Combined Patents (Class 222/192)
  • Patent number: 5044522
    Abstract: A shower dispenser is provided and consists of a container which can be suspended from a shower head arm. A plurality of nozzles are each fluidly connected into each of a plurality of compartments in the container for dispensing different liquids therefrom when manually operated. A plurality of filler ports on top of the container each have a flap closure for sealing after the liquids are poured into the compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Inventors: Miguel Roig, George Spector
  • Patent number: 5044520
    Abstract: A coin-operated dispenser is disclosed for spraying a liquid cosmetic in a controlled manner. It has the features of a coin-operated, public vending machine, but instead of delivering a pack of cigarette or candies, it delivers a liquid cosmetic under pressurized air through a spray gun which has a trigger. The spray gun is mounted at the end of a flexible tube. A push-button on the machine enables the selection of a desired one of many liquid cosmetic products. A push button switch on the spray gun permits a user to manually control the flow of sprayed cosmetics. A timer limits the time period for each spraying, when the preset coin amount has been introduced in the machine and a display indicates to the user the time remaining for dispensing the product. Accordingly, the user knows precisely how much time is remaining after he releases the trigger, thus permitting sharing of the product by more than one person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Inventor: Hubert Moisan
  • Patent number: 5011044
    Abstract: The anti-assault device of this invention consists of a sealed, rupturable vial, a base with one set of resilient fingers to retain the vial and a second set to support the cover, and a cover having a skirt containing projections which reset upon and engage the second set of resilient fingers and having at least one projection for rupturing the vial. The rupturing projections are on the rear face so that when force is exerted against the front face of the cover the projections rupture the vial. This causes a foul smelling repulsive chemical contained therein to be released and to repel a would be attacker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Inventor: Arlon R. Brown
  • Patent number: 5009343
    Abstract: This is an automotive tool which has a head, a container and a flexible hose connection with the container. The container has a nozzle and a pump. The hose connects the nozzle of the container to the head. The head has a blade which extends longitudinally and is arced so that it may be positioned within the nipple of a plug wire terminal of an automobile spark plug so that it is between the inner wall of the nipple and the top cap of the spark plug. If the connection between the plug wire terminal and the top cap has in effect become fused the pump can force a solvent from the container through the hose onto the blade portion and against the fused area. The fused area can now be broken permitting removal of the spark plug without damage to the plug wire terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1991
    Inventor: Benjamin E. Pugatch
  • Patent number: 5000343
    Abstract: A combination cracker dispenser and entertainment center is provided and consists of a housing that will contain a lazy susan tray near the bottom to hold crackers, a mechanism to dispense one cracker at a time, a dish near the top to hold dip therein to be used for the crackers and a built-in radio placed within a transparent middle portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: Sharon M. Allen
  • Patent number: 5000199
    Abstract: An arrangement for applying a foam-type hair care medium, the arrangement having an element with a face having a central region and a plurality of projections extending from the face and spaced apart from each other, and a tubular body portion having at least one opening arranged substantially in the central region of the face of the element. The tubular body guides a foam-type hair care medium. The element with projections may be in the form of a brush with bristles or a comb with teeth. A foam dispenser formed as one piece on a disc member surrounded by a ring member may be added when mounted on an aerosol container containing the foam-type hair care medium to further guide the medium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Assignee: Wella Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Andrea Kuranski, Wolfgang Villmann
  • Patent number: 4991755
    Abstract: A toothpaste dispenser including a timer device structured so that a person will receive a signal to indicate a time period of sufficient length has elapsed for the brushing of teeth. The timer assembly may include an activating structure directly thereon such as on an exposed face thereof wherein the activating structure is readily accessible from an extension of the dispenser. In another embodiment, the activating structure associated with the timer assembly is mounted at least partially on the interior of the housing of the toothpaste dispenser and connected to a dispensing plunger such that the time period for brushing teeth is automatically set concurrently to depressing of the plunger for the dispensing of toothpaste from the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1991
    Inventor: Stephen Grusmark
  • Patent number: 4981240
    Abstract: Apparatus for dispensing products having a useful portion and a waste portion and having a storage chamber for storing the products, an opening in the lower end of the chamber for discharge of products, a tray beneath the opening for receiving products, a waste chamber associated with the storage chamber, and, a waste opening at the upper end of waste chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1991
