Patent ID: 8091740

Claim:
A metering dispenser for a flowable substance, the metering dispenser comprising: a housing; a storage container configured for storing the flowable substance, the storage container having an upper volume area, a lower volume area and a constricted shoulder area between the upper and lower areas, the constricted shoulder area being narrower compared to the upper and lower areas and between a center of gravity of the installed storage container and an upper end of the upper volume area, the storage container being configured to be insertable into the housing in an insertion orientation with gravity causing the flowable substance to flow from the upper volume area to the lower volume area; a metering unit connected to the storage container and disposed adjacent to a lower end of the lower volume area of the storage container, through which the substance can be dispensed in defined doses; a manually actuatable activation mechanism coupled to the housing and moveable relative to the storage container between a dispensing position and a normal position, the activation mechanism being configured to emit the defined dose of the flowable substance in response to movement of the activation mechanism from the normal position toward the activation position; and a reservoir holder coupled to the housing and defining a fork-like holder, the fork-like holder having a frontal opening sufficiently wide to receive the constricted shoulder area therethrough, the fork-like holder engageable with the storage container at the constricted shoulder area so that the reservoir holder supports the storage container above the center of gravity of the installed storage container to mitigate tilting when installing the filled storage container in the housing.