Applicator package

Claim 1

A DISPENSING APPLICATOR COMPRISING A GLASS CONTAINER FOR A LIQUID TO BE DISPENSED, SAID GLASS CONTAINER COMPRISING A BODY PORTION AND A RIM AT ITS UPPER END FORMING A MOUTH, THE INSIDE OF SAID MOUTH HAVING AN ANNULAR, SPHERICAL, BALL-SEATING SURFACE ROUNDED TO CONFROM GENERALLY TO THE SHAPE OF A BALL ADAPTED TO SEAT THEREON, A BALL SEATED IN SAID SEATING SURFACE, A RETAINING RING OF FLEXIBLE, RESILIENT MATERIAL ADAPTED TO BE MOUNTED OVER THE MOUNT OF THE CONTAINER TO RETAIN SAID BALL IN POSITION FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO SAID SEATING SURFACE, THE INSIDE OF SAID RETAINING RING HAVING AN UNINTERRUPTED, CURVED, ANNULAR BALL RETAINING SURFACE ROUNDED TO CONFORM GENERALLY TO THE SHAPE OF SAID BALL, SAID SEATING SURFACE IN THE BOOTLE COVERING SUBSTANTIALLY ONE HALF OF SAID BALL, THE RETAINING SURFACE IN THE RETAINING RING HAVING A PORTION WITH A DIAMETER GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID BALL ADJACENT THE SEATING SURFACE ON THE BOTTLE AND A PORTION HAVING A DIAMETER LESS THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID BALL ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE BALL ABOVE ITS MAXIMUM DIAMETER TO RETAIN IT IN POSITION, THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTLE RIM HAVING AN ANNULAR ENLARGEMENT, SAID RETAINING RING HAVING AN ANNULAR CHANNEL ADAPTED TO BE SNAPPED OVER THE ANNULAR ENLARGEMENT ON THE CONTAINER, SAID RETAINING RING ADAPTED TO HOLD THE BALL LOOSELY ON THE SEATING SURFACE IN THE CONTAINER SO THAT THE BALL MAY BE MOVED SLIGHTLY OFF SAID SEATING SURFACE TO FACILITATE THE DISPENSING OF THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER, AND MEANS FOR CAUSING THE BALL TO SEAT TIGHTLY ON SAID SEATING SURFACE TO SEAL THE BOTTLE.