Axially aligned, commonly joined dual dispensers

• US 6,276,853 B1
• Filed: 04/14/1999
• Issued: 08/21/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fragrance Systems International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Fragrance Systems International, Inc.
• Inventors: Mille, Laurence, Breidenbach, Diane
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory L.
• Assistant Examiner(s): DEVORE, PETER T
• Application Number:
  US09/291,670
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• Field of Search: 401/34, 401/16, 401/17, 401/18, 222/129, 222/143, 222/545, 215/6, 215/228, 215/386, 215/10, 220/23.4, 220/23.6, 220/23.86, 220/380, 220/212, 132/294, 132/314, 206/823
• US Class Current: 401/34
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/06 in combination with other toiletry or cosmetic articles
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/24 Casings for two or more cosmetics

Abstract

A liquid dispenser for dispensing liquids such as perfumes or other fragrances includes a common double-ended cap with a plurality of liquid dispensers bottles therein. Each of the dispensing bottles is retained in axial alignment with another of the bottles within the common double-ended cap. Each bottle has a dispensing end facing another dispensing end of another bottle within the common double ended cap. The common double-ended cap preferably includes separate caps attachable at common edges to form a single cap.

Claims

1. A liquid dispenser comprising a common double-ended cap with liquid dispenser bottles extending from opposite sides of said cap each of said bottles retained in axial alignment with another of said bottles, each said bottle having a dispensing end facing a dispensing end of said other bottle within said common double ended cap;

wherein said common double-ended cap comprises separate caps attachable and separable at common edges;

wherein said separate caps are rigid, forming an uninterrupted common double-ended cap and, wherein each said liquid dispenser bottle includes a roller ball applicator.

2.The liquid dispenser as in claim 1 wherein said bottles are retained axially within threaded receptacles located within said common double-ended cap.

2. The liquid dispenser as in claim 1 wherein said caps are joined together by screwing male threads of one cap into female threads of another cap.

3. The liquid dispenser as in claim 1 wherein said caps are joined together by a projecting boss of one cap snapping into a female receptacle of another cap.

5. The liquid dispenser as in claim 1 wherein one cap includes a pair of protruding latch members insertable within corresponding recesses of the other cap of said pair of joinable caps.

6. The liquid dispenser of claim 1 wherein said bottles are provided with differing decorative colors to distinguish their contents.

4. The liquid dispenser as in claim 4 wherein said boss includes an undercut neck fitting into a cavity undercut through an opening in said receptacle.

7. A liquid dispenser comprising a common double-ended cap with a plurality of liquid dispensers bottles therein, each of said bottles retained in axial alignment with another of said bottles within said common double-ended cap, each said bottle having a dispensing end facing another dispensing end of said other bottle within said common double ended cap;

wherein said common double-ended cap comprises separate caps joined by adhesive at common edges; and

, wherein said separate caps are rigid, forming an uninterrupted common double-ended cap.