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Granted Patent B2
US 12,318,793 · App. 18/078,651 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Assembly comprising a liquid dispenser and a support element

Inventor: Laurent Marchand (Paris, FR)
Assignee: M.G.L.F.
B05B11/0038A47K5/1205B05B15/62A47K2201/02
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Patent No.
US 12,318,793
App. No.
18/078,651
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly includes a dispenser having a lower body including a bottom from which there extends a lower skirt, wherein the lower skirt there is fitted and an upper body including a neck, a pump adapted to be fixed in the neck, from the neck extends an upper skirt adapted to fit on the lower skirt, the lower body and the upper body defining a cavity in which a liquid pouch can be placed, the assembly comprising a support element comprising a wall-fixing plate to which a fixing base is fixed, the bottom comprising a bottom wall that is arranged around at least a part of the perimeter of the bottom and extends in the opposite direction to the lower skirt, forming an open housing, the bottom being provided with a connection device to the support element.

Claims (26)

1. An assembly comprising:

a dispenser comprising:

a lower body comprising a bottom and a lower skirt extending from the bottom, wherein the lower body is engaged around the lower skirt; and

an upper body comprising a neck and a pump adapted to be fixed to the neck, an upper skirt extending from the neck and adapted to be engaged on the lower skirt so that the upper skirt surrounds the lower skirt of the lower body, wherein the lower body and the upper body delimit a cavity adapted to receive a bag of liquid;

a support element comprising a wall fixing plate fixed to a fixing base; and

a bottom wall arranged on at least part of a periphery of the bottom of the dispenser and extending in projection from the bottom of the dispenser in the opposite direction to the lower skirt, the bottom wall forming an open housing adapted to receive the fixing base, wherein the bottom of the dispenser is provided with a connection device to the support element, and the bottom wall is arranged so as to surround the fixing base when the fixing base is inserted into the open housing formed by the bottom wall.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the open housing is located on an outer surface of the bottom of the dispenser, and

the fixing base is adapted to be introduced into the open housing in a form-fitting manner.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the fixing base is arranged transversely with respect to a longitudinal extension axis of the upper body,

the wall fixing plate extends parallel to the longitudinal extension axis of the upper body when the fixing base is introduced into the open housing, and

the wall fixing plate comprises orifices adapted to receive fixing elements.

4. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing base and the wall fixing plate of the support element are molded together.

5. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a height formed by the fixing base of the support element is adapted to correspond to a height formed by the opening housing via the lower skirt, so that the fixing base is superimposed with respect to the bottom of the dispenser.

6. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the fixing base of the support element comprises a central orifice adapted to fix the fixing base of the support element on the bottom of the dispenser by a fixing device, and

the bottom of the dispenser comprises a central orifice arranged opposite the central orifice of the fixing base of the support element when the dispenser cooperates with the support element.

7. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the outer surface comprises a first row of grooves distributed uniformly over the periphery of the surface, the fixing base of the support element comprising tenons adapted to fit into a corresponding first row of grooves.

8. The assembly according to claim 7 , wherein:

the outer surface comprises a second row of grooves uniformly distributed so as to fill a space between each groove of the first row of grooves, and

the second row of grooves being arranged closer to the central orifice than the first row of grooves.

9. The assembly according to claim 7 , wherein the fixing base of the support element comprises lumens distributed uniformly between the central orifice of the fixing base and the tenons.

10. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein:

the lower body and the upper body have a reversible connection device allowing the upper body to be removed from the lower body to replace the liquid bag, and

the reversible connection device comprises a lower body thread formed in the lower body and a complementary thread formed in the upper body.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: MARCHAND, LAURENT
To: M.G.L.F.
Reel/Frame 062901/0683 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 20/06020 · Jun 9, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTFR2021051028 · Jun 8, 2021
Related Publication 20230107438A1 · Apr 6, 2023
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