Patent ID: 7748579

Claim:
An apparatus for storing and dispensing powdered baby formula comprising: a container unit having a base and a first partition substantially enclosing a storage compartment defined thereby, said first partition having formed therein an opening communicating with said storage compartment; a measuring unit coaxially coupled in angularly displaceable manner to said container unit, said measuring unit including a capsule and a second partition substantially enclosing a metering compartment defined thereby, at least a portion of said capsule being formed of a substantially transparent material, said second partition being disposed over said first partition and having formed therein an opening communicating with said metering compartment; at least one of said first and second partitions including a stop protruding therefrom to extend into said opening of the other of said first and second partitions; said container and measuring units being angularly displaceable one relative to the other between open and closed positions, said first and second partition openings being at least partially aligned in said open position, and offset one from the other in said closed position; whereby a predetermined quantity of material stored in said storage compartment may be displaced into said metering compartment in said open position, and isolated from said storage compartment in said closed position for subsequent dispensation; wherein said measuring unit is snap-fit coupled to said container unit; and, said base includes a catch portion extending annularly thereabout, first and second terminal ends of said catch portion defining on said base a release slot; and, said measuring unit includes a protrusive retaining portion for slidably engaging said catch portion in said open and closed positions and being disengaged from said catch portion in said release position.