    Inventor: Manfred F. Missalla
  • Patent number: 4974319
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treating the blade of a razor head by applying a non-foamable liquid lubricant and solubilizer mixture via an aerosolization system directly to the razor blade immediately before shaving such that shaving can be performed in the absence of first applying any shaving preparation directly to the area to be shaved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Assignee: American Cyanamid Company
    Inventors: Edward J. Maguire, Jr., Anna A. Gripp, Gottfried Metzler, III, Stephen Litzow
  • Patent number: 4974748
    Abstract: A disposable attachment to the dispensing end of a toothpaste tube which obviates contact between the tube exit opening and the toothbrush bristles to minimize the spread of infection among multiple users of the toothpaste, in which the disposable attachment has a leg with a V-shaped notch in a forward edge thereof through which notch the toothpaste is squeezed onto the bristles of the toothbrush while the leg prevents contact of the tube exit opening with the toothbrush bristles because of an interposed position therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1990
    Inventor: Judy J. Rae
  • Patent number: 4963047
    Abstract: A two piece brush for dispensing and applying a material in gel form comprises a brush element having a plurality of bristles and an elongated handle pivotably secured to the brush element for movement from a position adjacent the brush element to a position substantially at right angles to the brush element. An opening is provided extending through the brush element to the bristles which aligns with an opening in the elongated handle entering into a gel retainer in the handle, when the handle is positioned at right angles to the brush element. A flange disposed on the brush element is effective to seal off the opening in the elongated handle with the elongated handle positioned adjacent the brush element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Robert A. Trotta
  • Patent number: 4958751
    Abstract: A sub-gingival medicament applicator comprising an aerosol container having a gingival medicament filling and a nitrogen propellant. A wand is secured to the container and has an end portion extending angularly to the rest thereof. The wand has a passageway therethrough. A valve, provided with an actuator, is provided for controlling fluid flow through a passageway in the wand to permit application of the medicament through the end piece onto the gums of the user in a manner for optimum benefit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 25, 1990
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John P. Curtis, James H. Kemp
  • Patent number: 4951839
    Abstract: An improved economically disposable dispensing unit is provided for dispensing various measured amounts of a liquid or other freely flowing substance from a container. The position of a movable sleeve within a cup-shaped housing determines the measured amount which will be trapped within a dispensing chamber defined by the housing. The sleeve may be adapted for sliding movement to change positions, or, as an alternative, the sleeve can have a foldable, accordion-like structure which allows adjustment of the sleeve position. The invention can be configured as a disposable, one-piece dispensing unit, wherein one of a plurality of one-piece units, each having a different sized sleeve integrally formed therein, is chosen to select a particular measured amount. The dispensing unit is attached to a container by a flexible spring loop or a plurality of gripping fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Inventor: Cheung T. Kong
  • Patent number: 4941594
    Abstract: The present invention is a dispensing-tube and cap holder for use in combination with an aerosol can and a dispensing-tube. The aerosol can includes a cylindrical container which has an annular sidewall, a top peripheral rim and a bottom peripheral rim, a valve and a cap. The valve is fluidly coupled to the cylindrical container. The cap covers the valve when the aerosol can is not in use. The dispensing-tube may be fluidly coupled to the valve. The dispensing-tube and cap holder includes a curved, rectangular sheet having a front surface, a rear surface, a top edge, a bottom edge and two side edges. The length of the two side edges is slightly shorter than the length of the cylindrical container. The dispensing-tube and cap holder also includes a sheath, a tube-tensioning mechanism and a cap-holding mechanism. The sheath is disposed on one of two sides of the curved, rectangular sheet and holds the dispensing-tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Inventor: Edwin L. Larson
  • Patent number: 4932563
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for containing liquids and for delivering such liquids both by pouring and by spraying. The apparatus has first and second containers defining respective first and second volumes for containing liquid, a closure for the first container which defines a pouring opening for delivery of liquid contained in the first volume, the second container mounted with in the first, and a sprayer operatively communicating with the second volume for delivering liquid therefrom in a spray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Inventors: Lee G. Diamond, Jeffrey A. Diamond
  • Patent number: 4925066
