Personal dispensing system
First Claim
1. A viscous liquid dispenser comprising:
- a product container having therein a quantity of a predetermined viscous liquid, said product container having a container opening located at one end thereof;
said product container further including a flexible sidewall such that depression of said flexible sidewall will cause said viscous liquid to be forced through said container opening;
a mounting element located on said product container, said mounting element being oriented such that said product container will be inverted when worn on a user'"'"'s body;
wherein said mounting element comprises a mounting clip and wherein said mounting clip includes a base portion fixedly attached to said product container; and
wherein said product container defines a configured recess into which said base portion of said mounting clip is received.
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Abstract
A personal dispensing system allows various cleansing or sanitizing products to be carried on the body of a user. Often, the product to be dispensed will be a viscous liquid, such as soap, waterless hand cleaner, waterless hand sanitizer or skin lotion. A dispenser made according to the invention includes a product container having a mounting element, such as a mounting clip, located thereon. In many cases, the mounting element will be oriented such that the product container will be inverted when worn on the body of a user. In addition, the mounting element may be removable from the product container so that a new product container can be substituted when the contents of a prior product container are depleted. According to another advantageous aspect of the invention, multiple product containers of different types may be used with a common mounting element. Various interlocking arrangements are contemplated to effect the removable securement of the mounting element to the product container.
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13 Claims
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1. A viscous liquid dispenser comprising:
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a product container having therein a quantity of a predetermined viscous liquid, said product container having a container opening located at one end thereof;
said product container further including a flexible sidewall such that depression of said flexible sidewall will cause said viscous liquid to be forced through said container opening;
a mounting element located on said product container, said mounting element being oriented such that said product container will be inverted when worn on a user'"'"'s body;
wherein said mounting element comprises a mounting clip and wherein said mounting clip includes a base portion fixedly attached to said product container; and
wherein said product container defines a configured recess into which said base portion of said mounting clip is received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A viscous liquid dispenser comprising:
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a product container having therein a quantity of a predetermined viscous liquid, said product container having a container opening located at one end thereof;
said product container further including a flexible sidewall such that depression of said flexible sidewall will cause said viscous liquid to be forced through said container opening;
a mounting element located on said product container, said mounting element being oriented such that said product container will be inverted when worn on a user'"'"'s body;
wherein said mounting element comprises a mounting clip and wherein said mounting clip is removably attached to said product container and wherein said mounting clip is removably attached to said product container using an interlocking head-in-slot arrangement; and
wherein said head-in-slot arrangement includes a first head-in-slot combination and a second head-slot combination. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A wearable dispenser comprising:
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a mounting clip having a base portion and a clip portion;
a product container having therein a product to be dispensed;
an interlocking arrangement having first and second interlocking portions on said base portion of said mounting clip and on said product container, respectively, such that said mounting clip can be removably attached to said product container;
wherein said interlocking arrangement comprises a head-in-slot arrangement; and
wherein first interlocking portion of said head-in-slot arrangement includes a plurality of mortise slots defined in said base portion of said mounting clip, and said second interlocking portion comprises a plurality of dovetail heads received in respective of said mortise slots. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A wearable dispenser system comprising:
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a first product container having therein a predetermined viscous liquid, said first product container having a first pair of differently-sized attachment heads located thereon;
a second product container having therein a plurality of fabric wipes, said second product container having a second pair of differently-sized attachment heads located thereon;
a wearable mounting element having a base portion defining a pair of differently-sized slots for receipt of respective attachment heads therein; and
said first pair of differently-sized attachment heads being arranged such that said first product container will be attached to said mounting element in an inverted orientation and said second pair of differently-sized attachment heads being arranged such that said second product container will be attached to said mounting element in an upright orientation.
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13. A product container comprising:
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a container body having a flattened cross section and containing therein a product to be dispensed; and
a pair of differently-sized attachment heads located on a side surface of said container body, each of said attachment heads being configured as dovetail heads for receipt in a complementary mortise slot.
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Specification