Patent ID: 7845524

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing fluid from a container and for indicating a quantity of the fluid dispensed through the apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a first housing forming a pour chamber having a pour inlet for receiving fluid from the container, the pour chamber also having an outlet in fluid communication with the pour inlet, such that the received fluid can flow through the pour chamber and exit through the outlet, the first housing having an indicating apparatus comprising an indicating chamber with an indicating inlet for receiving a quantity of fluid into the indicating chamber, wherein the indicating inlet and the pour inlet are sized such that a rate at which fluid flows through the indicating inlet is related to the rate at which fluid flows through the pour chamber, and such that the quantity of fluid received into the indicating chamber relates in real time to the quantity of fluid that has thus far exited through the outlet, the first housing having a wall separating the indicating chamber from the pour chamber, the indicating apparatus having indicia identifying an approximate quantity of the fluid that has been dispensed through the pour chamber.