Patent ID: 8434649

Claim:
A dispenser for a paint container having an access opening into an interior of the paint container, said dispenser comprising: a main lid attachable to the paint container access opening, said main lid having a threaded stem, a flow restrictor threadably mounted on said threaded stem so that rotation of said flow restrictor relative to said stem axially displaces said flow restrictor relative to said stem, said flow restrictor having at least one outwardly extending tab, a turret rotatably mounted to said main lid and having a dispensing opening, said turret being locked against axial movement to said main lid, wherein said turret comprises an axially extending slot which slidably receives said flow restrictor tab so that rotation of said turret axially displaces said flow restrictor along said stem, wherein said flow restrictor includes a surface which cooperates with an interior surface of said turret to variably restrict said dispensing opening as a function of the axial position of said flow restrictor, and a cap removably attached to said turret which closes said dispensing opening.