US 12,454,401 B2
Tablet dispensing product
John Edward Lee O'Brien, Garnet Valley, PA (US); Aaron C. Krause, Pennsauken, NJ (US); Aleksandrs Titovs, Pennsauken, NJ (US); Joe M. Vaccaro, West Chester, PA (US); and Sheila Vaccaro, West Chester, PA (US)
Assigned to SCRUB DADDY, INC., Pennsauken, NJ (US)
Filed by Scrub Daddy, Inc., Pennsauken, NJ (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/436,600.
Application 18/436,600 is a continuation of application No. 17/854,712, filed on Jun. 30, 2022, granted, now 11,897,685.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/218,176, filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0174428 A1, May 30, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E03D 9/00 (2006.01); B65D 83/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 83/0409 (2013.01) [E03D 9/005 (2013.01); B65D 2583/0454 (2013.01); B65D 2583/0459 (2013.01); B65D 2583/049 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing product for storing a plurality of cleaning product tablets and individually dispensing them on demand, the dispensing product comprising:
a base comprising an axle extending perpendicularly therefrom;
a carousel assembly on top of the base and configured to receive one or more tablets;
a lid on top of the carousel assembly, the lid defining an aperture sized and configured such that one of a plurality of tablets can be withdrawn through the aperture; and
an advancement mechanism connected to the carousel assembly, wherein the advancement mechanism advances the carousel assembly rotationally, wherein the advancement mechanism comprises:
a first gear disposed around the axle and connected to the carousel assembly such that the carousel assembly rotates when the first gear rotates, wherein the first gear comprises gear teeth,
a spring disposed around an axle between the first gear and the base,
a second gear fixedly disposed around the axle between the first gear and the spring, and
a push button comprising a body at least partially disposed within the axle and a head, wherein the push button forms therein an inner annulus between the head and the body configured to receive at least a portion of the first gear, wherein a bottom surface of the head comprises a push gear,
wherein the advancement mechanism is configured to be activated by depressing and releasing the push button to cause the spring to depress and release and the gear teeth of the first gear to travel from a first to a second of the plurality of angled teeth of the second gear thereby causing the first gear to rotate which in turn causes the carousel assembly to rotationally advance.