Patent ID: 8544695

Claim:
A support member and dispensing container assembly for gels or liquids comprising: a support member which rigidly attaches to a support structure which has an engagement means to releasably hold a container to form a rigid connection whereby the dispensing end of the container faces downwards, enabling a user unrestricted access to the sides of the container to enable product to be squeezed from the container: a free standing, self contained, fully sealed squeeze to use dispensing container for gels or liquids featuring a dispensing aperture at one first end of the container to dispense product, which can be connected to and released from the support member solely by holding and manipulating the dispensing container relative to the support member; and an engagement means comprising a pre-moulded first component on the dispensing container second end which releasably interlocks with a second component on the support member by rotating the first component relative to the second component and then unlocks by rotating the first component relative to the second component in the opposite direction, the interlocking means between the first and second components comprising a structure selected from the group consisting a key or key way, screw thread, bayonet style connector or other rotating interlocking action; and a dispensing container with a surface contact means at a second end of the container opposing said first end allowing the dispensing container to stand on a surface on the surface contact means.