Patent ID: 6968978
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for providing a dispenser for collapsible tubes, the tube having a first closed end and a neck and spout on a second opposing end, comprising: a) a housing having a base and a cover for said base, said base having a first end wall and a second end being open, a bottom, and first and second side walls, said first end wall having a first aperture therein, wherein the spout of the tube is inserted through said first aperture and the closed end of the tube is disposed toward said opening of said second end of said base, wherein said cover has a top surface, a second end wall for mounting over said opening of said second end of said base, a first and second side wall, being open on said first end, said top surface having a centrally disposed slot therein, said slot being longitudinally disposed in said top surface; b) a pliable planar member being disposed in said base, said planar member having first and second ends and a top and bottom surface, said second end of said planar member being adapted for connection to said bottom of said second end of said base, said planar member extending from said second end of said base to an area adjacent the neck of the tube; c) wherein the tube is disposed between said pliable planar member and said bottom of said base with the closed end of the tube being disposed adjacent said second end of said base and the spout of the tube being disposed through said first aperture of said first end wall of said base; and, d) means for a roller being disposed under said top surface of said cover whereby a user can push the roller from the second end of the cover toward the neck of the tube and the roller will push downwardly on the pliable planar member to force the contents out of the tube as the roller moves from the second end of the cover toward the neck of the tube.