Dispenser with improved bottle connection

A dispenser comprising:

• a container for containing fluid to be dispensed;
• and
• a manually operated reciprocating fluid pump adapted to be secured to the container;
• the fluid pump including a pump mechanism, an intake port adapted for fluid communication with liquid contained in the container, an intake liquid flow path providing fluid communication between the intake port and the pump mechanism, a discharge port, a discharge liquid flow path providing fluid communication between the pump mechanism and discharge port, a closure cap portion configured for releasably securing the fluid pump to the container, and a seal portion engageable with the container and shaped and configured for providing a fluid-tight seal between the fluid pump and the container;
• the closure cap portion comprising a generally annular-shaped skirt, at least two lugs extending generally radially inwardly from an inside surface of the skirt, and at least two apertures in the skirt and circumferentially spaced from the lugs;
• the container including a neck having a mouth therein for passage therethrough of liquid in the container, the container further including at least two bayonet provisions on an outer surface of the neck for matably receiving said at least two lugs of the closure cap portion, and at least two radially extending tabs configured for extending into said apertures of the skirt;
• said lugs being shaped and configured to mate with said bayonet provisions and said tabs being shaped and configured to mate with said apertures when the skirt of the closure cap portion is positioned on the neck of the container to releasably lock the closure cap portion to the neck of the container.

A manually operated reciprocating fluid pump configured for connection to a fluid container including a neck having a mouth therein for passage therethrough of liquid in the container, at least two bayonet provisions on an outer surface of the neck, and at least two radially extending tabs, the fluid pump comprising:

• a pump mechanism;
• an intake port adapted for fluid communication with liquid contained in the container;
• an intake liquid flow path providing fluid communication between the intake port and the pump mechanism;
• a discharge port;
• a discharge liquid flow path providing fluid communication between the pump mechanism and discharge port;
• a closure cap portion configured for releasably securing the fluid pump to the container;
• and
• a seal portion engageable with the container and shaped and configured for providing a fluid-tight seal between the fluid pump and the container;
• the closure cap portion comprising a generally annular-shaped skirt, at least two lugs extending generally radially inwardly from an inside surface of the skirt and configured to mate with the bayonet provisions of the container when the closure cap portion is positioned on the neck of the container, and at least two apertures in the skirt and circumferentially spaced from the lugs and shaped for receiving the tabs of the container when the closure cap portion is positioned on the neck of the container.