US 3,945,060 AGranted

Liquid dispensing bottle-hanger construction

AssigneeThe Climalene Company

InventorFrank V. Gargione

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Abstract

A liquid dispensing bottle has a mounting clip for hanging the bottle in an inverted position within a flush tank of a toilet for automatically dispensing a predetermined amount of liquid during each flushing operation. A circular boss is formed on the bottom wall of the bottle and the clip is rotatably mounted thereon for movement between stored and hanging positions. The clip has a pair of arcuate fingers which circumferentially, slidably engage the boss, and an L-shaped member a portion of which extends upwardly along a protuberance formed in a lower portion of the bottle side wall when in a stored position. The L-shaped member forms a channel or hook with the side wall of the bottle when the clip is rotated 90.degree. from stored to hanging position and the top edge of the flash tank is engaged by the L-shaped member to hang the bottle thereon. A plurality of ribs are formed on the clip bottom surface to provide a flat, horizontal, three point support for displaying and storing the bottle in a stable upright position.

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Dependent claims

Combination bottle-hanging clip construction for hanging a bottle in inverted position including a bottle having at least side and bottom walls, said side wall being generally elliptically cylindrically shaped with a longitudinal axis, and having major and minor axes in transverse cross section;

the lower portion of the bottle side wall is tapered inwardly and is jointed integrally with the bottle bottom wall;
and the bottom wall is elliptically shaped having major and monor axes corresponding with and smaller than the respective major and minor axes of the bottle side wall;
said bottom having boss means formed thereon;
clip means having L-shaped leg means, said clip means having means engaging said boss means and being rotatably mounted on said bass means on the bottom wall for movement between stored and hanging positions;
one leg of the clip means extending along the major axis of the bottom wall closely adjacent to the bottle bottom wall when in stored position, and the other leg of said clip means is positioned radially inwardly of a vertical plane which is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bottle and tangent to the outermost portion of the bottle side wall when the clip means is in said stored position;
and the clip means being rotated 90.degree. from stored position to hanging position, wherein said one leg of said clip means extends along the minor axis of the bottom wall, and said other leg extends generally parallel to said longitudinal axis and is spaced laterally from the side wall whereby the combined legs form a channel with the side wall for hanging the bottle in an inverted position.

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