    Abstract: A combined sprayer container and refill container for containing a liquid concentrate for later dilution and which containers nest and interlock. A sprayer container including a sprayer head for spraying liquid contained in the sprayer container. The sprayer container also including at least one level indicia foro indicating a level to be filled to with the liquid concentrate for dilution. A refill container for containing a liquid concentrate for use in repeated refilling of the sprayer container. The sprayer container and refill container each including complementary surfaces to provide nesting of the containers one against the other. An interlock provided on both the sprayer container and refill container for interlocking the nested containers to resist separation of the nested containers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Mission Kleensweep Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert S. Rosenbaum
  • Patent number: 4913318
    Abstract: A portable beverage dispenser houses a pair of plastic tanks divided by a partition, with each tank being able to heat or cool its contents. The housing also contains hand pumps for pressurizing the tanks, dispensing taps, and a padded lid which can be used as a seat. Heating tubes for each tank are attached to electrical heating elements, while independent tank cooling tubes are attached to thermoelectric cooling elements. The heating and cooling elements are independently connected to a rechargeable battery which is designed to operate under its own power, or connect to a conventional automatic cigarette lighter plug using a connecting wire with cigarette lighter plug members at each end. The beverage dispenser housing also houses radio speakers which are designed to plug into a small, portable radio which can be detached from the dispenser housing. Legs are attached within wells to guide tracks by guide runners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Inventor: Thomas L. Forrester
  • Patent number: 4912784
    Abstract: A guard for a toilet hinge coupling a toilet seat to a toilet bowl. The guard includes an easily cleanable, impervious shield member that shields the toilet hinge and surrounding area from foreign matter, without interfering with the operation of the toilet hinge or movement of the toilet seat, and a member for releasably securing the shield member at least to the toilet bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Inventors: Earl B. Jacobson, Keith R. Basler
  • Patent number: 4913319
    Abstract: A bathroom accessory adapted to be mounted on a wall and includes an enclosure having front and rear faces and a pair of separate, inner liquid chamber formed between said faces. Separate pump dispensers are mounted to the enclosure and communicate with outlet openings in each chamber. A spring biased reel, carrying a retractable flexible cable, is mounted within the enclosure with the free end of the cable extending through an opening in the front face. A soap holder comprising an open mesh or liquid permeable flexible material is releasably connected to the free end of the cable. Therefore the soap holder, carrying a bar of solid soap, may be extended away from the enclosure for use and returned automatically to a position closely adjacent the enclosure upon release by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1990
    Inventor: William A. Root
  • Patent number: 4911335
    Abstract: A combined air gap and dispensing device is adapted to be mounted on a sink, and comprises an internal air gap between inlet and outlet waste tubes. A liquid carrying pipe, such as a hot water pipe, also extends through the device to a faucet for being dispensed. A pair of fiber optic cables have exposed ends at the upper end of the device, and are coupled to a control system for valving liquid to the dispensing pipe. The control circuit may include a light source directed to one of the fiber optic cables, a photo sensor connected to the fiber optic cable to receive reflected light, and amplifying and demodulating circuitry, as well as a logic circuit responsive to determined conditions at the upper ends of the fiber optic cables for controlling the flow of liquid to the dispensing pipe. A pneumatic tube and pneumatic actuator may be provided instead of the optic cables and associated optic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: White Consolidated Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Stofle, Robert Milich, Richard Shields, William L. Blowers, Walter Kovacs
  • Patent number: 4903864
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a glove amusement device for squirting liquid. The device includes a liquid storage apparatus, a glove and an umbilical cord connecting the two. The liquid storage apparatus includes an electro-mechanical pump which is activated by a trigger mechanism on the glove and a liquid container. The umbilical cord contains both electrical and liquid conduit. The electrical conduit connects the pump and the trigger and a portable power source, such as a battery pack, while the liquid conduit connects the liquid container and an opening in the glove. The liquid is transported from the container through the liquid conduit out an opening in the glove by activation of a pump. An end cap at the termination of the liquid conduit causes pressure to build at the end cap and a pulsating, hard stream of liquid is forced out the glove opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Inventor: Eddie A. Sirhan
  • Patent number: 4901889
