US 5,850,945 AGranted

Dispenser for shampoo, liquid soap or the like

AssigneeKel-Gar, Inc.

InventorGail B. Frankel

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Abstract

A wall-mountable liquid dispenser which combines functional and ornamental features in a visually pleasing and space efficient manner. The liquid dispenser includes a main body portion having front, rear, top, bottom and first and second side walls, integrally formed with each other, to define an interior bladder. The main body portion is configured to resemble a comfortably reclined hippopotamus and incudes plural projections which may be depressed to compress the bladder to force the ejection of liquid therefrom. The projections include a first, domed shaped, projection which resembles the stomach of the hippopotamus, a second, generally rectangular, projection which resembles the snout of the hippopotamus and a third, generally rectangular, projection which resembles a mattress on which the hippopotamus is reclined. An aperture is formed in the bottom wall thereof. A fill pipe having a sidewall which defines an interior passageway therein is fixedly attached to the rear wall and covers the aperture such that the fill pipe does not project into the bladder. Mounted to an exterior side surface of the fill pipe is a closeable valve having an interior passageway which may be selectively placed in fluid communication with the interior passageway of the fill pipe to provide a exit path for liquid held in the bladder.

Claims22

Dependent claims

A liquid dispenser, comprising:

a main body portion, said main body portion having front, rear, top, bottom and first and second side walls which collectively define an interior bladder;
said bottom wall of said main body portion having interior and exterior side surfaces and an aperture extending therebetween;
said main body portion having a lip formed by exposing inner side and edge surfaces of a portion of said bottom wall, said lip circumferentially surrounding said aperture;
a fill pipe fixedly attached to said bottom wall and downwardly projecting therefrom, said fill pipe having a sidewall, an interior surface of which defines an interior passageway in fluid communication with said aperture;
said fill pipe being comprised of first, second and third sections, said second section of said fill pipe engaging said lip of said bottom wall and said third section projecting downwardly from said exterior side surface of said bottom wall when said first section of said fill pipe is inserted in said aperture to engage an interior wall which defines said aperture;
said second section of said fill pipe further comprising a top side surface which engages said exposed inner side surface of said bottom wall and an edge side surface which engages said exposed inner edge surface of said bottom wall when said second section of said fill pipe engages said lip of said bottom wall;
and
a closeable valve removably mounted to an exterior surface of said sidewall of said full pipe, said closeable valve having an interior passageway which may be selectively placed in fluid communication with said interior passageway of said fill pipe to provide a exit path for liquid held in said bladder;
wherein access to said fill pipe for filling said interior bladder with liquid is provided by removing said closeable valve and inverting said main body portion.

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A liquid dispenser for shampoo, liquid soap and the like, comprising:

a main body portion having front, rear, top, bottom and first and second side walls which collectively define an interior bladder;
said bottom wall of said main body portion having interior and exterior side surfaces and an aperture extending therebetween;
and
a fill/dispense structure mounted to said bottom wall of said main body portion, said fill/dispense structure providing access, through said aperture, to said interior bladder to fill said dispenser with liquid/dispense liquid from said interior bladder;
said front wall of said main body portion formed to include a first, generally dome-shaped, projection and a second, generally rectangular-shaped, projection, the depression of either of which compresses said interior bladder to force liquid to exit said interior bladder through said fill/dispense structure;
said front wall of said main body portion further formed to include a first, generally circular, indentation which defines said first, dome-shaped, projection and a second indentation, said second indentation extending from said first side wall to said second side wall, said second projection extending from said second indentation to said bottom wall.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 08/740,294Filed 25 Oct 1996
Granted: 22 Dec 1998
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

B65D 81/365
Adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents: containers, or parts thereof, simulating or being incorporated into other…
B65D 47/305
With plug valves , i.e. valves that open and close a passageway by turning a cylindrical or conical plug without axial passageways: provided with…
B65D 2313/06
Connecting or fastening means: using vacuum suction cups
B65D
Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials