INTERACTIVE HAND SANITIZER DISPENSER AND METHOD

• US 20120267392A1
• Filed: 06/29/2012
• Published: 10/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shelley Lynn Wright
• Original Assignee: Shelley Lynn Wright
• Inventors: Wright, Shelley Lynn
• Application Number:
  US13/539,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20120267392A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 222/78
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/14 Foam or lather making devices for shaving A45D27/02

Abstract

An interactive hand. sanitizer dispenser and method are disclosed. An example dispenser has a stand, and a housing supported by the stand. The housing has an interactive environment with a tubing for entertaining and dispensing hand sanitizer. An example method includes housing an interactive environment with a tubing for entertaining and dispensing waterless hand sanitizer. The method also includes moving a plurality of marbles in the tubing, and dispensing a quantity of the waterless hand sanitizer as the marbles moving through the tubing pass under a portion of at least one reservoir.

Claims

1-17. -17. (canceled)

18. An interactive hand sanitizer dispenser comprising:

a stand;

a housing supported by the stand, the housing having an interactive environment with a tubing for entertaining and dispensing hand sanitizer.

19. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 18 wherein the housing is a clear spherical housing.

20. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 18 wherein the stand is supported by a base with a lip around an edge of the base.

21. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 18 wherein the interactive environment includes a volcano.

22. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 18 wherein the interactive environment includes a descending track for cars to race on.

23. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 18 wherein the interactive environment includes a glacier for “

weeble wobble”

type characters to descend down a track of the glacier.

24. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 18 wherein the interactive environment includes a glacier for penguins to descend down a track of the glacier.

25. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 18 wherein the interactive environment includes a plurality of marbles running around at least one track.

26. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 25 wherein the marbles run around the at least one track when a hand-crank is turned.

27. The interactive hand sanitizes dispenser of claim 25 wherein the at least one track passes under at least one reservoir having a supply of the hand sanitizer.

28. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 27 wherein the marbles pass under a portion of the at least one reservoir to activate a switch to dispense a quantity of the hand sanitizer.

29. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 28 wherein the switch is mechanical or electrical.

30. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 28 wherein the switch is far infrared sensor.

31. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 25 wherein the marbles have bells producing musical sounds for entertaining when the marbles run around the a least one track.

32. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 25 wherein the marbles have whistles producing musical sounds for entertaining when the marbles run around the a least one track.

33. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 25 wherein after descending the at least one track, the marbles are propelled back up the at least one track.

34. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 25 further comprising a marble elevator, wherein the marbles are propelled back up the at least one track by the marble elevator.

35. The interactive hand sanitizer dispenser of claim 18 wherein when a user places a hand near a door of the interactive play environment, a quantity of hand sanitizer is dispensed to clean and disinfect the hand.

36. A wonka with interactive waterless hand sanitizer dispenser comprising:

means for housing an interactive environment with a tubing for entertaining and dispensing waterless hand sanitizer;

means for moving a plurality of marbles inside the housing means; and

means for dispensing a quantity of the waterless hand sanitizer as the marbles pass under a portion of at least one reservoir inside the housing means.

37. A method of dispensing interactive waterless hand sanitizer, comprising:

housing an interactive environment with a tubing for entertaining and dispensing waterless hand sanitizer;

moving a plurality of marbles in the tubing; and

dispensing a quantity of the waterless hand sanitizer as the marbles moving through the tubing pass under a portion of at least one reservoir.