IP Library Granted Patent US 10,549,892
Granted Patent B2
US 10,549,892 · App. 15/184,710 · Granted Feb 4, 2020

Container and liquid dispensing apparatus

Inventor: Kyle Fleischhacker (Dearborn, MI)
Assignee: Plastipak Packaging, Inc.
B65D47/18B65D41/0442B65D51/245B65D47/08
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Patent No.
US 10,549,892
App. No.
15/184,710
Granted
Feb 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A plastic container and liquid dispenser apparatus includes a plastic container and a liquid dispenser. The plastic container includes a base portion, a body portion, an interior of the plastic container, and a dispenser opening. The liquid dispenser has a hollow cap and a pick-up tube. The liquid dispenser is disposed in the dispenser opening of the plastic container. The pick-up tube extends inside the body portion of the plastic container and is fixed to the hollow cap. Thus, the interior of the plastic container is in communication with the interior of the hollow cap through the pick-up tube.

Claims (10)

1. A container apparatus, the container apparatus including: a plastic container having a base portion, a top portion, a body portion, an interior of the plastic container, and a dispenser opening, and wherein the body portion includes a handle having integrated ribs and a radius portion, wherein the dispensing opening of the plastic container is disposed at the top portion of the plastic container opposite the handle, and a liquid dispenser having a non-opaque dosing cap and a pick-up tube, and wherein the liquid dispenser is disposed in the dispenser opening of the plastic container, the pick-up tube has a hollow bore, an open first end, and an open second end opposite the first end, the first end extends inside the body portion of the plastic container, the second end is fixed to the dosing cap, the interior of the plastic container is in communication with an interior of the dosing cap through the first end, the hollow bore, and the second end of the pick-up tube, and a surface of the dosing cap includes measured gradation noting between about one (1) and two (2) ounce measures, and a rigid cover having a hinge and a retainer portion, and wherein the rigid cover is rotatably connected to the dispenser opening via the hinge and selectively encloses the dispenser opening to secure the dosing cap in the dispenser opening.

2. The container apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the dosing cap is a squeezable ball.

3. The container apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the dispenser opening of the plastic container includes a threaded vertical wall, the liquid dispenser includes a threaded collar, and the liquid dispenser is secured to the dispenser opening of the plastic container via the threaded vertical wall and the threaded collar.

4. The container apparatus of claim 1 , further including a rigid cover having a hinge and a retainer portion, and wherein the rigid cover is rotatably connected to the dispenser opening via the hinge and selectively encloses the dispenser opening to secure the dosing baU ca£ in the dispenser opening.

5. The plastic container and liquid dispenser apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the dosing cap is rigid, the dispensing apparatus further includes a locking flange fixed to the dosing cap, and the dispensing apparatus draws liquid from the interior of the plastic container into the dosing cap as the dispensing apparatus is moved through each of three positions.

6. The plastic container and liquid dispenser apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the interior of the plastic container further includes a siphon tube having an open first and second end, the first end is disposed proximate the base of the plastic container, the second end is fixed to the dispenser opening, and the pick-up tube of the liquid dispenser is disposed and sealed into the siphon tube.

7. A container apparatus, the container apparatus including: a plastic container having a base portion, a top portion, a body portion, an interior of the plastic container, and a dispenser opening, and wherein the body portion includes a handle having integrated ribs and a radius portion, wherein the dispensing opening of the plastic container is disposed at the top portion of the plastic container opposite the handle, and the dispenser opening of the plastic container includes a threaded vertical wall; a liquid dispenser having a non-opaque dosing cap, a threaded collar, and a pick-up tube, and wherein the liquid dispenser is secured to the dispenser opening of the plastic container via the threaded vertical wall and the threaded collar, the pick-up tube has a hollow bore, an open first end, and an open second end opposite the first end, the first end extends inside the body portion of the plastic container, the second end is fixed to the dosing cap, the interior of the plastic container is in communication with an interior of the dosing cap through the first end, the hollow bore, and the second end of the pick-up tube, and a surface of the dosing cap includes measured gradation noting between about one (1) and two (2) ounce measures, and a rigid cover having a hinge and a retainer portion, and wherein the rigid cover is rotatably connected to the dispenser opening via the hinge and selectively encloses the dispenser opening to secure the dosing cap in the dispenser opening.

8. The container apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the dosing cap is a squeezable ball.

9. The plastic container and liquid dispenser apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the hollow cap is rigid, the dispensing apparatus further includes a locking flange fixed to the hollow cap, and the dispensing apparatus draws liquid from the interior of the plastic container into the hollow cap as the dispensing apparatus is moved through each of three positions.

10. The plastic container and liquid dispenser apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the interior of the plastic container further includes a siphon tube having an open first and second end, the first end is disposed proximate the base of the plastic container, the second end is fixed to the dispenser opening, and the pick-up tube of the liquid dispenser is disposed and sealed into the siphon tube.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2025
From: PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 074028/0732 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2017
From: PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC.
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 044204/0547 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 19, 2016
From: FLEISCHHACKER, KYLE
To: PLASTIPAK PACKAGING, INC
Reel/Frame 039392/0770 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62180899 · Jun 17, 2015
Related Publication 20160368675A1 · Dec 22, 2016