Liquid dispensing device
View Patent ↗The present invention relates to a portable liquid dispensing device. The present invention further relates to a dispensing device equipped with a concealable nozzle which is concealed when not in use and then exposed when it is desirable to spray a liquid such as an oral care product. The liquid dispensing device may be provided with an optional key holder.
1. A portable spray dispenser for dispensing a liquid, said dispenser comprising:
a container for storing the liquid;
a pump coupled to said container for spraying the liquid through a nozzle;
a housing provided around said nozzle, said housing comprising a first aperture;
a button provided within said housing, said button comprising a second aperture, and wherein said button is moveable from a first position to a second position to a third position; and
a spring provided between said button and said nozzle;
wherein:
said spring biases said button toward the first position
said nozzle and said second aperture are not aligned when said button is in the first position;
said nozzle and said first aperture and said second aperture are each aligned when said button is in the second position; and
liquid is dispensed through said first aperture and said second aperture as said button moves from the second position to the third position.
2. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said button further comprises a surface that slopes upward toward a dispensing side of said dispenser.
3. The dispenser of claim 2 , wherein said surface narrows toward a dispensing side of said dispenser.
4. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said button further comprises a surface that narrows toward a dispensing side of said dispenser.
5. A portable spray dispenser for dispensing a liquid, said dispenser comprising:
a container for storing the liquid;
a pump coupled to said container for spraying the liquid through a nozzle;
a housing provided around said nozzle, said housing comprising a first aperture; and
a button provided within said housing, said button comprising a second aperture, and wherein said button is moveable from a first position to a second position to a third position;
wherein:
said nozzle and said second aperture are not aligned when said button is in the first position;
said nozzle and said first aperture and said second aperture are each aligned when said button is in the second position;
liquid is dispensed through said first aperture and said second aperture as said button moves from the second position to the third position; and
said button acts as a barrier to said nozzle when said button is in the first position.
6. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein said pump is a mist spraying pump.
7. A dispensing device for dispensing a liquid desired by a user, said device comprising:
a cover having an aperture;
a dispensing assembly coupled to said cover, said dispensing assembly comprising:
a container for storing the liquid; and
a liquid transport mechanism for drawing the liquid out of said container and dispensing the liquid through a nozzle, the nozzle being provided within said cover; and
a button selectively movable between a first position out of operative engagement with said nozzle and a second position in operative engagement with said nozzle;
wherein:
said button and said nozzle are movable together to a third position in which said nozzle dispenses the liquid;
said nozzle is in fluid communication with said cover aperture when said button and said nozzle are in the third position; and
said nozzle is out of fluid communication with said cover aperture when said button is in the first position.
8. A dispensing device for dispensing a liquid desired by a user, said device comprising:
a cover having an aperture;
a dispensing assembly coupled to said cover, said dispensing assembly comprising:
a container for storing the liquid; and
a liquid transport mechanism for drawing the liquid out of said container and dispensing the liquid through a nozzle, the nozzle being provided within said cover; and
a button selectively movable between a first position and a second position;
wherein:
said button moving from the first position to the second position places said nozzle in fluid communication with said cover aperture but does not activate said liquid transport mechanism; and
said button moving from the second position to a third position activates said liquid transport mechanism and dispenses liquid.
9. The dispenser of claim 5 , wherein said button further comprises a surface that slopes upward toward a dispensing side of said dispenser.
10. The dispenser of claim 9 , wherein said surface narrows toward a dispensing side of said dispenser.
11. The dispenser of claim 5 , wherein said button further comprises a surface that narrows toward a dispensing side of said dispenser.
12. The dispenser of claim 5 , wherein said pump is a mist spraying pump.