US 12,433,453 B2
Systems and methods for accessibly positioned sanitizing materials
Frank Yang, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US); Joseph Sandor, Newport Beach, CA (US); Myk Wayne Lum, Irvine, CA (US); and Adam C. Wade, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (US)
Assigned to simplehuman, LLC, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by simplehuman, LLC, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/586,330.
Application 18/586,330 is a continuation of application No. 17/644,314, filed on Dec. 14, 2021, granted, now 11,910,969.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/125,927, filed on Dec. 15, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0188762 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47K 5/12 (2006.01); A47K 10/38 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 5/1202 (2013.01) [A47K 10/38 (2013.01); A47K 2010/389 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing system configured to dispense both liquid and paper towels, the dispensing system comprising:
a base with an upper surface comprising an area sufficiently wide to be configured to support a standard paper towel roll;
a liquid dispenser comprising a sprayer and an elongate receptacle configured to hold a liquid cleaning material, the liquid dispenser having an axial length and a maximum horizontal width, the maximum horizontal width of the liquid dispenser being sufficiently small to be configured to fit within the standard paper towel roll; and
a holder configured to removably attach the elongate receptacle to the base, the holder comprising a releasable attachment with a spring or latch configured to accept a pushing force to separate the liquid dispenser from the holder.