Patent ID: 6805265
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: G01F

Abstract:
A measuring dispensing top for an aquarium fish food container comprising:a substantially planar base having a top side and a bottom side and having an opening defining an open portion and having a closed portion adjacent the open portion; a peripheral skirt depending from the bottom side of the base for attachment to the container; a peripheral wall on the top side of the base and enclosing at least a part of the closed portion of the base and the open portion of the base; a flip top pivotably mounted in said side wall and covering said open portion and pivotable between a first closed position in which the flip top engages said closed portion of the base and closes the container and a second open position which opens the container into the measuring dispensing top; and a cover slidable along the side wall between (1) a first closing position at which the cover together with the side wall and closed portion of the base and the flip top in its first closed position define a measuring chamber and at which first closing position the flip top is pivotable to its second open position, and (2) a second opening position at which the cover locks the flip top in its first closed position and opens the measuring chamber for dispensing.