Patent ID: 8118193

Claim:
Hand-operated dispenser suitable for flowable products, comprising a container with an internal reservoir to hold a body of the product, the container having a base and a top, and a dispenser mechanism at the top of the container; the dispenser mechanism including: a pump having a pump chamber with an inlet communicating with said internal reservoir and an outlet communicating with a discharge opening; a dispenser body extending across the top of the container and comprising a rigid molded dispenser body top plate with an external upwardly-directed dished pick-up surface through which the discharge opening opens and a surround surface region; an upwardly-directed actuator portion depressible in a pumping stroke against a return force to reduce the volume of the pump chamber and thereby displace a dose of product onto the pick-up surface via the discharge opening; the actuator portion being laterally offset beside the pick-up surface; and wherein the dispenser body top plate is generally inclined downwardly, in the direction from the actuating portion to the pick-up surface, wherein the actuator portion stands higher relative to said container base than the pick-up surface, the pick-up surface is generally downwardly-inclined away from the actuator portion, and the surround surface region is also downwardly inclined towards the side of the top plate having the pick-up surface.