Patent ID: 7984832
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: A45D,A47L,B05B,B05C

Abstract:
1. A package for dispensing a liquid and having an ergonomic top surface comprising: a. a container having a container bottom, a container sleeve coupled to the container bottom, the container sleeve depending upwardly and outwardly from the peripheral edge of the container bottom; b. an actuator having an actuator top and an actuator skirt coupled to the actuator top and depending downwardly and indented from the peripheral edge of the actuator top to provide an indented portion of the actuator skirt that is slideably engagable with an outwardly slanted sleeve interior surface of the container sleeve; c. a pump assembly having a hollow stem and the pump assembly disposed within the container and in fluid communication with the actuator; d. wherein the actuator has a single discharge orifice in fluid communication with the stem of the pump assembly to permit liquid to flow on to a top surface of the actuator top upon reciprocation of the actuator top; e. wherein the vertical projection of the top surface of the actuator top has substantially the same dimensions as at least one horizontal slice of the container; and f. wherein a vertical projection of the top surface of the actuator top has an aspect ratio of at least about 1.5.