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a tissue roll and for dispensing a flowable substance, such as cleansing foam, comprises a canister body containing the substance. The canister body is adapted to be coaxially disposed within a core of a tissue roll and includes a nozzle at one end. Support sleeves are mounted on opposite ends of the canister body and carry axial hubs adapted to be received to recesses of a wall fixture. One of the sleeve carries a laterally extending dispensing handle which contains a lateral passage. An upper end of the passage communicates with the canister nozzle, and a lower end of the passage defines an outlet in the form of a series of discharge channels. By depressing the handle relative to the sleeve, the nozzle is depressed to emit the substance which travels through the passage and exits the discharge channels onto tissue held by the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1990
    Inventor: Joseph Mitchell
  • Patent number: 4893736
    Abstract: A safety grid for center discharge grain boxes includes cross members and longitudinally extending rod members. The grid may be fitted to grain boxes having varying sizes through the use of an adjustable bolt movably connected to the cross members and connected to the box side walls. The cross members may be either tubular or L-shaped in cross section and are interconnected by longitudinally extending rod members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1990
    Inventor: Charley B. Naig
  • Patent number: 4890767
    Abstract: A novelty amusement toy comprising a headband mounted water squirting device is disclosed. A hand held water reservoir containing a trigger actuated pump is connected by flexible tubing to a water squirting orifice located on a headband. Actuation of the pump trigger causes water to be forced from the reservoir through the flexible tubing and squirted through the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1990
    Assignee: C & S Distributing Co.
    Inventor: Barry Burlison
  • Patent number: 4889261
    Abstract: An assembly for the containment and dispensing of a beverage includes a portable container fabricated from a pressure deformable, synthetic polymeric resin. An integrally molded projection of the container wall is used to mount one or more drinking vessels such as cups. A single chamber is defined by the container wall, including the projection and functions to contain the beverage to be dispensed. The structure of the container is highly compact, with minimal interior space not utilizable by beverage containment. This avoids an imbalance of the container when it is carried from place to place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: George R. Conrad
  • Patent number: 4883204
    Abstract: A manually-operated dispenser for user-controlled discharge of an internally-stored fluid includes a variable length assembly normally driven to its maximum longitudinal extension for substantially closing a fluid discharge opening and for fluid-tightly closing a vent opening disposed at opposite ends of an elongated housing, the fluid discharge opening being normally sufficiently closed so as to prevent discharge of stored fluid through the discharge opening but permitting predetermined bleeding of fluid from the housing interior through the discharge opening, a piston bounding an end of an internal fluid reservoir and operatively movable along the housing for volumetrically reducing the reservoir and for driving stored fluid toward and through the discharge opening, and an actuator assembly manually operable by the user for causing controlled foreshortening of the variable length assembly whereby the fluid discharge and vent openings are concurrently opened permitting the forced discharge of a corresponding
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: Photofinish Cosemetics Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Kay, Donald McNab, Edward Moya
  • Patent number: 4880146
    Abstract: An improved drop dispenser comprised of a container having a threaded cap and a drop nozzle/impeller assembly positioned inside said container. The cap has a receiving orifice which receives and engages the end of drop nozzles so that when the cap is removed by unscrewing, the nozzle/impeller assembly is rotated to stir the contents of the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Inventor: J. S. Hudgins
  • Patent number: 4880145
    Abstract: A waterproof assembly for enclosing a variety of articles in a shower includes a backing plate the upper portion of which is provided with a mirror mounted between two light enclosures into which light sockets on a battery housing are inserted from below. A rectangular cover pivoted from the backplate then extends over the battery housing, interlocking a radio enclosure therewith. A plurality of replaceable dispensers are then engaged within the cover, below the radio enclosure, presenting dispensing spouts to the exterior thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Inventor: Richard P. McManus
  • Patent number: 4880144
    Abstract: A console unit for holding and housing a plurality of lubricant dispensers, lubricator hoses attached to the dispensers, and one or more vacuum units on rollers. The console unit includes a podium-like structure having a front wall, two side walls, a top wall and an open bottom. The console has a lubricator hose housing attached to the front wall of the podium-like structure which has a front wall spaced forward from the front wall of the podium-like structure, a top wall having apertures therein, and side walls. The console unit includes a bracket for releasably holding the dispensers mounted on the front wall of the podium-like structure above the top wall of the hose housing with the lubricator hoses extending down from the dispensers through the apertures in the top wall of the hose housing. The console unit further includes a lower compartment in the podium-like structure for housing one or more vacuum units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: McNeil (Ohio) Corporation
