Patent ID: 7168598
Filing Date: 2007-01-30
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A device for dispensing a product, comprising: a variable-volume receptacle for containing the product, the receptacle comprising a body and a bottom surface; a dispenser head associated with the receptacle, the dispenser head being rotatable about an axis of rotation, the axis of rotation being nonperpendicular to and nonparallel to a flat surface when the bottom surface of the receptacle is placed on the flat surface; an outlet orifice in the dispenser head; and a dip tube configured to extend into the receptacle, wherein the dispenser head is movable between a dispensing position in which flow communication between the outlet orifice and an inside of the receptacle is established, and a closed position in which flow communication between the outlet orifice and the inside of the receptacle is interrupted, wherein the product is dispensed from the outlet orifice in response to a reduction in the volume of the inside of the receptacle, and wherein a vertical line passing through the outlet orifice and being perpendicular to a plane including the bottom surface of the receptacle does not intersect at least a top portion of the receptacle when the dispenser head is in the dispensing position, and wherein the vertical line intersects the receptacle when the dispenser head is in the closed position.