Ready serve distribution bottle

Abstract

The ready serve distribution bottle is a plastic squeeze bottle for containing and dispensing a viscous food condiment. An enlarged plastic dispensing cap is located on the bottom of the container, whereby the container stands upright on the plastic cap. Because the bottle stands upright on the dispensing cap, gravity urges the food condiment toward the dispensing cap so that the food condiment is always ready for distribution. The dispensing cap is enlarged relative to the bottle to provide increased stability while the bottle stands upright on the dispensing cap.

1 . A ready serve distribution bottle, comprising: 
 a flexible squeezable plastic bottle having a closed top end and a bottom end, a container portion having a hollow interior, and a neck portion disposed on said bottom end, the neck portion tapering from said container portion to a circular collar; and    a circular two-piece plastic cap disposed on said circular collar, the cap having a lower peripheral ribbed surface component and a hinged upper component having a concave surface;    whereby the bottle is stored and maintained in an upright position on its cap without any further support.    
   
   
       2 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 1 , wherein said cap has an outside diameter, and wherein said flexible squeezable plastic bottle has a height equal to less than four times said outside diameter.  
   
   
       3 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 2 , wherein said flexible squeezable plastic bottle has a first width equal to less than twice said outside diameter.  
   
   
       4 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 3 , wherein said flexible squeezable plastic bottle has a second width equal to said outside diameter.  
   
   
       5 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 1 , wherein said circular collar is externally threaded.  
   
   
       6 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 1 , wherein said cap is internally threaded.  
   
   
       7 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 1 , wherein said cap has a concave surface.  
   
   
       8 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 1 , wherein said cap is a two-piece cap.  
   
   
       9 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 8 , wherein said two-piece cap comprises a base cover, a flip-open cover, and a hinge strap joining said flip-open cover to said base cover.  
   
   
       10 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 9 , wherein said base cover is internally threaded.  
   
   
       11 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 9 , wherein said flip-open cover ahs a concave surface.  
   
   
       12 . The ready serve distribution bottle according to  claim 1 , further comprising a viscous food condiment contained within said flexible squeezable plastic bottle.