    Inventor: Robert F. Shea
  • Patent number: 4872594
    Abstract: A hair coloring applicator bottle including, in an axially aligned relation, and applicator spout including a base portion and an applicator tip portion, an elongated liquid receptacle, a timer mechanism, and a base. Time period indicia and timer pointer indicia are alternately provided on the liquid receptacle and base for setting the timer mechanism. The liquid receptacle includes a collapsible plastic container and a container holder. The plastic container defines an open mouth which is removably closed by the applicator spout. The timer mechanism is secured to the container holder and includes a timer shaft which rotates relative to the timer mechanism, and is connected to the base. By such construction, the base is secured to the container housing in a manner preventing separation of the liquid receptacle from the timer mechanism. An annular reservoir surrounds the base of the applicator tip portion for capturing excess hair coloring mixture which inadvertently escapes from the applicator tip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1989
    Inventor: Robert Bloom
  • Patent number: 4871069
    Abstract: A seat cushion comprising a cushioned container for use in carrying a plurality of different fluids is provided. The container has a seat cover which has a cushioning material that encloses a plurality of container cavities for the fluids. The container cavities have respective telescoping spigots, which extend outside the seat cover, for drawing off a desired beverage from a selected container cavity. The seat cover has an optional handle for carrying the seat cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1989
    Inventor: Patricia A. Guimont
  • Patent number: 4863075
    Abstract: A beach caddy used for transporting and storing items for recreational use at the beach. The caddy is provided with runners for drawing across sandy surfaces and detachable wheels for rolling over paved surfaces. A refillable water tank within the caddy dispenses fluids for washing, drinking or any other use. An adjustable support is provided for retaining a beach umbrella and permitting it to be tilted in any desired direction. Detachable tables mounted on the sides of the caddy can be set up to support items transported by the caddy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Assignee: Winchester Software Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert Romer
  • Patent number: 4836415
    Abstract: A toothpaste dispenser with a timer device so that a person will receive a signal to indicate the time period during which the teeth are being brushed; three embodiments are shown, in one embodiment an hourglass timer is provided and in a second and third embodiment an electrical signal device is provided the timing being selected of a time period of between two and three minutes, the optimal period during which brushing should continuously be done in a tooth cleaning operation in order to achieve maximum results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 6, 1989
    Inventor: Stephen M. Grussmark
  • Patent number: 4834728
    Abstract: A selectively securable eye drop dispenser apparatus as set forth wherein a replacement cap for use of the conventional eye drop dispensers has formed a threaded cylindrical portion for securement to the aforenoted conventional eye drop bottle including an orifice portion directed to an eye cup portion for operative associated with a human eye. The eye cup portion is formed of a flexible plastic-like material for enabling conformity to an associated human eye wherein the cylindrical threaded portion is formed of relatively stiff plastic-like material for maintaining desired registry and orientation of the associated orifice portion with the eye drop bottle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1989
    Inventor: Bill McKenna
  • Patent number: 4817826
    Abstract: A toothbrush holder attachment for stand-up toothpaste dispensers which is readily fabricated from thin sheet material, and which may be carried by the dispenser ready for use in the usual dispenser merchandizing carton. Toothbrushes may also be packaged therewith. The attachment is characterized by having an effective width substantially that of the stand-up base of such dispenser so as to be mounted thereon prior to packaging of the dispenser in the usual rectangular merchandizing carton, wherein the attachment assists in stabilizing the dispenser in its carton, and also permits the prepackaging therewith of a toothbrush carried by the mounted attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Inventor: Joseph Judge
  • Patent number: 4815635
    Abstract: A water supply apparatus is utilized in conjunction with a bicycle to enable a rider to receive either a spray of cooling water or a stream for drinking purposes. A diaphragm-type pump supplies the water. Plural reservoirs enable a plurality of liquids to be transported and utilized, such as water for cooling the rider and a sucrose solution for energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Inventor: Willie E. Porter
  • Patent number: 4798313
