Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
189 words
A closure for limiting access to a potentially hazardous substance in a container by limiting the quantity of said substance that can be dispensed in a single dispensing cycle and by requiring the user to be capable of following a series of instructions, wherein the improvement comprises: rotatable cap means for limited rotational movement on said container, the underside of said rotatable cap means having a transfer chamber sized to receive said substance, insert means in the opening of said container, said insert means having guiding means guiding said substance from said container through said insert means and into said transfer chamber after a first inversion of said container, said insert means additionally having holding chamber means in its upper surface for receiving said substance from said transfer chamber after the return of said chamber to an upright position, said transfer chamber being movable by rotation of said cap into alignment with said holding chamber means, said rotatable cap means further having a dispensing orifice that is movable into alignment with said holding chamber for dispensing said substance from said holding chamber means and through said rotatable cap means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
189 words
A closure for limiting access to a potentially hazardous substance in a container by limiting the quantity of said substance that can be dispensed in a single dispensing cycle and by requiring the user to be capable of following a series of instructions, wherein the improvement comprises: rotatable cap means for limited rotational movement on said container, the underside of said rotatable cap means having a transfer chamber sized to receive said substance, insert means in the opening of said container, said insert means having guiding means guiding said substance from said container through said insert means and into said transfer chamber after a first inversion of said container, said insert means additionally having holding chamber means in its upper surface for receiving said substance from said transfer chamber after the return of said chamber to an upright position, said transfer chamber being movable by rotation of said cap into alignment with said holding chamber means, said rotatable cap means further having a dispensing orifice that is movable into alignment with said holding chamber for dispensing said substance from said holding chamber means and through said rotatable cap means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
The closure of claim 1 wherein: said cap means is maintained on said container by a segmented resilient depending skirt engaging a locking projection on said container.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
73 words
The closure of claim 1 wherein: said guiding means comprises a funnel bore in said insert means, said funnel bore having an enlarged opening into said container and a reduced diameter opening onto said cap means, the central axis of said enlarged opening offset from the central axis of said reduced diameter opening and, a portion of the sides of said funnel bore being substantially parallel to the long axis of said container.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
69 words
The closure of claim 1 wherein; said insert means further comprises a channel in the upper surface of said insert cooperating with a depending pin on said cap means for limiting rotation of said cap relative to said container, said channel providing a first abutment to substantially align said transfer chamber with said holding chamber and a second abutment to substantially align said holding chamber with said dispensing orifice.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The closure of claim 4 wherein: said channel includes a plurality of removable index stops to permit a selected transfer chamber to be aligned with said holding chamber.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
The closure of claim 4 wherein: said channel produces alignment after said pin is rotated out of contact with at least one of said abutments.