The Procter Gamble Company

Daniel William Volpenheim

Christopher Lawrence Smith

William Michael Cannon

Chow-Chi Huang

Christopher Miles Miller

Robert E Stahley

Todd Mitchell Day

Frederick James Rohman

Phillip Cordell Myles

Robert Edward Stahley

Frederick James Rohrman

A method and package for controlled metered dispensing of a fluid product contained in the package having a metered dispensing system, each time the package is opened or uncapped are disclosed. By the present method and package, the maximum amount of product that can be dispensed is limited to a single metered dose after each uncapping of the package. Specifically, the metered dispensing system is configured to allow dispensing of only a single metered dose of a liquid, viscous liquid, gel, paste, or semi-solid product contained in the package and to prevent further dispensing of additional doses of product until at least one specific and deliberate step is taken that re-activates or re-engages the dispensing system. Such deliberate step is preferably one that occurs through natural use of the package, such as re-capping the open package after one single dose has been dispensed. Only after the open package has been re-capped can the next dose of product be available for dispensing. Thus, the system provides child resistance by preventing a child or other person who does not have the mental capacity to comprehend the threat of serious injury from contact with or improper use of the product, from gaining access to more than a single dose of the product each time the package is uncapped.

Package and method for controlled metered dose dispensing of a fluid product

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Mason, OH, United States of America

Daniel William Volpenheim