    Abstract: A tubular expandable elastic container for holding and dispensing a frozen confection as it thaws. The frozen confection holds the container in an expanded configuration, and as it thaws the contraction of the container forces thawed frozen confection from an open end of the container. A whistle is also provided at the open end of the container and a valve in the whistle structure for preventing air from entering the container when a user blows air into the whistle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1989
    Inventor: Brent L. Farley
  • Patent number: 4796774
    Abstract: A resealable cover for snap-fitting on a container comprising the combination of a resilient disk member with a downwardly extending lip integrally formed on the circumference thereof, and a spout integrally formed on an upper surface thereof said spout extending beyond the circumferential surface of the container when the cover is snap-fit thereon, and a spout cover pivotally mounted to the spout and sealable therewith. By snap-fitting the sealable cover to the top of an open container, for example, a beverage container, a sanitary means is formed for drinking therefrom. Alternatively, the spout may be used to pour the contents of the container. The container may then be resealed by sealing the spout cover to the spout to prevent, for example, escape of carbonation from the beverage contained in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: The Answer Company
    Inventor: Richard Nabinger
  • Patent number: 4793517
    Abstract: A resilient bottle or container has three compartments for liquid soap, shampoo and conditioning rinse, respectively. A normally closed, openable valve controls a port in each compartment. The soap valve opens into the center of a sponge which is fastened to the bottle. The bottle can be supported on a vacuum cup on a shower wall for dispensing shampoo and conditioning rinse. On opening of any valve, manually depressing bottle, liquid is dispensed from the corresponding compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1988
    Inventor: Harry E. Washut
  • Patent number: 4790444
    Abstract: A cup-like container, doubling as a sealing cap is disclosed for application to cans for soft drinks and the like. The cup-cap combination consists of a cup element rotatably mounted, directly of indirectly, on the rim of the can's lid and having a base aperture that can be positioned in juxtaposition with the opening in the lid, so as to allow the pouring of the contents, or away from said opening, so as to seal the can and prevent the spillage of the liquid. The cup element, thus, permits the consumption of the contents without resting one's lips on the rim of the can and allows the preservation of the contents, once the can has been opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1988
    Assignee: Terzi Stampi S.n.c.di Dario Terzi & C.
    Inventor: Dario Terzi
  • Patent number: 4776492
    Abstract: A combination toothpaste dispenser and tooth brush holder, for use with a toothpaste pump-tube dispenser characterized by a narrow, upstanding paste container tube and top-mounted, pump plunger and spaced-apart dispenser port. An elongated housing of terminal length adapted to extend down over the pump-tube dispenser, a bracket extending outward from the housing having a series of apertures for receipt of tooth brush handles and an exposed pump plunger reciprocally mounted in the housing at its upper end for registration with the pump plunger of the toothpaste pump-tube dispenser and a detachable nozzle assembled in the upper housing end to receive toothpaste discharged from the dispenser port, of the pump tube dispenser, and convey it out from the housing in response to pressure applied to the exposed pump plunger. The detachable nozzle contains a hollow dip leg at one end thereof for partially penetrating the pump-tube dispenser port to form a non-leaking seal therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Inventor: Carmen S. Gallo
  • Patent number: 4767034
    Abstract: A scrubber cap assembly comprising a spout and a dispensing cap of the push-pull type for use on a container containing a liquid material wherein the dispensing cap has a generally flat top surface and a skirt extending outwardly and downwardly from the top surface. A scrubbing means is constructed and arranged in a stepped configuration on the exterior of the skirt of the cap. The scrubber cap is pulled open and a liquid material is sprayed on the desired surface, the scrubber cap is then pushed closed and the liquid material is scrubbed into the sprayed surface with the scrubber portion of the cap. The scrubber cap assembly provides a simple, reliable, and inexpensive push-pull dispensing cap closure having a scrubber means constructed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 30, 1988
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald G. Cramer
  • Patent number: 4724615
    Abstract: A medicine spoon has a spoon bowl with a handle, and a flat cover completely covers the bowl in a closed position in which the cover bears against the edge of the bowl. The cover has a handle attached to the bowl handle for pivotal movement between the closed and open positions, and the cover has an opening through which an amount of a foam product from a dispenser may be fed to the bowl in the closed position of the cover. The underside of the cover scrapes along the upper edge of the bowl for wiping the underside clean during movement of the cover to its open position. Stop shoulders in the form of continuous flanges are provided on the bowl and cover for both limiting the cover to its completely closed position and for preventing leakage of product through the cover when filling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Assignee: Product Resources International, Inc.
