US 12,449,293 B2
Dosing bottle arrangement and methods
Elena Bartl, Osnabrueck (DE); and Luise Pfende, Melle (DE)
Assigned to Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
Appl. No. 18/028,619
Filed by Spectrum Brands, Inc., Middleton, WI (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/052698
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 27, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/072531, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,579, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0358589 A1, Nov. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01F 11/28 (2006.01); B65D 41/02 (2006.01); B65D 43/02 (2006.01); B65D 47/20 (2006.01); B65D 51/18 (2006.01); B65D 51/24 (2006.01)
CPC G01F 11/286 (2013.01) [B65D 41/02 (2013.01); B65D 43/0225 (2013.01); B65D 47/20 (2013.01); B65D 51/18 (2013.01); B65D 51/245 (2013.01); B65D 2203/04 (2013.01); B65D 2251/0003 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00055 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00092 (2013.01); B65D 2543/00351 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dosing bottle arrangement comprising:
(a) a container having a container wall surrounding an interior volume and a protruding neck; the neck having an open mouth in communication with the interior volume;
(b) a riser extending from the interior volume of the container and through the open mouth of the neck;
(c) a cap piece having:
(i) an outer surrounding wall removably attached to the neck;
(ii) a gusset arrangement radially extending from the outer surrounding wall and within the open mouth of the neck; and
(iii) a standpipe extending from the gusset arrangement; the standpipe including a tubular wall connected to the riser at one end, an opposite closed end, and one or more return openings in the tubular wall; and
(d) a closure member having:
(i) a surrounding enclosure rotatably attached to the cap piece and defining an interior dosing volume and a dispenser opening;
(ii) a tube secured to the enclosure within the interior dosing volume; the tube being in covering relation to the standpipe; the tube having an aperture;
wherein the closure member is axially movable relative to the cap piece between a closed position and an open position;
(A) the closed position including the tube covering all of the return openings in the tubular wall; and
(B) the open position including the aperture in the tube being in open communication with one or more of the return openings, such that a liquid in the interior volume of the container can flow through the riser and through the return opening and into the interior dosing volume.