Dispensing Device With Anti-Ligature Feature
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsThomas H. Schulz, Klemen Erzen
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Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing materials is disclosed. The dispenser includes a back housing, a front cover, and a mounting bracket. The mounting bracket includes a baseplate having a mounting surface and an outward facing surface. The baseplate includes one or more fastener apertures configured to receive one or more fasteners for mounting the bracket to the surface. The one or more fastener apertures include a thinned portion extending around at least a portion of a circumference of the fastener aperture. The thinned portion is configured to break upon application of a threshold force.
Claims20
A dispenser mountable to a surface, the dispenser comprising:
- a back housing adapted to be mounted to the surface, wherein the back housing comprises a first side configured to face the surface and a second and opposite side;
- a front cover enclosing at least a portion of said back housing, wherein when in a closed condition forming a housing having an interior volume so as to retain at least one dispensable product;
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- a mounting bracket comprising a baseplate having a mounting surface and an outward-facing surface, the baseplate comprising one or more fastener apertures configured to receive one or more fasteners for mounting the bracket to the surface, the one or more fastener apertures comprising a thinned portion extending around at least a portion of a circumference of the fastener aperture, wherein the thinned portion is configured to break upon application of a threshold force.
A dispenser mountable to a surface, the dispenser comprising:
- a back housing adapted to be mounted to the surface including a first side configured to face the surface and a second and opposite side, the back housing comprising one or more fastener apertures configured to receive one or more fasteners for mounting the back housing to the surface, the one or more fastener apertures comprising a thinned portion extending around at least a portion of a circumference of the fastener aperture, wherein the thinned portion is configured to break upon application of a force;
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- a front cover enclosing at least a portion of said back housing when in a closed condition forming a housing having an interior volume so as to retain at least one dispensable product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.