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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Evette Alldredge, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Gregg D. Niven, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
Evette Alldredge, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D 3/00 ;
Abstract
A dispensing device including a container with a top aperture adapted for the entry of free-flowing materials and a bottom opening adapted for the directed dispensing of free-flowing materials, a handle, a thumb release trigger associated with a stopper located in the opening. Downward pressure on the thumb release trigger moves the stopper downward allowing the free-flowing material to be dispensed out of the opening. The opening and stopper are adapted to direct the dispensing of the free-flowing material, thereby reducing the spilling inherent in many of the devices found in the prior art.