Patent ID: 9523596
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: G01F

Claim Text:
1. A single-dose dispenser for dispensing product from a container, comprising: a one-piece, molded dispensing structure including a body portion having an inner wall and skirt, the skirt having a portion configured and arranged to couple to a container; a top portion connected to an annular upper edge of the body portion via a first living hinge, the top having an upper deck and dispensing orifice formed therethough; said body portion and said top portion having reciprocal annular mating formations depending therefrom configured and arranged to interlock together in assembled relation; a middle deck extending across an interior of the body portion forming a storage chamber between the top portion, the inner wall of the body portion and the middle deck for temporarily holding product therein, the middle deck in fluid communication with the container; said top portion having a cap connected to the upper deck via a second living hinge, said cap being configured and arranged to selectively seal the dispensing orifice; a reservoir chamber portion defined by a chamber wall depending downwardly from the middle deck, the reservoir chamber wall having a reservoir closure member extending from and connected to a bottom edge of said wall with a third living hinge, said closure member being configured and arranged for folding and sealing an open bottom end of the reservoir chamber portion, the reservoir chamber wall having an entrance port adjacent the middle deck, the reservoir chamber portion in fluid communication with the storage chamber through an opening in said middle deck; and a flow conduit extending upwards from the middle deck in fluid connection to the dispensing orifice on the upper deck of the top, the flow conduit further depending downwardly into an interior of the reservoir chamber portion; whereby product enters the storage chamber when the container is inverted and exits the storage chamber to fill the reservoir chamber when the container is uprighted, and the product exiting the dispensing orifice when the product container is inverted again with the cap open.