Container for dispensing a dual phase fluid product

US6644511B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Feng-Lung Gordon Hsu · Tenafly, US
• Richard Chalmers · Iron River, US
• Philip Andrew Tarrant · Glen Rock, US
• John M. Paulovich · Hewitt, US
• Edward John Giblin · Hopatcong, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 11, 2002
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2003
• Expiry date: Apr 5, 2022

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D2501/0072
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A container for dispensing a flowable fluid which has a first liquid and a second liquid disposed within a single chamber and which are separated and positioned one above the other. The container includes a bottle base, a bottle body which extends upward from the bottle base to a bottle finish, a fitment having a pouring spout and is arranged on the bottle body at an end opposite the base. The fitment has a first pouring opening from which a first liquid is dispensed and a second opening from which a second liquid is dispensed. A diptube is connected to one of the pouring openings projects downward from toward the bottle base. The diptube conveys the liquid on the bottom to a pouring spout while the liquid on top is conveyed to the pouring spout by the other pouring opening.