US 11,786,924 B2
Variable dose container
Amit Sabherwal, Warren, NJ (US); and Gregory Ornoski, Warren, NJ (US)
Assigned to GLAXOSMITHKLINE CONSUMER HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS (US) LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
Appl. No. 17/276,876
Filed by GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Holdings (US) LLC, Wilmington, DE (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 20, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/052069
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 17, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/061402, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/781,688, filed on Dec. 19, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,841, filed on Sep. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0032330 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. B05B 11/00 (2023.01); B05B 11/10 (2023.01)
CPC B05B 11/1008 (2023.01) [B05B 11/1059 (2023.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.