Patent ID: 7234480

Claim:
A valve assembly, comprising: a fitting on a liquid holding container, the fitting having a through-hole therethrough between an upper end and a lower end, the lower end having a ledge portion; a valve member having a lower protruding telescopic end with a raised ridge edge, the lower protruding end for telescoping into the upper end of the fitting so that the raised ridge edge protrudes underneath and below the ledge portion of the lower end of the fitting, wherein the valve assembly is used for dispensing liquid having different viscosities, densities and textures from the liquid holding container, wherein the raised ridge edge of the telescopic end further includes: an inwardly sloping angled lower surface portion for directing the telescopic end of the valve member into the through-hole of the fitting; and an upper catch surface portion for snapping outward under the lower end of the fitting for locking the valve member to the fitting.