US 11,731,146 B2
Fluid dispensing system with adapter for a table top dispenser
Heiner Ophardt, Arisdorf (CH); and Padraig McDonagh, County Sligo (IE)
Assigned to OP-Hygiene IP GMBH, Niederbipp (CH)
Filed by OP-Hygiene IP GmbH, Niederbipp (CH)
Filed on Dec. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/541,633.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/122,069, filed on Dec. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0176394 A1, Jun. 9, 2022
Int. Cl. B05B 11/00 (2023.01); A47K 5/12 (2006.01); B05B 11/10 (2023.01)
CPC B05B 11/0008 (2013.01) [A47K 5/1211 (2013.01); B05B 11/1011 (2023.01); B05B 11/1081 (2023.01); A47K 2005/1218 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for dispensing fluid from a first fluid dispenser and a second fluid dispenser;
wherein the housing is configured to removably receive the first fluid dispenser when the second fluid dispenser is absent from the housing;
wherein the housing is configured to removably receive the second fluid dispenser when the first fluid dispenser is absent from the housing;
the housing comprising an actuation mechanism with a first engagement element for engaging with the first fluid dispenser when the first fluid dispenser is received by the housing, and a second engagement element for engaging with the second fluid dispenser when the second fluid dispenser is received by the housing;
wherein, when the first fluid dispenser is received by the housing and engaged with the first engagement element, activation of the actuation mechanism activates the first fluid dispenser to dispense fluid from the first fluid dispenser;
wherein, when the second fluid dispenser is received by the housing and engaged with the second engagement element, activation of the actuation mechanism activates the second fluid dispenser to dispense fluid from the second fluid dispenser;
wherein the housing is configured to receive the first fluid dispenser without removal of the second engagement element;
wherein the housing is configured to receive the second fluid dispenser without removal of the first engagement element;
wherein the first engagement element is configured to engage with an activation member of the first fluid dispenser, and to depress the activation member to dispense fluid from the first fluid dispenser when the actuation mechanism is activated;
wherein the housing is configured to carry the second fluid dispenser in a substantially vertical orientation when the second fluid dispenser is received by the housing; and
wherein the housing is configured to carry the first fluid dispenser angled forwardly in a tilted orientation when the first fluid dispenser is received by the housing.