Patent ID: 6425498
Filing Date: 2002-07-30
Classification: B67D

Abstract:
A dispensing assembly for a beverage container comprising, in combination:a carbonated beverage container containing a carbonated beverage; a dispenser including a body assembly having a lower portion which screws directly onto a top of the container, a forward mid portion forming a dispensing spout in an elephant trunk shape, two dispensing levers for controllably dispensing the beverage from the spout with the dispensing levers being constructed of a light metal core covered with an elastomeric material in elephant ears shape, a flexible telescopic tube reaching into the container and extending up to the body assembly for connection with an orifice which is connected to the dispensing spout, a valve plunger mechanism movable in a cylindrical opening above the orifice and controllable by way of the dispenser levers for selectively obturating the orifice with a rubber fitting washer, a compressing spring for urging the valve plunger mechanism downward in sealing abutment with the orifice to preclude the flow of fluid to the dispensing spout, wherein an axis of symmetry is the same for the spring, the valve plunger mechanism, the tube, and the container; said body assembly of the dispenser further including a screw cap portion which is internally threaded with an inner end extending into a short, concentric, cylindrical opening of slightly increased diameter that defines a narrow, circumferential shoulder, wherein a resilient washer is snugly fitted within the cylindrical opening and retained in place by the shoulder, the resilient washer having a central opening with a minimum diameter equal to an external diameter of the discharge tube; and a cooler having a lid with a plurality of apertures formed therein for passing a neck of a plurality of the containers when the containers are positioned in the cooler, wherein a plurality of the dispenser assemblies are mounted on the necks of the containers and reside on top of the lid.