Appeal No. 97-0938
Application 08/292,502
[t]he dispensing device includes an elongated housing
member having a hollowed-out central area which extends
axially therethrough and which terminates at one end
thereof in a container-receiving opening which is in
thereof in a container-receiving opening which is in
axial alignment therewith and which is adapted to
receive the fluid-dispensing opening and to support the
container. The hollowed-out central area terminates at
the other end thereof in a fluid-dispensing tip which
is in axial alignment with the container-receiving
opening. The fluid-dispensing tip has a selected
length in a tapered passageway having two spaced
opposed openings, one opening of which has a larger
diameter than the other opening. The tapered
passageway extends axially between the two opposed
openings and is positioned with the larger diameter
opening of the tapered passageway adjacent the fluid-
dispensing opening in the container so as to receive
fluid therefrom and which is adapted to direct the
fluid received therefrom into and through the tapered
passage to the other opening. The other opening
dispenses a controlled number of drops of fluid
therefrom. The support guide member includes a first
end which is operatively coupled to the enlongated
[sic] housing member with the fluid-dispensing tip
extending in a predetermined direction from the fluid-
dispensing tip and having a second opposed end which is
located in the predetermined direction and at a
distance greater than the selected length of the fluid-
dispensing tip. The second opposed end terminates in a
curvilinear, blade-like everting member having an outer
ribbed edge which is adapted to be positioned against
the outer skin below the lower eyelid and over a
portion of the bone structure defining the eye socket
of a user wherein the outer ribbed edge is capable of
being urged against a bone structure with the skin
therebetween to urge the skin in a downward direction
which everts the lower eyelid from the eye of a user,
enabling drops of fluid to be directed into the eye in
the absence of interference from the lower eyelid
[column 2, line 49 through column 3, line 19].
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