Patent ID: 6676251
Filing Date: 2004-01-13
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A liquid containment and dispensing device having a rigid, generally cup-shaped outer shell with an open end and an opposed pair of sidewalls, each of the opposed pair of sidewalls having a longitudinally extending recess therein, a chassis secured to the open end of the shell, the chassis having a pumping mechanism with a liquid outlet therefrom the chassis further having a planar portion extending transversely of the open end of the shell, a flexible pouch having an open end and a closed end, the closed end being positioned within the shell, the chassis further having an annular frame extending transversely from the planar portion, the frame surrounding the flexible pouch and having an opposed pair of side members with a rib portion extending outwardly from each of said side members, characterized in that each of said opposed pair of side members is adjacent one of the side walls of the outer shell, the rib portion of each of said opposed pair of side members extending into one of the recesses in the sidewall of the shell.