Patent ID: 8701941

Claim:
A container for dispensing a food product, comprising: a container portion having an open interior and an open top; and a cover attached to the container portion and covering the open top for selectively providing an opening into the container portion, wherein the cover comprises: a cover base portion coupled to the container portion at the open top of the container portion, the cover base portion having a horizontal wall portion traversing the open top of the cover and a wall with a generally cylindrical exterior surface extending downwardly from the wall portion, the horizontal wall portion including a centrally positioned aperture with a radially extending slot, and a plurality of food dispensing apertures arranged peripherally on the horizontal wall portion for allowing a food product to be dispensed therethrough; and a rotatable top portion positioned on top of the cover base portion and rotatably connected thereto, the rotatable top portion extending over the entirety of the horizontal wall portion of the cover base portion and providing a closure thereto, the rotatable top portion including a unitary downwardly extending shaft portion and an agitator portion unitary with and extending radially outward from the shaft portion below and along the horizontal wall portion, the cylindrical shaft portion and unitary agitator portion passable through the centrally positioned aperture with the slot of the cover base portion for assembly of the rotatable top portion to the cover base portion, the agitator portion positioned below the wall portion of the cover base portion and fixed with respect to the rotatable top portion to rotate with respect to the container portion as the rotatable top portion is rotated, the rotatable top portion further comprising only a single access opening on the rotatable top portion, the single access opening alignable with the plurality of food dispensing apertures arranged peripherally on the horizontal wall portion thereby allowing food product in the container to be dispensed through both the cover base portion and the rotatable top portion, the single access opening in fixed alignment with the agitator portion thereby allowing the agitator to break up clumps that are in a position to be dispensed when the rotatable portion is rotated, the cover closeable to preclude product from being dispensed at the opening in the rotatable top portion without an additional component.