IP Library Patent Application 12992526
Patent Application
App. No. 12/992,526

LIQUID DISPENER WITH CONCEALED REFILL OPENING

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App. No.
12/992,526
Abstract

A manually operated liquid dispenser having a dispensing position and a refilling position, comprising: a liquid container including a dispensing opening through which the liquid is discharged from the container in the dispensing position of the dispenser and a refill opening, separate from the dispensing opening, through which the liquid is introduced in the refilling position of the dispenser and a supporting structure which supports the liquid container in such a way as to conceal the refill opening in the dispensing position and to uncover the refill opening in the refilling position, the supporting structure of container adapted to invert the container, and to hold the container upright in the dispensing position and inverted in the refilling position.

Claims (14)

1 . A manually operated liquid dispenser, having a dispensing position and a refilling position, comprising

a liquid container comprising

a dispensing opening through which the liquid is discharged from the container in the dispensing position of the dispenser

and

a refill opening separate from the dispensing opening through which the liquid is introduced in the refilling position of the dispenser and

a supporting structure which supports the liquid container in such a way as to conceal the refill opening in the dispensing position and to uncover the refill opening in the refilling position,

the dispenser characterized in that the supporting structure of the container comprises means for inverting the container which are designed to hold the container upright in the dispensing position and inverted in the refilling position.

2 . The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the dispensing opening and the refill opening are provided at the two opposing ends of the liquid container.

3 . The dispenser according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting structure comprises a support seat, to be fixedly maintained, and a housing in which the liquid container is accommodated, the housing being rotatably mounted with respect to the support seat.

4 . The dispenser according to claim 3 , wherein the support seat comprises wall fixation means.

5 . The dispenser according to claim 1 , 4 , wherein the housing of the liquid container comprises a base for concealing the refill opening.

6 . The dispenser according to claim 1 wherein the liquid container comprises a refilling nozzle which is introduced into an opening provided in the concealing base.

7 . The dispenser according to claim 3 , comprising a locking plate arranged to lock/unlock the position of the housing with respect to the support seat.

8 . The dispenser according to claim 5 , wherein a supporting cap, arranged to maintain the container in the refilling position, is provided to the upper portion of the housing, the concealing base being provided in the lower portion of the housing of container.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 24, 2012
From: L'OCCITANE
To: LABORATOIRES M&L
Reel/Frame 028274/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 17, 2011
From: RENNIE, PATRICK; DE BRUGIERE, PHILIPPE
To: L'OCCITANE
Reel/Frame 026457/0606 →