Pepper shaker

Abstract

A condiment dispenser in the shape of a dog which is restricted to use with pepper and is constructed with pepper-dispensing openings in the dog shape's hindquarters, so that in use it functions as a pepper shaker, but is able to be advertised to purchasers, using a play on words, as a pooper, rather than a pepper, shaker to thereby significantly contribute to its purchase on impulse.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A construction with novelty value in enhancing the known functioning of a pepper shaker in the shaking dispensing of the condiment pepper upon foods, said construction comprising a hollow simulated dog of ceramic construction material sized to be grasped during shaking use in the hand of a user, a body with depending legs of said shape effective to provide a non-use condition thereof on a support surface with said body in a clearance position above said support surface to facilitate the grasping about said body in said hand of said user, said hollowness of said shape delimited by an external surface bounding a storage compartment for a supply of said pepper condiment, a supply of pepper condiment in said storage compartment, a hindquarters of said simulated dog shape, and plural pepper condiment dispensing openings characterized by embodiment in said hindquarters and in communication with said stored supply of pepper condiment, and operative up and down shaking of said grasped shape by said user effective to dispense pepper condiment through said hindquarters dispensing openings upon foods, whereby there is a cognitive synergism caused by similarity between the words pepper and pooper contributing to novelty value in the advertising of said shaker.