Patent ID: 7946761

Claim:
A shrinkable dispensing container for probe covers of an ear thermometer of an ear thermometer, each of the probe covers of an ear thermometer having a hollow body and an annular flange and the shrinkable dispensing container comprises: a main body for accommodating the probe covers stacked together and an access opening formed at one end of the main body for allowing an ear thermometer probe of the ear thermometer to insert into an upmost probe cover among the probe covers in the main body; characterized in that: a bottom portion is formed at another end of the main body opposite to the access opening for supporting all the probe covers stacked within the main body; and the main body is primarily composed of a plurality of member portions connected together wherein each of the member portion comprises at last a bending portion so that when the member portions receive a compressing force acting along a lengthwise direction thereof, the bending portions are bent and contracted accordingly, thereby causing the main body to be shrunk along a lengthwise direction thereof.