Patent ID: 8469236
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A device for containing and dispensing a quantity of a liquid, the device configured for being carried within a space generally sized to accommodate a standard sized credit card, the device comprising: (a) a liquid container portion comprising first and second generally rectangular flat walls sealed together on at least three edges thereof, the walls defining an interior volume with an opening on a fourth edge of the walls and the container portion; (b) a generally flat dispensing mechanism positioned on and extending out from the container portion and extending into the opening thereof, the dispensing mechanism comprising a dispensing tube extending into the interior volume of the container portion; a generally flat fixed lid component supporting the dispensing tube and sealing the opening of the container portion along the fourth edge of the walls thereof; and a generally flat dispensing activation component, the dispensing activation component comprising a pump mechanism, the pump mechanism comprising: (c) a cover portion hingedly attached to the container portion along the fourth edge of the walls thereof and movable between a closed position at least partially covering the dispensing mechanism extending out from the container portion, and an open position exposing the dispensing mechanism extending out from the container portion, wherein the cover portion comprises a generally flat rectangular solid having a thickness dimension small relative to a width dimension along its hinged edge and a height dimension extending perpendicular to its width, the flat rectangular solid defining a central flat rectangular recess formed into the thickness dimension thereof, the flat recess sized to receive the portion of the generally flat dispensing mechanism extending out from the container portion, thereby covering at least a portion of the movable piston component of the dispensing mechanism and the dispensing nozzle thereof.