CPC B05B 11/1008 (2023.01) [B05B 11/1059 (2023.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A variable dose container comprising:
a container including a top portion, a bottom portion, and a side wall portion, a space between the bottom portion and the side wall portion defining an interior space, wherein the container stores contents within the interior space;
an actuator coupled with the container, wherein the actuator is depressible in a longitudinal direction to drive the contents held in the interior space of the container out of a nozzle protruding horizontally from the actuator; and
a collar under the nozzle, a top circumferential edge of the collar containing one or more grooves of varying depth into which the nozzle can be inserted when depressed, wherein a bottom of the groove creates a mechanical stop thereby adjusting a distance the actuator is moved in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the top circumferential edge is the same height around the entirety of the collar, and
wherein the container includes a shoulder and a hollow circular neck provided on the shoulder, and wherein the collar is coupled to an outer surface of the neck and extends around the circumference of the neck so that a bottom surface of the collar sits on a top surface of the shoulder.
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