Container having an interiorly telescoping dispensing member

Claim 1

In combination with a hollow container having a top with an opening therein and an interior bottom wall spaced a predetermined distance from the top, a plastic closure having an end wall and adapted to be secured removably in a closed position in which said end wall engages said top, said closure being removable from said closed position to permit contents of the container to be dispensed, said closure having a flat planar top end wall, a dispensing member for the powdered contents of said container, telescoping means mounting said dispensing member on said closure for movement between a retracted position spaced from said end wall a distance no greater than said predetermined distance when the closure is in its closed position and an extended position spaced from the end wall a distance greater than said predetermined distance to permit the dispensing member to be extended through said top container opening and engage said bottom wall after the closure has been removed from the container, an integral depending boss formed on the underside of said cap and projecting toward said container, said telescoping mounting means being entirely within said container when in a retracted position, said telescoping means comprising elongated telescoping rod and tubular parts, said tubular part being secured at an upper end to said boss and on the underside of said top end wall of said closure and extending perpendicularly therefrom, said rod part carrying said dispensing member at its lower end and its other end portion being in telescoping sliding engagement with the lower end portion of said tubular part, a first interengaging stop surface on the lower end of a bearing sleeve, said bearing sleeve being on the upper end of said rod and in sliding engagement with said tubular part and having a length substantially less than the length of said rod part, an intwined shoulder on the lower end of said tubular part defining a second interengaging stop surface for engaging said first stop surface for limiting movement of said rod part and said dispensing member thereon and at said extended position of the member and to prevent separation of said rod and tubular parts from each other.