Soap dispenser for secure mounting on wall plate

• US 5,632,418 A
• Filed: 07/20/1995
• Issued: 05/27/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Danial F. Brown
• Original Assignee: Danial F. Brown
• Inventors: Brown, Danial F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory L.
• Application Number:
  US08/504,423
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 222/181.2, 222/181.3, 222/153.09, 222/180, 222/321.7
• US Class Current: 222/180
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/1202 dispensing dosed volume A47K5/1201 takes precedence

Abstract

A mountable soap bottle with cavities which engage arms on the mounting plate. The soap bottle can be securely mounted to the plate and pump top on the soap bottle can be securely fastened to the bottle so as to resist tampering or pilferage.

Claims

1. An apparatus for dispensing liquids, comprising:

a. A container, suitable for dispensing liquids, with one or more cavities molded into the container;

b. A plate with one or more arms which detachably engage the cavity or cavities on the container, where the plate can be permanently attached to a wall;

c. A mechanism, attached to the plate, which permits the container to be securely locked to the plate.

2. An apparatus for dispensing liquids, comprising:

a. A container, suitable for dispensing liquids, with one or more cavities molded into the container;

b. A pump top which detachably engages the container;

c. An eyelet on the bottom of the container;

d. A plate with one or more arms which detachably engage the cavity or cavities on the container, where the plate can be permanently attached to a wall;

e. A mechanism, attached to the plate, which securely engages the eyelet on the container;

f. A device which detachably engages the pump top, and which can be securely attached to the eyelet on the container and the mechanism attached to the plate.

3. The apparatus for dispensing liquids of claim 2, where the mechanism attached to the plate is comprised of a pair of hollow attachments disposed along one edge of the plate such that the eyelet on the container will just fit into a gap between said attachments and allow a rod to pass through the attachments and the eyelet.

4. The apparatus for dispensing liquids of claim 2, where the device which detachably engages the pump top is a flexible strap having, at one end, an opening sized so that the opening will partially, but not completely, pass over the pump top, and having, at the other end, an opening which will just fit over the eyelet on the container.

5. The apparatus for dispensing liquids of claim 3, where the device which detachably engages the pump top is a flexible strap having, at one end, an opening sized so that the opening will partially, but not completely, pass over the pump top, and having, at the other end, an opening which will just fit over the eyelet on the container.