    Inventors: Leonard Mackles, Leonard Chavkin
  • Patent number: 4705194
    Abstract: An attachment for a non-collapsible toothpaste tube which when mounted on the toothpaste tube becomes an integral toothbrush holder. The holder attachment is particularly adapted for use with a toothpaste container having a cavity therein for carrying the attachment prior to utilization of the attachment to store or hold toothbrushes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1987
    Inventor: Joseph Judge
  • Patent number: 4703873
    Abstract: A detachable lid of plastic construction for the sealed closure of an opened beverage can. Forming the lid is a central body portion surrounded by a downwardly depending double step flange perimeter to accommodate beverage cans of two different diameters. A pour opening located through the body is partially defined on its underside by a downwardly depending spout adapted to penetrate inward of a can opening thereat while being defined topside by an upwardly extending free standing rim of a predetermined geometric configuration. A closure cap adapted to cooperate with the pour opening is formed in the free end of an elongated flexible strap secured to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Inventor: Keith L. M. Geren
  • Patent number: 4700892
    Abstract: A misting and watering can includes a can body having a pouring spout on one side thereof and a hollow handle on its opposite side. A misting and watering nozzle mounted in the pouring spout includes a misting aperture surrounded by multiple pouring passages in communication with the pouring spout. A pumping mechanism within the hollow handle includes a trigger operator. A delivery tube in the interior of the can body is connected with the pumping mechanism within the hollow handle. A discharge tube connected with the pumping mechanism extends within the pouring spout and is connected with the nozzle in communication with the misting aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: Blue Mountain Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph M. Cunning
  • Patent number: 4687122
    Abstract: A combination seat cushion and liquid container has a self-bleeding bung dispensing valve positioned in a single bung hole of the container for dispensing liquid from the container while bleeding air into the container. The valve structure includes an air bleed valve and a liquid drain valve, both of which open simultaneously upon the depression of a button in the bung hole and which automatically close simultaneously upon release of the pressure on the button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1987
    Assignee: Sit-N-Sip, Inc.
    Inventors: Eugene L. Bothun, Brent S. Hine
  • Patent number: 4673007
    Abstract: This invention concerns a kind of air liquid pump particularly used for cushion shoes, combined with a pressure scale and a ball pen. It is portable and can indicate the pressure of the inflated air or liquid and can be also used as a pen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Inventor: Ing-Chung Huang
  • Patent number: 4673106
    Abstract: A dispenser comprising, a container having a chamber for retaining a flowable material, and a nozzle defining an outlet orifice. The dispenser has a device for pumping the material through the orifice. The dispenser has a cap having an outwardly directed tab having an opening to receive a toothbrush. The dispenser has a spool rotatably received in a hollow lower base of the container, and an elongated strand of floss wound upon the spool and extending through an opening in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1985
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Steven Fishman
  • Patent number: RE33539
    Abstract: A venting type container to relieve pressurized carbonated liquids and the like without discharging the liquid therefrom while equalizing the interior container pressure with atmospheric pressure including a combination a flexible wall container for receiving the liquid and adapted to operatively receive a removable dispensing cap assembly which when brought into full threaded engagement with said dispensing cap assembly redefines the opening to said container; and a depressurization sealing unit which is operatively received on the dispensing cap assembly in sealing engagement to seal and contain the liquid within the container and define an interior cavity oriented between the dispensing cap assembly and the depressurization sealing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1991
    Inventor: David Karpal