Patent ID: 7097071

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing a measured portion of liquid from a container with an opening, the apparatus comprising: (a) a measuring chamber including an inlet connected to the opening of the container; (b) a cap member rotatably attached to the measuring chamber, the cap member including a dispensing outlet and a fill level member; (c) a liquid delivery member in fluid communication with the measuring chamber and the container, the fill level member operatively associated with the liquid delivery member to deliver liquid from the container to the measuring chamber, wherein a volume of liquid equal to the measured portion is retained therein from flowing back into the container by the fill level member, the measured portion of liquid available for dispensing from the dispensing outlet; (d) wherein the fill level member comprises a cylindrical tube member co-axial with the liquid delivery member and exterior thereto, the cylindrical tube member secured at one end to the cap member, and extending the length of the liquid delivery member; (e) wherein the cylindrical tube member includes a plurality of vertically non-aligned apertures therein, each aperture alignable with the central slot of the liquid delivery member; and (f) wherein the cylindrical tube member includes a notch at an end opposite the cap member, the notch vertically non-aligned with the non-aligned apertures therein, the notch alignable with the central slot of the liquid delivery member.