Patent ID: 8684614

Claim:
A cap for dispensing a detergent composition, said cap comprising: a base having a base interior and a base exterior opposing said base interior, said base interior having a periphery; and a vessel wall having an interior surface and an exterior surface opposing said interior surface, said vessel wall extending from said periphery to a rim, said interior surface and said base interior defining a pour volume, said base interior forming a closed end of said pour volume: wherein said cap is sealingly engaged to a container containing a detergent composition by a connector disposed on said cap and a corresponding receiver disposed on an opening of said container; wherein said cap further comprises a plurality of first surface irregularities at a location selected from the group consisting of on said rim, on said exterior surface between said connector disposed on said cap and said rim, and combinations thereof; wherein said pour volume is sized and dimensioned to provide for a unit dose of said detergent composition; wherein said rim has a weir; or wherein a pouring ledge having an aperture there through extends from said vessel wall or rim and said aperture is generally aligned with said first surface irregularities; or wherein a pouring ledge extends from said vessel wall or rim and an aperture is in said vessel wall between said pouring ledge and said base and said aperture is generally aligned with said first surface irregularities; and wherein said cap comprises a plurality of second surface irregularities on a locally distinct portion of said base exterior, said second surface irregularities being substantially identical in physical structure to said first surface irregularities.