US 12,077,356 B2
Dispensing system
Gregory A. Erickson, Wheaton, IL (US); Kelly A. Smith, East Troy, WI (US); Curt Prusko, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Katherine Schomberg, Waukesha, WI (US); and James W. Hammond, Waukesha, WI (US)
Assigned to AptarGroup, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US)
Appl. No. 17/800,788
Filed by AptarGroup, Inc., Crystal Lake, IL (US)
PCT Filed May 11, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/031695
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/231367, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/022,953, filed on May 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0091031 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 81/32 (2006.01); A47J 31/36 (2006.01); B65D 17/00 (2006.01); B65D 17/44 (2006.01); B65D 51/28 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 51/2835 (2013.01) [A47J 31/3623 (2013.01); A47J 31/369 (2013.01); B65D 17/02 (2013.01); B65D 17/44 (2018.01); B65D 81/3211 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing system for use in dispensing a substance that may be stored within said system, said system comprising:
a body having an outer wall defining an internal volume for storing a substance, said outer wall having an open top end and a sealed bottom end;
a flexible lid that is connected to said body to cover said open top end, said lid having a press portion for being engaged by a user of said system, said lid having a first position and a second position moved relative to said first position, wherein in said second position at least a portion of said lid is deflected toward said sealed bottom end of said body;
a post connected to said lid, said post configured in said second position of said lid to breach said sealed bottom end of said body to form a dispensing orifice to accommodate movement of a substance out of said body; and
wherein an exterior surface of said outer wall includes at least one bottle stop projection extending therefrom.