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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1999
Mark Douglas Gerhart, Westminster, MD (US);
Harry Hamilton Haubert, III, Sandy Hook, CT (US);
Robert Charles Blanc, College Point, NY (US);
Edward John Giblin, Hopatcong, NJ (US);
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc., Greenwich, CT (US);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a container includes a dispensing opening, a closure and a plurality of walls. At least one of the walls includes a non-uniform surface structured so that the dispensing closure can be disposed on the surface when the container is in its dispensing position. In another preferred embodiment, the top wall of the container includes a vent, a vent cap forming a closure for the vent, a handle, a pouring aperture and a pouring closure covering the pouring aperture. The top surfaces of the vent cap, the handle and the pouring closure are generally parallel, and the heights of the top surfaces of the vent cap and the pouring closure are within an inch of the height of the top surface of the handle. In another preferred embodiment, the top wall of the container includes a handle extending from a handle base within the top wall. A pouring aperture is surrounded by a pouring aperture base which also extends from the top wall. In accordance with this preferred aspect of the invention, the pouring aperture base is isolated from the interior handle base by the handle base exterior.