Patent ID: 7011233

Claim:
A device for dispensing a product ( 3 ), said device comprising: an elongated package ( 1 ) made of yieldable material and containing the product ( 3 ), a discharge device ( 2 ) for discharging the product ( 3 ) from the package (I) when the package ( 1 ) is located in a container ( 12 ), the package ( 1 ) having an end portion ( 11 ) and a coupling member ( 4 ) with a coupling portion ( 5 ), the coupling member ( 4 ) being provided on the end portion ( 11 ) and being located within an unbroken portion ( 6 ) of a wall ( 7 ) of the package ( 1 ), the discharge device ( 2 ) having a conduit ( 13 ) for dispensing the product ( 3 ) from the package ( 1 ), the conduit ( 13 ) having a coupling member ( 8 ) with a coupling portion ( 9 ), the package ( 1 ) and the discharge device ( 2 ), before being located in the container ( 12 ), being connected to each other by placing the coupling member ( 8 ) on the conduit ( 13 ), the coupling member ( 8 ) penetrating the unbroken portion ( 6 ) of the wall ( 7 ) of the package ( 1 ) as the coupling member ( 8 ) cooperates with the coupling member ( 4 ) within the wall ( 7 ), the package ( 1 ) with the discharge device ( 2 ) connected to the package ( 1 ) being located in the container ( 12 ) such that the discharge device ( 2 ) is located in an upper part of the container ( 12 ), the end portion ( 11 ) of the package ( 1 ) with the coupling member ( 4 ) defining a lower portion of the package ( 1 ) when the package ( 1 ) is located within the container ( 12 ), the coupling portions ( 5 , 9 ) of the coupling members ( 4 , 8 ) having non-circular openings ( 19 ) such that the conduit ( 13 ) is placed in a predetermined position relative to the package ( 1 ), the conduit ( 13 ) being directed upwards in the container ( 12 ) from the end portion ( 11 ) of the package ( 1 ) to the discharge device ( 2 ) when the package ( 1 ) is located in the container ( 12 ), the non-circular opening of the coupling portion ( 9 ) of the coupling member ( 8 ) defining a non-circular exterior surface of the coupling portion ( 9 ), the non-circular exterior surface being complimentary to, and received by, the non-circular opening ( 19 ) of the coupling member ( 4 ), the non-circular opening ( 19 ) of the coupling portion ( 5 ) of the coupling member ( 4 ) defining a non-circular interior surface complimentary to the non-circular exterior surface of the coupling portion ( 9 ) of the coupling member ( 8 ), the non-circular interior surface receiving the coupling portion ( 9 ) of the coupling member ( 8 ), the non-circular exterior surface of the coupling portion ( 9 ) being shaped identically to the non-circular interior surface of the coupling portion ( 5 ).