Patent ID: 7748568

Claim:
An assembly for packaging and dispensing a product comprising: at least one container containing a product, the container including a dispensing member comprising an actuation rod; a dispensing device including at least one dispensing aperture, wherein at least part of the dispensing device is movable with respect to the container in order to actuate the dispensing member and allow output of the product through the at least one dispensing aperture; a mounting arrangement for mounting the dispensing device with respect to the container such that the dispensing device is positionable on the container in at least two different positions including: (a) a use position in which the dispensing device is selectively actuatable to make the actuation rod rock about a rocking axis in order to dispense the product, and in which the dispensing device cannot move the actuation rod along its longitudinal axis, such that in the use position the dispensing device selectively moves the actuation rod between a non-dispensing position in which the product does not flow from the container and a dispensing position in which the product flows from the container, and wherein the dispensing position is offset from the non-dispensing position about the rocking axis; and (b) an intermediate position in which the dispensing device is mounted to the container and in which the dispensing device is held in a position in which it is not in fluidic communication with the actuation rod; wherein the mounting arrangement includes a spindle and an opening within which the spindle is received, and wherein rocking movement of the dispensing device about the spindle causes dispensing of the product in the use position and further wherein as the dispensing device is moved from the intermediate position to the use position the spindle is moved from a first position to a second position along the opening; and wherein in said intermediate position the mounting arrangement holds the inlet aligned with and spaced from the actuation rod.