Abstract: An adjustable measuring device for measuring contents, such as liquids and granulated solids, having a usable volume for measuring. The adjustable measuring device includes a housing, a platform having a lower position and an upper position, and an adjusting system for moving the platform between the lower position and the upper position. When the platform is in the lower position, the usable volume is maximized. When the platform is in the upper position, the usable volume is minimized. The adjusting system comprises a restraint system adapted to maintain the platform between the lower position and the upper position. Also, the adjusting system comprises a discrete locking system adapted to temporarily lock the platform into a plurality of predetermined positions, which represent discrete usable volumes. By applying a first adjusting force, the platform moves toward the upper position. By applying a second adjusting force, the platform moves toward the lower position.

Abstract: A dispensing flip cap device for dispensing the contents of a container. The dispensing flip cap device includes a sifting and pouring insert having a closed position, a sifting position (a first open position), and a pouring position (a second open position); a dispensing sleeve adapted to receive the sifting and pouring insert; and a locking system for maintaining the sifting and pouring insert in the closed, sifting, and pouring positions. In the sifting and pouring positions, the contents can be dispensed from the inside to the outside of the container, but, in the closed position, the contents cannot be dispensed to the outside of the container. Further, the dispensing rate of the contents of the container is greater when the sifting and pouring insert is in the pouring position than when the sifting and pouring insert is in the sifting position.

Abstract: An adjustable measuring device for measuring contents, such as liquids and granulated solids, having a usable volume for measuring. The adjustable measuring device includes a housing, a platform having a lower position and an upper position, and an adjusting system for moving the platform between the lower position and the upper position. When the platform is in the lower position, the usable volume is maximized. When the platform is in the upper position, the usable volume is minimized. The adjusting system comprises a restraint system adapted to maintain the platform between the lower position and the upper position. Also, the adjusting system comprises a discrete locking system adapted to temporarily lock the platform into a plurality of predetermined positions, which represent discrete usable volumes. By applying a first adjusting force, the platform moves toward the upper position. By applying a second adjusting force, the platform moves toward the lower position.

Abstract: A dispensing device for dispensing the contents of a container. The dispensing device for the container comprises a housing adapted to engage the container, a bias system containable within the housing, a cap capable of being extended outside the housing by the bias system, a restraint system for maintaining the cap in an open and closed position, and a guide system for preventing rotational movement by the restraint system. The contents can be dispensed from the inside to the outside of the container when the cap is in the open position, but not the closed position. By applying temporary downward pressure onto the top of the cap, the cap can be moved between the open and closed position. The push-button dispensing device, therefore, can be opened and closed using only one hand.