Squeeze-bottle of liquid medicine

Abstract

A bottle 2 of liquid medicine has a self-sealing closure in its neck 14 , the bottle being flexible such that when it is inverted or tilted downwardly, squeezing the bottle produces a flow of liquid medicine through the closure, and releasing the bottle terminates the flow of liquid medicine. The bottle is shaped so as to assist the operation, being of generally box-form, having side walls 6, 8 which support larger front and rear panels 10 , which can be controllably flexed.

1 . A bottle containing liquid medicine, the bottle having a neck containing a self-sealing closure, the bottle being flexible such that, when it is inverted or tilted downwardly, squeezing the bottle produces a flow of liquid medicine through the closure, and releasing the bottle terminates the flow of liquid medicine.  
   
   
       2 . A bottle as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the bottle has front and rear panels which may be urged towards one another to effect squeezing of the bottle.  
   
   
       3 . A bottle as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the front and rear panels are each outwardly bowed.  
   
   
       4 . A bottle as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the bottle is generally of box form, having larger front and rear panels connected to each other by two narrower side walls.  
   
   
       5 . A bottle as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the maximum width of the front and rear panels is at least twice the maximum width of the side walls.  
   
   
       6 . A bottle as claimed in  claim 1 , having visually distinct upper and lower regions and a waist at the junction between them.  
   
   
       7 . A bottle as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the upper region has rounded, downwardly sloping shoulders extending from the neck of the bottle to the waist.  
   
   
       8 . A bottle as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the lower region of the bottle tapers from the base of the bottle to the waist.  
   
   
       9 . A bottle as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the lower region is taller than the upper region.  
   
   
       10 . A method of dispensing liquid medicine, using a bottle as claimed in  claim 1 .  
   
   
       11 . (canceled)