Patent ID: 7337929

Claim:
A device for packaging and dispensing a product, including: a container holding the product, the container including a neck, wherein the neck includes a free edge which delineates a first dispensing aperture for the product; a detachable lid capable of engaging with the neck to selectively close off the first dispensing aperture, wherein the detachable lid can be moved from a closed position to a detached position in which the lid is detached from the neck such that the first dispensing aperture is open in the detached position, and further wherein the lid can be positioned in at least one intermediate position between the closed position and the detached position; wherein the free edge of the neck at least partially delineates a second dispensing aperture, and wherein in said closed position said detachable lid closes said second dispensing aperture, and further wherein movement of the lid relative to the neck from the closed position at least partially opens said second dispensing aperture such that: i) in a first dispensing mode, with the lid in the at least one intermediate position relative to the neck, the product can be dispensed via the second dispensing aperture, and ii) in a second dispensing mode, with the lid in the detached position, the product can be dispensed via the first dispensing aperture.