Dual dispensing hand sanitizer device

• US 9,693,661 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2014
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daniel Lin
• Original Assignee: Daniel Lin
• Inventors: Lin, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): NIESZ, JASON KAROL
• Application Number:
  US14/274,854
• Publication Number:
  US 20140246453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,149 Days
• Field of Search: 7 98, 7360, 141 1
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 5/1217 Electrical control means for the dispensing mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 13/025 wherein the volume is determined during delivery
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/18 for washing or drying persons

Abstract

A hand sanitizer dispenser is attached to a fuel pump dispenser to provide a patron with the option to cleanse his hands after pumping fuel. The hand sanitizer includes a first dispensing outlet to dispense liquid-based hand sanitizer product; and a second dispensing outlet to dispense packaged hand sanitizer product.

Claims

1. A hand sanitizer dispenser device comprising:

a housing configured to dispense only hand sanitizer product;

a first compartment within the housing to store liquid-based hand sanitizer product;

a second compartment within the housing to store a plurality of packaged hand sanitizer product;

a first dispensing outlet coupled to the first compartment to dispense liquid-based hand sanitizer product from the housing for single use; and

a second dispensing outlet coupled to the second compartment to dispense packaged hand sanitizer product from the housing.

2. The hand sanitizer dispenser device of claim 1, attached to a fuel pump dispenser.

3. The hand sanitizer dispenser device of claim 1, further comprising an activation circuit for activating dispensing capabilities of at least one of the first and second dispensing outlets, wherein the activation circuit is configured to receive an activation signal and activate the at least one dispensing outlet in response to the receipt of the activation signal.

4. The hand sanitizer dispenser device of claim 3, wherein the activation circuit is part of a computing system that wirelessly communicates with a computer system coupled to a fuel pump dispenser.

5. The hand sanitizer dispenser device of claim 4, wherein the activation signal is transmitted to the hand sanitizer dispenser by the computer system upon an agreement by a patron to pay for hand sanitizer.

6. The hand sanitizer dispenser device of claim 1, further comprising a point-of-sale computing system within the housing.

7. The hand sanitizer dispenser device of claim 1, further comprising a light to indicate whether the first dispensing outlet has been activated.

8. A fuel pump dispenser configured to provide hand sanitization after pumping fuel comprising:

a display for communicating with a patron;

a computer system coupled to the display; and

a hand sanitizer dispenser device comprising a housing configured to dispense only hand sanitizer product, a first dispensing outlet to dispense liquid-based hand sanitizer product for single use, and a second dispensing outlet to dispense packaged hand sanitizer product.

9. The fuel pump dispenser of claim 8, wherein the hand sanitizer dispenser further comprises an activation circuit for activating dispensing capabilities of at least one of the first and second dispensing outlets, wherein the activation circuit is configured to receive an activation signal from the computer system and activate the at least one dispensing outlet in response to the receipt of the activation signal.

10. The fuel pump dispenser of claim 9, wherein the activation circuit is part of a computing system that wirelessly communicates with the computer system.

11. The fuel pump dispenser of claim 10, wherein the activation signal is transmitted to the hand sanitizer dispenser by the computer system upon an agreement by a patron to pay for hand sanitizer.

12. The fuel pump dispenser of claim 8, wherein the hand sanitizer dispenser further comprises a point-of-sale computing system.

13. The fuel pump dispenser of claim 8, wherein the hand sanitizer dispenser further comprises a storage compartment for storing a plurality of packaged hand sanitizer products that can be dispensed from the second dispensing outlet.

14. The fuel pump dispenser of claim 8, wherein hand sanitizer dispenser further comprises a light to indicate whether the first dispensing outlet has been activated.

15. A method performed by a computing system of fuel pump dispenser comprising:

requesting a patron to indicate whether the patron is interested in purchasing a packaged hand sanitizer product;

receiving an indication from the patron indicating an interest in purchasing the packaged hand sanitizer product; and

transmitting an activation signal to a hand sanitizer dispenser device configured to dispense only hand sanitizer product and attached to the fuel pump dispenser, wherein (i) the activation signal activates a dispensing mechanism of the hand sanitizer dispenser to dispense the packaged hand sanitizer product, and (ii) the hand sanitizer dispenser is further capable of dispensing a portion of liquid-based hand sanitizer.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising transmitting an activation signal to the hand sanitizer wherein the activation signal activates the capability to dispense a portion of liquid-based sanitizer.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising completing a purchase transaction by the patron for a purchase of the packaged hand sanitizer product.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the activation signal is received wirelessly by a computing system of the hand sanitizer dispenser.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein the hand sanitizer dispenser further comprises a storage compartment for storing a plurality of packaged hand sanitizer products.