Patent ID: 7971455

Claim:
A dosing and dispensing device ( 1 ) comprising a double wall structure having an inner wall ( 10 ) and an outer wall ( 20 ), wherein the inner wall ( 10 ) defines a dosing chamber ( 12 ) with an opening ( 14 ) for filling and dispensing, and an outer wall ( 20 ) having a free edge ( 22 ) having an elliptical or oval shape, wherein the outer wall ( 20 ) circumscribes the inner wall ( 10 ) at a line of intersection ( 30 ) so that an upper part of the dosing chamber lies on one side of the line of intersection ( 30 ), within the outer wall ( 20 ), and a lower part of the dosing chamber lies on the other side of the line of intersection ( 30 ), outside of the outer wall ( 20 ), and wherein the volume between the outer wall ( 20 ) and the upper part of the dosing chamber ( 12 ), defines a spill chamber ( 24 ) which retains any product overflow from the dosing chamber ( 12 ).