Patent ID: 7051907
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A refillable container for select discharge and refilling by a user of a substance, the refillable container comprising: an elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion having a first outside diameter and being adapted for containing the substance therein for use therewith, the elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion having a solid bottom portion, an open threaded top adapted for poured receipt of the substance, and a generally cylindrical sidewall for holding the substance directly thereagainst; a generally cylindrical upper body portion having a second outer diameter substantially equivalent to the first outside diameter, and a generally planar top surface, and being adapted for threadable engagement with and flush abutting engagement to the elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion such that the generally cylindrical upper body portion comprises a generally flush cylindrical extension of the elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion when the generally cylindrical upper body portion is threadably engaged to the elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion thereby defining therebetween a substantially uniform cylindrical outer surface thereacross to facilitate handling thereof by the user, the generally cylindrical upper body portion being further adapted for disengagement from the elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion to facilitate pouring of the substance into the elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion by the user; and the generally cylindrical upper body portion further comprising a discharge cap threadably mounted to the substantially planar top surface of the generally cylindrical upper body portion to cause the discharge cap to upstand from the substantially planar top surface of the generally cylindrical upper body portion in substantially direct contact therewith, the discharge cap having a discharge orifice of a diameter substantially smaller than the outside diameter of the elongate generally cylindrical lower body portion, the discharge cap adapted for select discharge by the user of the substance from the refillable container.