Container with dispensing assembly

• US 6,109,487 A
• Filed: 02/12/1999
• Issued: 08/29/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Dart Industries Incorporated (Tupperware Brands Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dart Industries Incorporated (Tupperware Brands Corporation)
• Inventors: Hashimoto, Masaya
• Primary Examiner(s): Kaufman, Joseph A.
• Application Number:
  US09/250,041
• Time in Patent Office: 564 Days
• Field of Search: 222/109, 222/158, 222/189.06, 222/546, 222/556, 222/570
• US Class Current: 222/556
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 43/27 for mixing drinks; Hand-held shakers mechanically driven A47J43/042
• CPC Class Codes: A47J 47/01 with dispensing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 19/00 Calibrated capacity measures for fluids or fluent solid material, e.g. measuring cups

Abstract

A dispensing container including an oblong container body with a removable seal engaged thereto and having a discharge spout selectively closed by a cap pivotally mounted to the seal by a connecting strap with an offset central portion. The connecting strap has an outer end releasably pivotally joined to the seal with the cap, upon complete removal from the seal, defining a measuring cup horizontally positionable on a flat surface by an intermediate offset formed within the connecting strap.

Claims

1. A container with dispensing assembly, comprising a container for storing a pourable material, said container including a pour spout through which said pourable material will flow, and a cap, said cap defining a chamber with indicia indicating volumes within said chamber, a mouth surrounding said chamber, and an outer wall portion opposed to said mouth, said cap being removably mounted to said container with said chamber in covering relation to said pour spout and removable for inversion to receive a portion of said material, the improvement comprising:

a strap extending from said cap to an outer end, said outer end being removably mounted to said container, and said strap having a lateral offset between said cap and said outer end, said lateral offset extending to a common plane with said outer plane defined by said outer wall portion of said cap, whereby said cap, when inverted, will rest upon said offset portion and said outer plane with said mouth substantially horizontal.

2. A container as in claim 1, wherein said outer end of said strap is pivotally mounted to said container, such that said cap and strap will pivot between a first position with said chamber in covering relation to said pour spout, and a second position with said cap spaced from said pour spout, and wherein said strap includes an outer end portion between said lateral offset and said outer end, said outer end portion forming an abutment engageable with said container when in said second position.

3. A container as in claim 2, wherein said container includes a body having a side wall extending to a rim portion, and a seal mounted to said rim portion, said seal including said pour spout and removably and pivotally mounting said strap.