Patent ID: 8240518

Claim:
A dispensing device for dispensing a liquid from a substantially flat or cylindrical container, comprising: an elastic or flexible pump section which borders a pump chamber for the liquid, or is fluidly connected therewith, an inlet valve associated with the pump chamber, an outlet valve associated with the pump chamber, wherein the liquid can be pumped or conveyed by reversible deformation of the pump section in a direction of depression and dispensed from the pump chamber via the outlet valve in a dispensing direction, wherein the liquid can be subsequently sucked into the pump chamber via the inlet valve by elastic returning of the pump section, wherein the container has a greater diameter than height, wherein the pump section is substantially surrounded by a second component, the second component comprising a rigid portion of a cover above which the pump section does not extend and separating the pump section from the outlet valve; wherein the dispensing device or the container has a bag with the liquid, wherein the bag collapses upon removal of the liquid; and wherein a maximum height of the dispensing device comprises the second component and the second component extending generally planarly and comprising a height substantially equal to or higher than the height of the pump section in an un-deformed state, wherein a receiving area proximal to the outlet valve extends upwardly toward the second component.