Inverted bottle dispensing systems and methods

US10131473B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBH · DE

Inventors

• Daniel Peter Sterling · Fairfield, US
• Anne E. Nixon · La Grange, US
• Whitney Talbot · Elkton, US
• Glenn William Kaye · Norwalk, US
• Keith Jon Colacioppo · Harrison, US
• Christopher Turek · Stamford, US
• Carson E. Ahlman · New York, US
• Shannon A. Murphy · Chicago, US
• Adam Warren · Coventry, US
• Michael Daoust · Sandy Hook, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 23, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 20, 2018
• Expiry date: May 2, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G01F15/006
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A dispensing system that includes a bottle, a valve cap, a dosing cap. The bottle includes a side wall having at least a portion that is flexible. The valve cap regulates the dispensing of a flowable product from bottle into the dosing cap. In particular, flowable product may be dispensed from the bottle into the dosing cap when the dispensing system is in an inverted position and while the dosing cap is attached to valve cap. The valve cap and the dosing cap may support the dispensing system in the inverted position.