Pump dispenser

• US 6,164,498 A
• Filed: 09/01/1999
• Issued: 12/26/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 09/01/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. (Johnson & Johnson)
• Original Assignee: McNeil-PPC Incorporated (Johnson & Johnson)
• Inventors: Lonczak, John, Faughey, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Morris, Lesley D.
• Application Number:
  US09/387,943
• Time in Patent Office: 482 Days
• Field of Search: 222/309, 222/153.13, 222/321.6
• US Class Current: 222/309
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 7/0053 Syringes, pipettes or oral dispensers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 31/00 Devices for introducing or retaining media, e.g. remedies, in cavities of the body A61M25/00 takes precedence ; introducing or retaining ophthalmic products into the ocular cavities A61F9/0008
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1008 by adjusting or modifying the pump end-of-dispensing-stroke position
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 11/262 for liquid or semi-liquid

Abstract

The present invention provides a container which provides a measured dosage of the contents of the container when pressure is applied to the top of the container. When not in use, the container additionally contains a locking member such that the contents of the container cannot be dispensed without repositioning the locking member to the open position.

Claims

1. A bottle for dispensing a product, said bottle comprising:

an enclosed container for storing said product, said container having a top, a bottom and a longitudinal axis therebetween, said container having an opening at said top;

a dispenser having a bottom attached to said top of said container, and a top having an orifice therethrough in communication with said opening for dispensing said product, said dispenser is movable in said longitudinal direction, such that when said dispenser is moved in a downward direction, towards said bottom, product is dispensed from said container through said orifice, said dispenser comprising;

a substantially hollow cylindrical external collar fitted about said opening of said container, said collar having a flange extending from an internal surface thereof towards an interior thereof;

an internal collar disposed within said interior of said external collar such that said internal collar can rotate and move longitudinally relative to said external collar, said internal collar having a rectangular boss and an L-shape boss spaced apart from one another and extending towards said exterior collar, said internal collar is disposed within said external collar such that it is movable between a locked position, wherein said flange is disposed on top of said L-shape boss thereby preventing downward movement of said dispenser, and an open position wherein said flange is between a space between said L-shape boss and said rectangular boss.

2. A bottle for dispensing a product, said bottle comprising:

a. an enclosed container for storing said product, said container having an opening at a top thereof; and

b. a dispenser movably attached to said top of said container such that when said dispenser is moved downward, towards said container, product is dispensed therefrom, said dispenser comprising;

i. an external collar fitted about said opening of said container, said collar having a flange extending inwardly from an internal surface thereof; and

ii. an internal collar movably disposed within an interior of said external collar, said internal collar having a rectangular boss and an L-shape boss spaced apart from one another and extending outwardly therefrom, said dispenser is movable between an open position, and a locked position, wherein said flange is in a relative position to said L-shape boss, thereby preventing downward movement of said dispenser.

3. A bottle for dispensing a product, said bottle comprising:

a. an enclosed container for storing said product, said container having an opening at a top thereof; and

b. a dispenser movably attached to said top of said container such that when said dispenser is moved downward, towards said container, product is dispensed therefrom, said dispenser comprising;

i. an external collar fitted about said opening of said container, said collar having a flange extending inwardly from an internal surface thereof; and

ii. an internal collar movably disposed within an interior of said external collar, said internal collar having a rectangular boss and an L-shape boss spaced apart from one another and extending outwardly therefrom, said dispenser is movable between an open position, and a locked position, wherein said flange engages said L-shape boss such that said dispenser prevented from moving downward.

4. A bottle for dispensing a product, said bottle comprising:

a. an enclosed container for storing said product, said container having an opening at a top thereof; and

b. a dispenser movably attached to said top of said container such that when said dispenser is moved downward, towards said container, product is dispensed therefrom, said dispenser comprising;

i. an external collar fitted about said opening of said container, said collar having a flange extending inwardly from an internal surface thereof; and

ii. an internal collar movably disposed within an interior of said external collar, said internal collar having a boss extending outwardly therefrom, said dispenser is movable between an open position, and a locked position, wherein said flange engages said boss such that said dispenser prevented from moving downward.