IP Library Granted Patent US 10,016,097
Granted Patent B2
US 10,016,097 · App. 15/686,685 · Granted Jul 10, 2018

Dispenser assembly

Inventors: Donna M. Santoro (St. Charles, MO); Andy Lee Kirkpatrick (Green Bay, WI); Kacey James Kreuter (Green Bay, WI); Stephen John Kocis (Suwanee, GA); Lesley S. Corker (Atlanta, GA); Stephen Joel Zwonitzer (Hoschton, GA); Russell Kroll (Atlanta, GA); Randal Porter (Norcross, GA)
Assignee: Vi-Jon, Inc.
A47K5/1211B05B11/0054B05B11/0059B05B11/0097B05B11/3014B05B15/061
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Patent No.
US 10,016,097
App. No.
15/686,685
Granted
Jul 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dispenser assembly for dispensing a liquid product includes a bottle configured to store the product, a venting pump connected to the bottle and configured to control dispensing of the product from the bottle, a mounting component, and an enclosure connected to the mounting component and engaging the bottle, wherein the enclosure is movable relative to the mounting component between an open configuration and a closed configuration, and wherein the bottle is selectively removable from the enclosure when the enclosure is in the open configuration.

Claims (11)

1. A method of assembling a dispenser assembly for dispensing a liquid product, the method comprising:

connecting a venting pump to a bottle configured to store the product, the venting pump configured to control dispensing of the product from the bottle;

connecting an enclosure in an open configuration to a mounting component;

inserting the bottle into the enclosure while the enclosure is in the open configuration; and

moving the enclosure relative to the mounting component to transition the enclosure into a closed configuration that secures the bottle within the enclosure;

wherein connecting an enclosure comprises connecting an enclosure that includes a top portion, a pair of ribs extending from the top portion, and a handle portion extending between the pair of ribs, and wherein inserting the bottle comprises inserting a bottle that includes a bulge sized to be positioned within an aperture defined by the top portion, the pair of ribs, and the handle portion.

2. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein connecting an enclosure comprises connecting an enclosure that includes a pair of symmetrical brackets that directly engage corresponding flanges on the venting pump.

3. A method in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising connecting a bracing component to the mounting component, the bracing component including an arcuate wall and a plurality of joists that engage and support the venting pump.

4. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein inserting the bottle comprises inserting a bottle that includes a neck portion that engages the venting pump, and a top opposite the neck portion, wherein the top is substantially flat such that the bottle is invertible and capable of being stood on a flat surface in an inverted position.

5. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein connecting a venting pump to a bottle comprises connecting a venting pump that includes a collar portion, the collar portion having a plurality of vent holes defined therein that form a vent path, the vent path allowing ambient air to flow into and out of the bottle when the product is dispensed from the bottle.

6. A method in accordance with claim 1 , wherein connecting an enclosure to a mounting component comprises engaging two tracks formed on the mounting component with corresponding extensions formed on the enclosure, each track including a side face and a lip extending perpendicularly from the side face.

Assignments (19)
MERGER Recorded Aug 13, 2026
From: CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS, LLC; SUREFIL, LLC
To: NICE-PAK PRODUCTS, LLC
Reel/Frame 075637/0473 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
To: UPLIFT BRANDS, LLC; CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS, LLC
Reel/Frame 072014/0386 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: VIVOS HOLDINGS, LLC; UPLIFT BRANDS, LLC; CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS, LLC; NICE-PAK PRODUCTS, INC.
To: LOAN ADMIN CO LLC
Reel/Frame 072014/0116 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: UPLIFT BRANDS, LLC; CONSUMER PRODUCTS PARTNERS, LLC; NICE-PAK PRODUCTS, INC.
To: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC
Reel/Frame 072014/0736 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: VI-JON, LLC
Reel/Frame 066050/0610 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2024
From: UPLIFT BRANDS, LLC; CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS, LLC
To: TCW ASSET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 066052/0523 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2024
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS, LLC
Reel/Frame 066050/0605 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2023
From: CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 065969/0963 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE ADDRESS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 065748 FRAME: 0439. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 13, 2023
From: VIVOS HOLDINGS, LLC
To: CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065988/0701 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: VIVOS HOLDINGS, LLC
To: CONSUMER PRODUCT PARTNERS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065748/0439 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: VI-JON, LLC
To: VIVOS HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 065748/0241 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Mar 5, 2021
From: VI-JON, LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 055514/0532 →
RELEASE OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COLLATERAL RECORDED AT REEL/FRAME: 053574/0016 Recorded Mar 4, 2021
From: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
To: VI-JON, INC.
Reel/Frame 055503/0270 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 8, 2020
From: VI-JON, INC.
To: VI-JON, LLC
Reel/Frame 054027/0115 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2018
From: KIRKPATRICK, ANDY LEE; KREUTER, KACEY JAMES
To: WISCONSIN PLASTICS
Reel/Frame 046289/0967 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2018
From: WISCONSIN PLASTICS
To: VI-JON, INC.
Reel/Frame 046290/0006 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2018
From: KOCIS, STEPHEN JOHN; CORKER, LESLEY S.; ZWONITZER, STEPHEN JOEL; KROLL, RUSSELL; PORTER, RANDAL
To: SILGAN PLASTICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 046289/0859 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 9, 2018
From: SILGAN PLASTICS, LLC
To: VI-JON, INC.
Reel/Frame 046289/0886 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2018
From: SANTORO, DONNA M.
To: VI-JON, INC.
Reel/Frame 045288/0463 →
Continuity (3)
Division 15088984 · Apr 1, 2016
Provisional Application 62144194 · Apr 7, 2015
Related Publication 20170347843A1 · Dec 7, 2017