Device for obtaining contents in a container at desired quantity

• US 6,378,735 B1
• Filed: 04/04/2001
• Issued: 04/30/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lien-Fang Chu
• Original Assignee: Lien-Fang Chu
• Inventors: Chu, Lien-Fang
• Primary Examiner(s): Yuen, Henry C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NICOLAS, FREDERICK C
• Application Number:
  US09/827,384
• Time in Patent Office: 391 Days
• Field of Search: 222/158, 222/548, 222/553, 222/554, 222/570, 222/567, 141/379, 141/381, 141/380, 141/382, 141/384
• US Class Current: 222/158
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/265 between planar parts B65D47/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/06 for dispensing powdered or granular material B65D83/04 takes precedence

Abstract

A container assembly includes a container with a first cap mounted to the opening of the container and the first cap has a first aperture and a protrusion. A second cap is rotatably mounted to the first cap and has a slot for the protrusion being movably received therein. A second aperture is defined through the second cap and can be moved to communicate with the first aperture. A tube has a first open end rotatably engaged with the second aperture and an end member is rotatably connected to a second open end of tie tube. The contents in the container can be poured into the end member at desired quantity.

Claims

1. A container assembly comprising:

a container having an opening;

a first cap mounted to said opening and having a first aperture, and a protrusion extending from a top surface of said first cap;

a second cap rotatably mounted to said first cap and having a slot and a second aperture defined therethrough, said protrusion movably received in said slot;

a neck extending from a top surface of said second cap and enclosing said second aperture, said neck having two L-shaped slots which open to a top edge of said neck,

a tube having a first open end rotatably engaged with said second aperture, and two pins respectively extending radially outward from said first open end and movably engaged with said two L-shaped slots; and

an end member rotatably connected to a second open end of said tube.

2. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a plate received between said first cap and said second cap, said plate having a first hole and a second hole, said protrusion extending through said first hole and said second hole located in alignment with said first aperture.

3. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said end member has a polygonal piece connected to a distal end thereof.

4. The assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein said tube has first threads defined on an outer periphery thereof and said end member has second threads which are threadedly connected to said first threads.