Patent ID: 8857665
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: B65D,B67D,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A dispensing receptacle comprising: a container having an interior cavity and an opening that communicates the interior cavity to the exterior of the container; a closure mechanism having a top cap wall contiguous with a side skirt and an exterior surface and an interior surface, wherein the interior surface of the side skirt has one or more coupling features for complementary attachment to the opening in the container, a flexible control mechanism integrated as part of the top cap wall, where the control mechanism is temporarily deformed during operation; a sealable interior chamber comprising a continuous wall that extends from a first end to a second end with an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein, a removable sealing partition positioned at or near the outlet port that seals the outlet port, and a linear actuator having a first end fixedly attached to the control mechanism and a second end fixedly attached to the sealing partition, such that operation of the control mechanism causes the line actuator to temporarily remove the sealing partition from the outlet port and where the control mechanism automatically returns the sealing partition to the outlet port when no longer deformed.