US 12,127,721 B1
Mountable replenishable dispensing system
Joungsu Park, South Brunswick, NJ (US); Tracey Leacock, Plainfield, NJ (US); and Matthew Schmitt, Skillman, NJ (US)
Assigned to Gilchrist & Soames, Inc., Somerset, NJ (US)
Filed by Gilchrist & Soames, Inc., Somerset, NJ (US)
Filed on Mar. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/609,911.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/604,393, filed on Nov. 30, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/458,860, filed on Apr. 12, 2023.
Int. Cl. A47K 5/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47K 5/1205 (2013.01) [A47K 2201/025 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dispensing system for a personal-hygiene fluid, comprising:
a support bracket adapted to mount to a surface and including an upper panel forming a recess;
a replaceable dispenser assembly including a container that holds the fluid and a delivery mechanism attached to the container, wherein the delivery mechanism includes a laterally extending dispensing spout through which the fluid is delivered, wherein the dispenser assembly includes a collar permanently affixed to the container and detachably coupled to the delivery mechanism, wherein the collar is removably receivable in the recess to removably mount the dispenser assembly to the support bracket; and
a shell that removably mounts to and cooperates with the support bracket to substantially enclose and obscure the container from view,
wherein upon depletion of the fluid in the dispenser assembly, the shell can be removed from the support bracket, the dispenser assembly can be accessed and replenished with a fresh supply of the fluid, and the shell can be reinstalled onto the support bracket,
wherein the shell has a top side with a notch through which the dispensing spout is vertically receivable so that the shell is upwardly removable from the support bracket for dispenser assembly replenishing without separating the delivery mechanism from the container, and
wherein with the shell removed from the support brackets, the replaceable dispenser assembly, including the container and the delivery mechanism, is removable from the support bracket by being moved laterally relative to the support bracket to laterally displace the collar from the recess so that the dispenser assembly is removable from the support bracket and shell for replenishing without separating the delivery mechanism from the container.