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A dispensing system for dispensing a viscous, flowable food product such, for example, as a condiment, comprises an axially extending container that defines an opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing the food product. A discharge assembly is coupled to the container, the discharge

A dispensing system for dispensing a viscous, flowable food product such, for example, as a condiment, comprises an axially extending container that defines an opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing the food product. A discharge assembly is coupled to the container, the discharge assembly being dimensioned and arranged to spin, relative to the container, as it receives the viscous food product from the interior chamber. The spinning motion of the discharge assembly, accompanied by a linear movement of the container itself relative to a target food item, allows the user to cleanly and evenly distribute the flowable food material onto the target item in an attractive, curvilinear deposit pattern. Optionally, the discharge assembly may be configured with a pivoting nozzle that can be moved from a position for obtaining a helical (curvilinear) deposit pattern to a position for obtaining a rectilinear deposit pattern.

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What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising: an axially extending container defining a container opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing a viscous food product; a discharge assembly coupled to said container and defining an input opening for receiving viscous food product from

What is claimed is: 1. An apparatus comprising: an axially extending container defining a container opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing a viscous food product; a discharge assembly coupled to said container and defining an input opening for receiving viscous food product from said interior chamber through said container opening and an outlet opening for discharging the viscous food product, said discharge assembly being dimensioned and arranged to spin or move relative to the container while receiving viscous food product from the interior chamber, said outlet opening being arranged such that said outlet opening moves relative to said container when said discharge assembly spins or moves to discharge received viscous food product as it spins or moves to form a discharge pattern; and a fluid transfer system operative to develop forces for causing the viscous food product disposed within the interior chamber to flow through said container opening and out of the discharge assembly, said discharge assembly being driven to spin or move by energy imparted by the flow of food product from the chamber of the container toward the discharge assembly. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said container is a squeeze bottle and wherein said fluid transfer system comprises a deformable sidewall of said container. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said discharge assembly includes a first section defining an interior cavity, said first section further defining the inlet opening dimensioned and arranged to establish fluid communication between the interior cavity and said interior chamber, and the outlet opening dimensioned and arranged to allow food product flowing under pressure to exit said interior cavity as a stream as said first section spins or moves. 4. An apparatus comprising: an axially extending container defining a container opening and an interior chamber for receiving and storing a viscous food product; a discharge assembly coupled to said container, said discharge assembly being dimensioned and arranged to spin or move, relative to the container, while receiving viscous food product from the interior chamber and to discharge received viscous food product as it spins or moves to form a discharge pattern, wherein said discharge assembly includes a first section defining an interior cavity, said first section further defining an inlet opening dimensioned and arranged to establish fluid communication between the interior cavity and said interior chamber, and an outlet opening dimensioned and affanged to allow food product flowing under pressure to exit said interior cavity as a stream as said first section spins or moves; and a fluid transfer system operative to develop forces for causing the viscous food product disposed within the interior chamber to flow through said container opening and out of the discharge assembly, wherein said discharge assembly further includes a plurality of vanes disposed within said interior cavity, said vanes being dimensioned and arranged to convert energy imparted by flowing food product impinging thereon into forces driving one of reciprocal and rotary motion of said first section. 5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said discharge assembly further includes a pivotably movable nozzle member having a distal section defining a nozzle orifice and having a substantially spherical proximal section retained in fluid communication with said outlet opening, whereby a user can control at least one of a diameter, direction, motion pattern and a pitch of said discharge pattern. 6. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein said discharge assembly further includes a flow director assembly adapted to receive viscous food product from the interior chamber and to change a direction of flow so as to cause arriving food product to impinge upon said vanes. 7. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein said discharge assembly further includes a pivotably movable nozzle member having a distal section defining a nozzle orifice and having a substantially spherical proximal section retained in fluid communication with said outlet opening, whereby a user can select at least one of a desired diameter, direction, motion pattern and of a desired pitch of said discharge pattern. 8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said container includes a threaded exterior region proximate said container fill opening, said discharge assembly further including a second section threadably securable to the container and defining an axial conduit for transfer of flowing food product from within said interior chamber to within said interior cavity. 9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said discharge assembly is manipulable into a locked configuration relative to the container such that said discharge assembly remains stationary while food product is discharged from within the interior chamber. 10. A discharge assembly for dispensing a flowable food material disposed within an internal chamber of an axially extending container having a threaded exterior region, the discharge assembly comprising: a first section defining an interior cavity, said first section further defining an inlet opening dimensioned and arranged to establish fluid communication between the interior cavity and the interior chamber of the container, and an outlet opening dimensioned and arranged to allow food material flowing under pressure to exit said interior cavity as a stream; and a second section threadably securable to the threaded exterior region and defining an axial conduit for transfer of flowing food material from within said interior chamber to within said interior cavity; said first section being dimensioned and arranged to spin or move relative to the second section and container to which said second section is secured while receiving flowing food material from the interior chamber, said outlet opening being arranged such that said outlet opening moves relative to said second section when said discharge assembly spins or moves to discharge received food material as it spins or moves to form a discharge pattern, said first section being driven to spin or move by energy imparted by the flow of food product from the chamber of thr container toward the discharge assembly. 11. The discharge assembly of claim 10, wherein said discharge assembly further includes a plurality of vanes disposed within said interior cavity, said vanes being dimensioned and arranged to convert energy imparted by flowing food material impinging thereon into forces driving one of reciprocal and rotary motion of said first section relative to said second section and the container. 12. The discharge assembly of claim 11, wherein said discharge assembly further includes a pivotably movable nozzle member having a distal section defining a nozzle orifice and having a substantially spherical proximal section retained in fluid communication with said outlet opening, whereby a user can control at least one of a diameter, direction, motion pattern and a pitch of said discharge pattern. 13. A method of dispensing a flowable food product from a container, comprising the steps of: initiating a flow of food product from a chamber of a container containing a flowable edible material toward a discharge assembly having an exit orifice; rotating or moving the discharge assembly, relative to the container, while the edible material is being discharged via the exit orifice so that the exit orifice moves relative to the container while the discharge assembly is rotating or spinning to thereby discharge a motion pattern deposit on said edible material target surface, the discharge assembly being driven to rotate or move by energy imparted by the flow of food product from the chamber of the container toward the discharge assembly. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein said rotating step comprises causing the viscous edible material under pressure to impinge upon vanes of the nozzle assembly. 15. The method of claim 13, wherein the container is a squeeze bottle, said method further including a step of squeezing the container to thereby cause the edible material to flow from the chamber into the discharge assembly. 16. The method of claim 13, wherein said flowable food product is a condiment.