Container allowing drop by drop dispensing of a dose of a fluid substance

Claim 1

A container intended to contain a dose of a fluid substance, capable of being applied manually, drop by drop, said container comprising: (a) a bottle having a barrel and a threaded neck, said neck including an end edge and a discharge opening therewithin; (b) detachable stopper means for said discharge opening, said detachable stopper means including an integral skirt and an end wall joined thereto, said end wall having a portion bearing, in a stoppering position, on said end edge of said neck, said skirt having an internal threaded portion for cooperation with said threaded neck; (c) said detachable stopper means including discharge port means in said end wall, said port means being disposed opposite said end edge of said neck; said discharge port means including means defining a plurality of ports regularly distributed about the periphery of said end wall of said detachable stopper means, said end wall further including a stopper which is surrounded by said ports and which is inserted into said neck of said bottle; (d) a dispenser end fitting comprising a sleeve adapted to be fitted tightly around said skirt of said detachable stopper means so that upon movement of said dispenser end fitting relative to said bottle, said detachable stopper means will move with said dispenser end fitting, and (e) means for limiting axial movement of said dispenser end fitting along said neck to prevent said fitting from being detached from said bottle, said means for limiting said axial movement of said dispenser end fitting including a peripheral collar located on said neck of said bottle, externally thereof, and an internal flange on said sleeve of said dispenser end fitting with said peripheral collar being engageable by said internal flange of said sleeve upon a predetermined axial movement of said dispenser end fitting relative to said neck of said bottle.