• Field of Search: 222/94, 222/129, 222/134, 222/135, 222/137, 222/144.5, 222/143, 222/321.1, 222/321.7, 222/321.9, 220/23.4, 220/23.83, D 9/300, D 9/341, 215/10
• US Class Current: 222/135
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/0027 Means for neutralising the actuation of the sprayer pump locking means B05B11/1059; Means for preventing access to the sprayer actuation means
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1084 each liquid or other fluent material being pumped by a separate pump
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 81/3288 composed of two or more separate containers joined to each other

Abstract

A dual compartment pump dispenser is provided which includes a first and second container with a pair of independent pump mechanisms each for emptying product through a respective dispensing nozzle. The dispensing nozzles have openings oriented in a direction at least 60° apart from one another, preferably 180° apart. Different compositions are intended to be stored in each container for sequential rather than simultaneous use. The containers are joined along a sinusoidal curvilinear surface having complementary mating elongated recesses and ridges. A collar and base cup fasten the containers together.

Claims

1. A dual compartment pump dispenser comprising:

(i) a first container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed;

(ii) a second container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed; and

(iii) a pair of pump means each with a dispensing nozzle having an opening for emptying product from the respective containers positioned on the top end of each container, the dispensing nozzle openings being oriented at an angle from 60°

to 180°

apart from one another, the first and second containers having respective complementary shaped first and second curvilinear surfaces fitted together extending from the respective top to bottom ends, and the first curvilinear surface including a trough-shaped elongated recess and an adjacent elongated ridge each bisected by a common plane.

2. The dispenser according to claim 1 further comprising an overcap having a closed roof, an open floor, a circumferential sidewall and two windows distant from one another formed into the sidewall.

3. The dispenser according to claim 1 further comprising a base cup having means unitarily formed therein for separately engaging the bottom end of each of the first and second containers, the base cup covering both bottom ends.

4. The dispenser according to claim 1 wherein the second curvilinear surface includes a trough-shaped elongated recess and an adjacent elongated ridge each bisected by a common plane, the ridge of the second curvilinear surface snugly mating with the recess of the first curvilinear surface.

5. The dispenser according to claim 4 wherein the first curvilinear surface sinusoidally bulges toward the second curvilinear surface near the top end and concavely recedes away from the second curvilinear surface near the bottom end.

6. The dispenser according to claim 1 further comprising a collar joining together the first and second containers.

7. The dispenser according to claim 6 further comprising a groove along a perimeter of the dispenser at the top end.

8. The dispenser according to claim 7 wherein the collar at a lower edge thereof includes a series of inwardly projecting tongues engageable within the groove to fasten together the first and second containers.

9. The dispenser according to claim 1 where each container is of a different color.

10. The dispenser according to claim 9 wherein one container is white and the other is black.

11. A dual compartment pump dispenser comprising:

(i) a first container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed;

(ii) a second container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed, the first and second containers having respective complementary shaped first and second curvilnear surfaces fitted together extending from the respective top to bottom ends, the first curvilinear surface including a trough-shaped elongated recess and an adjacent elongated ridge each bisected by a common plane; and

(iii) a pair of pump means each with a dispensing opening for emptying product from the respective containers positioned on top of each container.

12. The dispenser according to claim 11 further comprising a base cup having means unitarily formed therein for separately engaging the bottom end of each of the first and second containers, the base cup covering both bottom ends.

13. The dispenser according to claim 11 wherein the second curvilinear surface includes a trough-shaped elongated recess and an adjacent elongated ridge each bisected by a common plane, the ridge of the second curvilinear surface snugly mating with the recess of the first curvilinear surface.

14. The dispenser according to claim 13 wherein the first curvilinear surface sinusoidally bulges toward the second curvilinear surface near the top end and concavely recedes away from the second curvilinear surface near the bottom end.

15. A dual compartment pump dispenser comprising:

(i) a first container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed;

(ii) a second container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed;

(iii) a pair of pump means each with a dispensing nozzle having an opening for emptying product from the respective containers positioned on the top end of each container, the dispensing nozzle openings being oriented at an angle from 60°

to 180°

apart from one another; and

(iv) a collar joining together the first and second containers and a groove along a perimeter of the dispenser at the top end, the collar at a lower edge thereof including a series of inwardly projecting tongues engageable with the groove to fasten the first and second containers.

16. The dispenser according to claim 15 wherein the first and second containers have respective complementary shaped first and second curvilinear surfaces fitted together extending from the respective top to bottom ends.

17. The dispenser according to claim 16 wherein the first curvilinear surface includes a trough-shaped elongated recess and an adjacent elongated ridge each bisected by a common plane.

18. The dispenser according to claim 15 wherein the collar further comprises a deck covering an upper end thereof.

19. The dispenser according to claim 18 wherein the deck further comprises a pair of passageways and downward projecting sleeves with an annular bead formed along an interior wall of the sleeves.

20. The dispenser according to claim 19 wherein the pump means have respective stems inserted through the sleeves and via the annular bead are tightly held in place.

21. A dual compartment pump dispenser comprising:

(i) a first container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed;

(ii) a second container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed;

(iii) a pair of pump means each with a dispensing nozzle having an opening for emptying product from the respective containers positioned on the top end of each container, the dispensing nozzle openings being oriented at an angle from 60°

to 180°

apart from one another; and

(iv) a collar joining together the first and second containers and including a deck covering an upper end thereof.

22. The dispenser according to claim 21 wherein the overcap is formed of a transparent material.

23. A dual compartment pump dispenser comprising:

(i) a first container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed;

(ii) a second container having a top and a bottom end, the top end having an opening and the bottom end being closed;

(iii) a pair of pump means each with a dispensing nozzle having an opening for emptying product from the respective containers positioned on the top end of each container, the dispensing nozzle openings being oriented at an angle from 60°

to 180°

apart from one another; and

(iv) an overcap having a closed roof, an open floor, a circumferential sidewall and two windows distant from one another formed into the sidewall.