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US 10,765,269 B2Granted
Cover arrangement for fluid dispenser
AssigneeOP-Hygiene IP GmbH
InventorsHeiner Ophardt, John Gerard Garry, Padraic Grady
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Abstract
A fluid dispenser having a housing and a cover removably coupled to the housing with the cover having a right cover side wall and a left cover side wall secured together spaced laterally from each other and in which the cover side walls are resilient and deflectable laterally away from each other for disengagement of the cover from the housing.
Claims20
A fluid dispenser having:
- a housing,
- a cover removably coupled to the housing,
- the cover having a right cover side wall and a left cover side wall secured together spaced laterally from each other and being a mirror image of each other,
- each cover side wall having an upper portion, a lower portion and an intermediate portion spanning between the upper portion and the a lower portion,
- a top bridging member comprising a top wall bridging between the upper portion of the right cover side wall and the upper portion of left cover side wall,
- a bottom bridging member comprising a rod member extending laterally to bridge between the lower portion of the right cover side wall and the lower portion of left cover side wall,
- the housing has a right housing side wall and a left housing side wall,
- when the cover is coupled to the housing, the right cover side wall is laterally to the right of right housing side wall, the left cover side wall is laterally to the left of the left housing side wall, and the top wall extends between the right cover side wall and the left cover side wall above the right housing side wall and the left housing side wall,
- the right housing side wall having an edge, the left housing side wall having an edge,
- the right housing side wall having a right slotway extending laterally therethrough, the left housing side wall having a left slotway extending laterally therethrough identical to the right slotway,
- the right slotway extending from a right opening where the right slotway is open through the edge of the right housing side wall to a right blind end, the left slotway extending from a left opening where the left slotway is open through the edge of the left housing side wall to a left blind end,
- when the cover is coupled to the housing, the rod member extending laterally through the right housing side wall by being located within the right slotway and the rod member extending laterally through the left housing side wall by being located within the left slotway,
- when the rod member is within the right slotway and the left slotway, the right slotway and the left slotway engaging the rod member and guiding relative sliding movement of the lower portions of the right cover side wall and the left cover side wall of the cover relative to the housing,
- the rod member is slidable from the right slotway through the right opening and the left slotway through the left opening to disengage the rod member from the right slotway and left slotway,
- the intermediate portion of the right cover side wall having a right slide member,
- the intermediate portion of the left cover side wall having a left slide member,
- the right housing side wall carrying a right slide groove,
- the right slide member removably engaged with the right slide groove wherein when
- the right slide member is engaged in the right slide groove, the right slide member slides vertically in the right slide groove guiding the cover in sliding vertically relative the housing,
- the left housing side wall carrying a left slide groove,
- the left slide member removably engaged with the left slide groove wherein when the left slide member is engaged in the left slide groove, the left slide member slides vertically in the left slide groove to guide the cover in sliding vertically relative the housing,
- wherein the cover when coupled to the housing with the right slide member engaged in the right slide groove and the left slide member engaged in the left slide groove, the cover is movable between a closed lower position in which the dispenser is operative for dispensing fluid and an open upper position in which access is provided to an interior of the housing, in moving between the closed lower position and the open upper position, the cover is guided by both:
- (a) the right slide member sliding within the right slide groove and the left slide member sliding within the left slide groove, and (b) the rod member sliding within the right slotway and the left slotway.
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A fluid dispenser having:
- a housing,
- a cover removably coupled to the housing,
- the cover having a right cover side wall and a left cover side wall secured together spaced laterally from each other and being a mirror image of each other,
- each cover side wall having an upper portion, a lower portion and an intermediate portion spanning between the upper portion and the lower portion,
- a top bridging member comprising a top wall bridging between the upper portion of the right cover side wall and the upper portion of the left cover side wall,
- a bottom bridging member comprising a rod member extending laterally to bridge between the lower portion of the right cover side wall and the lower portion of the left cover side wall,
- the housing has a right housing side wall and a left housing side wall,
- when the cover is coupled to the housing, the right cover side wall is laterally to the right of right housing side wall, the left cover side wall is laterally to the left of the left housing side wall, and the top wall extends between the right cover side wall and the left cover side wall above the right housing side wall and the left housing side wall,
- the right housing side wall having an edge, the left housing side wall having an edge,
- the right housing side wall having a right slotway extending laterally therethrough, the left housing side wall having a left slotway extending laterally therethrough identical to the right slotway,
- the right slotway extending from an opening where the right slotway is open through the edge of the right housing side wall to a right blind end, the left slotway extending from an opening where the left slotway is open through the edge of the left housing side wall to a left blind end,
- when the cover is coupled to the housing, the rod member extending laterally through the right housing side wall by being located within the right slotway and the rod member extending laterally through the left housing side wall by being located within the left slotway,
- when the rod member is within the right slotway and the left slotway, the right slotway and the left slotway engaging the rod member and guiding relative sliding movement of the lower portions of the right cover side wall and the left cover wall of the cover relative to the housing,
- the rod member is slidable from the right slotway through the right opening and the left slotway through the left opening to disengage the rod member from the right slotway and left slotway,
- the intermediate portion of the right cover side wall removably engaged with the right housing side wall wherein when the intermediate portion of the right cover side wall is engaged with the right housing side wall, the engagement between the intermediate portion of the right cover side wall and the right housing side wall guides the intermediate portion of the right cover side wall of the cover in sliding vertically relative the right housing side wall of the housing,
- the intermediate portion of the left cover side wall removably engaged with the left housing side wall wherein when the intermediate portion of the left cover side wall is engaged with the left housing side wall, the engagement between the intermediate portion of the left cover side wall and the left housing side wall guides the intermediate portion of the left cover side wall of the cover in sliding vertically relative the left housing side wall of the housing,
- wherein the cover when coupled to the housing with the intermediate portion of the right cover side wall engaged with the right housing side wall and the intermediate portion of the left cover side wall engaged with the left housing side wall, the cover is movable between a closed lower position in which the dispenser is operative for dispensing fluid and an open upper position in which access is provided to an interior of the housing, and in moving between the closed lower position and the open upper position, the cover is guided by:
- (a) the engagement between the intermediate portion of the right cover side wall and the right housing side wall guiding the intermediate portion of the right cover side wall of the cover in sliding vertically relative the right housing side wall of the housing and the engagement between the intermediate portion of the left cover slide wall and the left housing side wall guiding the intermediate portion of the left cover side wall of the cover in sliding vertically relative the left housing side wall of the housing, and (b) the rod member sliding within the right slotway and the left slotway.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.