US 11,972,680 B2
Base for table top sanitizer dispensing bottles and dispenser bottles
Aaron D. Marshall, Silver Lake, OH (US); Mark T. Smith, Canton, OH (US); Paul J. Brown, Independence, OH (US); Aaron R. Reynolds, North Canton, OH (US); Joseph S. Kanfer, Richfield, OH (US); Shelby Jay Buell, Medina, OH (US); and Eugene W. Ray, Akron, OH (US)
Assigned to GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, OH (US)
Filed by GOJO Industries, Inc., Akron, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/344,452.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/038,359, filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0390836 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. G08B 7/06 (2006.01); A47K 5/12 (2006.01); G08B 5/36 (2006.01)
CPC G08B 7/06 (2013.01) [A47K 5/12 (2013.01); G08B 5/36 (2013.01); A47K 2005/1218 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A table top sanitizer dispenser bottle base comprising:
a movable upper housing;
the upper moveable housing having
a floor; and
a peripheral wall;
wherein the peripheral wall extends upward above a top surface of the floor;
an aperture located in the floor;
a lower stationary housing;
the upper movable housing connected to the lower stationary housing and configured to move linearly upward and downward with respect to lower stationary housing;
one or more biasing members configured to bias the upper movable housing upward;
a visual indicator;
the visual indicator located below the aperture located in the floor;
a switch;
the upper movable housing having an engagement member for actuating the switch upon downward movement of the upper movable housing; and
control circuitry for activating the visual indicator when the engagement member actuates the switch.