Eyedrop dispenser

Claim 1

A receptacle for containing and dispensing drop-wise a liquid composition for application to the eye of the user, comprising a hollow body for containing the liquid, means extending from and communicating directly with the uppermost portion of said hollow body for dispensing the liquid drop-wise from the container in the inverted position thereof, and bumper means defining inner cylindrical surface means surrounding said dispensing means and extending at least such distance that an extremity of said surrounding means is approximately coplanar with the outer end of said dispensing means in a plane perpendicular to the axis thereof, the upper portion of said bumper means being rounded in elevational cross-section and further defining an outer domeshaped surface extending from the outer end of said dispensing means and diverging away from the eye of the uSer when said receptacle is in the inverted position with said dispensing means above the eye of the user, said bumper means being dimensioned for preventing insertion thereof past the outermost portions of the users eyelids so as to constitute said bumper means during use of the receptacle to dispense the liquid composition dropwise into an eye of the user as a blunt object before the eye of the user and as means for preventing contact between the eye of the user and said dispensing means.