This invention relates generally to fluid dispensing containers, and more particularly to a wall-mounted fluid dispensing container.
Park, U.S. Pat. No. 10,527,224, teaches a dispenser system that includes an inconspicuous, tamper-resistant bracket used to mount containers, bottles, vessels, dispensers or other articles to a wall surface. A coupling structure engages with and supports the article for use. The coupling structure may comprise a male-female coupling structure including, for example, a vertical rail on one of the bracket or container, and a corresponding vertical slot on the other of the bracket or container. An upper panel, door or lid opens with a tool or key, providing access to the bracket coupling structure. A spring biases the panel, door or lid into an open condition, and a latch mechanism maintains the panel, door or lid in a closed and locked condition until opened. The system may further including a proprietary container with dimensions to visually obscure the bracket. The container may include a dispensing pump, and may be filled or refilled with a personal hygiene product.
Gerenraich, U.S. Pat. No. 7,290,683, teaches a flush mount dispensing bottle and apparatus includes a bracket having a mounting flange and a bottle having a flat back with an embossment for receiving the flange and enabling the flat back to flushly contact a surface supporting the bracket. A button attachable to the surface at a spaced apart distance from the bracket is provided and a second embossment receiving the button enables the flat back to flushly contact the surface and further prevents unauthorized removal of the bottle from the bracket.
Sanguinet et al, U.S. Pat. No. 8,833,596, teaches a mounting bracket for use with a container. The container has a wall extending from a bottom to an upper edge and has a mounting flange extending outwardly from a portion of the wall. The mounting flange includes an outer surface with a terminal edge leading to upper and lower edges and a pair of distal sides. The mounting bracket has a support side positionable towards the wall of the container. The support side includes a notched section with a base extending outwardly from the support side and a pair of lateral faces extending outwardly and away from edges of the base. Each lateral face includes a member positioned along a portion thereof and which extends towards the other member in a tapering edge such that the sides of the mounting flange are captured between the support side and the extending members.
Spector et al., U.S. Pat. No. 10,912,360, teaches a magnetic pouch attachment mechanism includes one or more magnetic pouch mounts having an alignment plate with one or more magnetic areas disposed within the alignment plate. The magnetic pouch mount also includes a pouch removably coupled with the one or more magnetic pouch mounts such that when the pouch is placed in proximity to the one or more magnetic pouch mounts, an attractive magnetic force is exerted between the pouch and the one or more magnetic pouch mounts such that the pouch aligns with and couples to the one or more magnetic pouch mounts. A mounting bracket coupled to the pouch includes one or more bracket magnetic areas disposed within the mounting bracket and configured to induce an attractive magnetic force with the one or more magnetic areas.
Marinelli, U.S. Pat. No. 11,357,362, teaches a dispenser unit has a bottle suitable for containing a liquid product, a dispenser and a fixing system with a first plate suitable for being fixed to a wall, a second plate suitable for being fixed to the bottle in a recessed seat of the bottle and coupled with the first plate, and a key suitable for uncoupling the first plate from the second plate.
The present invention teaches certain benefits in construction and use which give rise to the objectives described below.
The present invention provides a dispenser for mounting a container on a wall surface for dispensing a fluid. The container holds the fluid and includes a rear surface that is adapted to be mounted on a mounting structure. The rear surface includes a block extending outwardly from the rear surface of the container, the block having at least one bore extending into a side surface of the block. The mounting structure has a back surface that is adapted for mounting on the wall surface, and a female receiver that is sized and shaped to receive the block into the female receiver. At least one locking post is movably mounted in the female receiver to move between a locked position wherein the at least one locking post extends outwardly into the female receiver and interlocks with the at least one bore of the block, and an unlocked position wherein the at least one locking post are retracted from the locked position to that the block is released. A biasing mechanism biases the at least one locking post towards the locked position.
A primary objective of the present invention is to provide a dispenser having advantages not taught by the prior art.
Another objective is to provide a dispenser that includes a mounting structure that can be securely mounted to a wall surface, and a container that can be removably mounted on the mounting structure.
Another objective is to provide a dispenser enables the container to be locked onto the mounting structure, but quickly and easily unlocked using a simple tool so that the container may be removed for refilling.
Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following more detailed description, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which illustrate, by way of example, the principles of the invention.
The accompanying drawings illustrate the present invention.
The above-described drawing figures illustrate the invention, a wall mounted dispenser for dispensing liquids such as shampoo, conditioner, soap, oils, lotion, etc., and any other such liquids that a user might want to dispense.
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The block 24 has at least one bore 26 extending into a side surface 28 of the block 24. In this embodiment, the at least one bore 26 is in the form of two pairs of bores 26, but any suitable number of bores may be included, so long as a suitably strong locking connection is made between the container 20 and the mounting structure 30.
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A female receiver 36 is formed in the mounting structure 30, the female receiver 36 being sized and shaped to receive the block 24 of the container 20 into the female receiver 36 for mounting on the wall. As shown in
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In some applications of the present invention, the unlocking tool 40 may utilize elements other than the magnets 44 to retract the locking posts 38, e.g., via protrusions that frictionally engage the locking posts 38 and/or biasing elements through the opposed side surfaces 33 of the mounting structure 30, some form of suction mechanism, etc., or any other form of retracting the biasing element.
The title of the present application, and the claims presented, do not limit what may be claimed in the future, based upon and supported by the present application. Furthermore, any features shown in any of the drawings may be combined with any features from any other drawings to form an invention which may be claimed.
As used in this application, the words “a,” “an,” and “one” are defined to include one or more of the referenced item unless specifically stated otherwise. The terms “approximately” and “about” are defined to mean+/−10%, unless otherwise stated. Also, the terms “have,” “include,” “contain,” and similar terms are defined to mean “comprising” unless specifically stated otherwise. Furthermore, the terminology used in the specification provided above is hereby defined to include similar and/or equivalent terms, and/or alternative embodiments that would be considered obvious to one skilled in the art given the teachings of the present patent application. While the invention has been described with reference to at least one particular embodiment, it is to be clearly understood that the invention is not limited to these embodiments, but rather the scope of the invention is defined by claims made to the invention.
This application for a utility patent claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/503,099, filed May 18, 2023.
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63503099 | May 2023 | US |