Patent ID: 8087547

Claim:
An automatic dispensing apparatus comprising: a resilient squeeze bottle and an automatic dispensing cap; said resilient squeeze bottle having a squeeze bottle fastening device, a squeeze bottle neck, a squeeze bottle mouth, and, a squeeze bottle lip; said resilient squeeze bottle having a liquid therein, or, a viscous fluid therein, or, a food product therein, or, a food liquid therein, or, a viscous food fluid therein, or mustard therein, or, catsup therein, or, honey therein, or, mayonnaise therein, or, an edible gel therein, or, an edible oil therein, or, an edible cream therein, or, shampoo therein, or, lotion therein, or, a gel therein, or, an oil therein, or, a cream therein, or, a hand care liquid product therein, or, a body care product therein, or, a sun screen product therein, or, a sun related product therein; said automatic dispensing cap is securely attached to said resilient squeeze bottle; said automatic dispensing cap having a cap body; said cap body having a cap fastening device; said cap fastening device engages said squeeze bottle fastening device; said automatic dispensing cap having a portion that is utilized as a support base when said resilient squeeze bottle is stored in a dispensing cap down position on a horizontal surface; said cap body having a cap wall; said cap wall having a squeeze bottle side and a support base side; said cap wall having an aperture therethrough; said aperture having a squeeze bottle side and a support base side; an automatic valve that is securely coupled to said cap body; said automatic valve is securely coupled across said aperture in said cap wall of said cap body; said valve is located entirely outside of said aperture in said cap wall; said automatic valve is substantially a flexible, elastic, single layer membrane that has a normally closed dispensing orifice therethrough; said dispensing orifice automatically opens to permit fluid flow through said dispensing orifice in response to increased pressure on one side of said dispensing orifice; said dispensing orifice automatically closes, cutting off fluid flow through said dispensing orifice when the increased pressure ends; said automatic dispensing cap having automatic bi-directional dispensing features; said automatic dispensing cap having an automatic liquid or viscous fluid dispensing feature; and, an automatic air venting feature; said cap body and said automatic valve are made of two different materials; said cap body and said automatic valve are coupled together; said cap body and said valve are a self-contained dispensing cap; said self-contained dispensing cap having a stand alone, unitary structure; said dispensing cap having means for preventing said automatic valve from contacting said horizontal surface when said squeeze bottle is stored in said dispensing cap down position on said horizontal surface.