Soap dispensing apparatus

A fluid-dispensing apparatus comprising:

• a body defining a fluid reservoir therein;
• a handle carried by the body;
• a work-engaging medium carried by the body;
• a valve assembly carried by the body for providing communication between the reservoir and the medium;
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• a flexible and resilient button mounted on the body for movement between a rest position and depressed position, the button including a bias member having a pair of ribs disposed along an interior of the button and being manually deflectable to the depressed position to increase pressure within the fluid reservoir to activate the valve assembly and one of the button, valve and reservoir being alterable in size or orientation to provide a variable volume orientation of fluid dispensing so that a predetermined volume of fluid is dispensed by the apparatus,
• wherein the button includes a flexible and resilient dome portion, the dome portion including a nipple protruding into the interior and being depressible by a user's thumb or finger to move the button to the depressed position, and wherein each rib has a generally triangular shape and is attached to the nipple to bias the dome to return the dome to its rest position.

A fluid-dispensing apparatus comprising:

• a handle having a reservoir for receiving fluid;
• a button mounted on the handle the button having a predetermined surface area and defining an interior;
• a rib attached to a wall of the interior of the button;
• a resilient member carried by the button, the resilient member including a center nipple having a pair of ribs extending therefrom and providing an increase in pressure in the reservoir when the resilient member is depressed,
• a block attached to the handle having a cleaning medium;
• a valve disposed on the handle for dispensing fluid therethrough when the resilient member is depressed, the valve having a predetermined deflection operation and the predetermined surface area and deflection operation being coordinated to provide a predetermined volume of fluid to be dispensed from the apparatus;
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• one of the button, valve and reservoir being alterable in size or orientation to provide for dispensing of the predetermined volume of fluid.