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1. A liquid dispensing end-piece, comprising two filtering membranes and support portions for supporting the membranes and channeling liquid and air through respective membranes, wherein the end-piece comprises a connection portion which is moulded over the support portions in order to fix them together, and wherein the support portions comprise an upper support portion, a lower support portion and an intermediate support portion which is arranged between the upper support portion and the lower support portion, wherein one of said membranes is retained between the upper support portion and the intermediate support portion, and the other membrane is retained between the intermediate support portion and the lower support portion; and
wherein the end-piece further comprises two fluid circulation passages which are defined by the support portions, each of the membranes extending across a respective passage, one of the passages for circulation of air with the membrane extending across the air passage being hydrophobic, and the other passage for circulation of liquid with the membrane extending across the liquid passage being hydrophilic.
2. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, wherein the membranes are overmoulded by the connection portion.
3. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 2, wherein the support portions and the membranes are superimposed in a longitudinal direction (A-A).
4. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, wherein the support portions and the membranes are superimposed in a longitudinal direction (A-A).
5. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, wherein a said passage has two ends and opens at one end through the upper support portion and at one end through the lower support portion.
6. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate support portion is connected to both the lower support portion and the upper support portion by means of snap-fitting.
7. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, wherein the connection portion surrounds the intermediate support portion.
8. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate support portion comprises reinforcement ribs.
9. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 8, wherein the end piece further comprises a fluid channelling pipe, and the reinforcement ribs comprise at least one set of radial ribs which extend across the fluid channelling pipe and the intermediate support portion.
10. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, wherein the support portions have a stacking axis (A-A), and the connection portion is overmoulded by means of injection from several locations which are distributed about the stacking axis (A-A) of the support portions.
11. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate portion defines at least one hole for receiving a member for locking an injection mould of the connection portion, which member is intended to be inserted in the at least one hole in order to immobilise the intermediate portion during the injection of the connection portion.
12. The liquid dispensing end-piece according to claim 11, wherein at least one of the at least one holes for receiving a locking member defined by the intermediate portion delimits a portion of a passage for circulation of fluid through the end-piece, which opens laterally via the hole.
13. A liquid packaging and dispensing assembly comprising a receptacle which has a neck, and an dispensing end-piece according to claim 1, arranged on the neck.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. An apparatus, comprising:
an adapter including a first body and a second body, wherein a lower surface profile of the first body and the second body cooperate to form a first geometric mounting profile, wherein the first geometric mounting profile forms a channel sized to receive a mounting rail, wherein all lateral outer side surfaces of an upper surface profile of the first body and the second body cooperate to form a second geometric mounting profile, wherein the second geometric mounting profile forms a rail body sized to be received within a channel formed by an implement, wherein the first geometric mounting profile is different from the second geometric mounting profile, wherein the channel formed by the first geometric mounting profile and the mounting rail include corresponding dovetail profiles, wherein the rail body formed by the second geometric mounting profile and the channel formed by the implement include corresponding picatinny profiles, wherein the first geometric mounting profile includes
a vertical mounting profile dimension, wherein the adapter includes
a vertical adapter dimension, wherein the vertical adapter dimension is approximately less than or equal to about three times the vertical mounting profile dimension,

wherein a first plane extends across an upper surface portion of the upper surface profile of the first body and the second body, wherein a second plane extends across a first surface portion of the lower surface profile of the first body and the second body, wherein a third plane extends across a second surface portion of the lower surface profile of the first body and the second body,
wherein a first mounting zone of the adapter is bounded by the first plane and the second plane, wherein a second mounting zone of the adapter is bounded by the second plane and the third plane,
wherein the first mounting zone overlaps the second mounting zone.
6. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the vertical body dimension is equal to about a dimension ranging between about 3.001 mm and 4.000 mm, wherein the bore dimension is equal to about 3.000 mm.
7. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the first body and the second body respectively form at least one first aligned bore that receives
a first fastener that connects the first body to the second body, and
a spring that biases the first body and the second body away from one another.
8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the first body forms at least one second bore, wherein the at least one second bore intersects with and is in communication with the at least one first bore formed in the first body.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the at least one second bore is substantially perpendicular with respect to the at least one first bore formed in the first body.
10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the at least one second bore receives
a set screw, wherein an end of the set screw is arranged within the at least one first bore formed in the first body, wherein the end of the set screw contacts a side surface of the first fastener.
11. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mounting rail extends from a firearm.
12. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the mounting rail extends from a firearm.
13. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the mounting rail extends from a firearm.
14. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising
means for adjusting a width of the adapter for wedging and self-locking the adapter within a female mounting channel of an implement, wherein the means is disposed between the first body and the second body.
15. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising
a pair of biasing members for adjusting a width of the adapter for wedging and self-locking the adapter within a female mounting channel of an implement, wherein the pair of biasing members are disposed between the first body and the second body.
16. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein an upwardly-facing mounting surface of the first body includes a first width dimension, wherein an upwardly-facing mounting surface of the first body includes a second width dimension, wherein the first width dimension is greater than the second width dimension to define the adapter to have a non-symmetrical geometry.
17. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising
means for adjusting a width of the adapter for wedging and self-locking the adapter within a female mounting channel of an implement, wherein the means is disposed between the first body and the second body.
18. The apparatus according to claim 3, further comprising
a pair of biasing members for adjusting a width of the adapter for wedging and self-locking the adapter within a female mounting channel of an implement, wherein the pair of biasing members are disposed between the first body and the second body.
19. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein an upwardly-facing mounting surface of the first body includes a first width dimension, wherein an upwardly-facing mounting surface of the first body includes a second width dimension, wherein the first width dimension is greater than the second width dimension to define the adapter to have a non-symmetrical geometry.
20. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising
means for adjusting a width of the adapter for wedging and self-locking the adapter within a female mounting channel of an implement, wherein the means is disposed between the first body and the second body.
21. The apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising
a pair of biasing members for adjusting a width of the adapter for wedging and self-locking the adapter within a female mounting channel of an implement, wherein the pair of biasing members are disposed between the first body and the second body.
22. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein an upwardly-facing mounting surface of the first body includes a first width dimension, wherein an upwardly-facing mounting surface of the first body includes a second width dimension, wherein the first width dimension is greater than the second width dimension to define the adapter to have a non-symmetrical geometry.
23. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first plane is parallel to the second plane, wherein the second plane is parallel to the third plane.
24. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein all of the lateral outer side surfaces of the first body portion and the second body portion are located between the first plane and the second plane, wherein all inner female mounting channel surfaces of the first body portion and the second body portion are located between the second plane and the third plane.
25. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein approximately one-third of the first mounting zone overlaps with all of the second mounting zone.
26. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the first plane is parallel to the second plane, wherein the second plane is parallel to the third plane.
27. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein all of the lateral outer side surfaces of the first body portion and the second body portion are located between the first plane and the second plane, wherein all inner female mounting channel surfaces of the first body portion and the second body portion are located between the second plane and the third plane.
28. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein approximately one-third of the first mounting zone overlaps with all of the second mounting zone.
29. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the first plane is parallel to the second plane, wherein the second plane is parallel to the third plane.
30. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein all of the lateral outer side surfaces of the first body portion and the second body portion are located between the first plane and the second plane, wherein all inner female mounting channel surfaces of the first body portion and the second body portion are located between the second plane and the third plane.
31. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein approximately one-third of the first mounting zone overlaps with all of the second mounting zone.