Product dispenser and cover member for a product dispenser
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B65H-001/00
A47K-010/42
출원번호
US-0221136
(2011-08-30)
등록번호
US-8991646
(2015-03-31)
발명자
/ 주소
Wieser, Russell G.
출원인 / 주소
SCA Hygiene Products AB
대리인 / 주소
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
인용정보
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1인용 특허 :
9
초록▼
A product dispenser including a housing for housing dispensable products in a product reservoir defined by the housing and a cover member defining a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensed. The cover member includes a lid member and a support member and the lid member is openable
A product dispenser including a housing for housing dispensable products in a product reservoir defined by the housing and a cover member defining a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensed. The cover member includes a lid member and a support member and the lid member is openable relative to the support member about a hinge. The cover member is removably mountable to the housing by at least one engagement member of the support member engaging at least one complementary engagement member of the housing. A strength of connection of the hinge to the support member and a strength of connection of at least one engagement member of the support member for removably mounting the support member to the housing is such that when the lid member is opened to a stop position and further opening force is applied to the lid member, at least one engagement member dismounts between the housing and the support member before the force gets so great as to break the hinge.
대표청구항▼
1. A product dispenser comprising a housing for housing dispensable products in a product reservoir defined by the housing and a cover member defining a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensed, wherein the cover member comprises a lid member and a support member and the lid membe
1. A product dispenser comprising a housing for housing dispensable products in a product reservoir defined by the housing and a cover member defining a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensed, wherein the cover member comprises a lid member and a support member and the lid member is openable relative to the support member about a hinge, wherein the cover member is removably mountable to the housing by at least one engagement member of the support member engaging at least one complementary engagement member of the housing, wherein the dispensing opening includes a hole present in the lid member, and wherein one of the at least one engagement member and the at least one complementary engagement member includes a protruding surface and the other includes a complementary recessed surface. 2. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the housing defines an opening and the support member defines an opening through which openings disposable products can be passed to fill the reservoir when the lid member is in an open position and which openings are partially closed by the lid member when it is in a closed position. 3. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the support member is in the form of a frame. 4. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the housing includes a flange and walls depending from the flange so that the flange can be placed against a counter top or wall member to which the dispenser is to be mounted and so that the depending walls can be passed through a cut-out in the counter top or wall member to be located in a cavity in or behind the counter top or wall member as the flange is seated against the counter top or wall member. 5. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein at least one set of the at least one engagement member and the at least one complementary engagement member forms a snap fit when the cover member is mounted to the housing. 6. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein a strength of connection of the hinge and a strength of connection of the at least one engagement member to the at least one complementary engagement member is such that when the lid member is opened to a stop position and further opening force is applied to the lid member, the at least one engagement member dismounts between the housing and the cover member before the force gets so great as to break the hinge. 7. The product dispenser of claim 6, wherein the support member comprises a proximal end at the hinge and a distal end relative to the hinge, wherein the support member includes at least two engagement members with at least one of the engagement members relatively adjacent the distal end and at least one of the engagement members relatively adjacent the proximal end for engaging the at least one complementary engagement member on the housing to removably mount the support member to the housing, and wherein the dispenser is such that the at least one distal engagement member or the at least one proximal engagement member of the housing disengages before the other of the at least proximal engagement member and the at least one distal engagement member disengages from the at least one complementary engagement member of the housing to provide a staged dismounting of the cover member from the housing. 8. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the lid member is openable to a position greater than 90° relative to the housing. 9. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the hinge includes a part associated with the support member and a part associated with the lid member, and wherein the support member part of the hinge is upstanding from a plane defined by a general body of the support member. 10. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein a support member part of the hinge and a lid member part of the hinge are provided, at least in part, by a complementary pivot projection and pivot recess, one of which is formed in a peripheral lip depending from a general body of the lid member and the other of which is disposed on the support member. 11. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein the lid member is openable with respect to the support member about the hinge until a stop position is reached at which a portion of the lid member comes into engagement with a portion of the support member, and wherein a further opening force tends to lift the support member from the product dispenser to disengage the complementary engagement member to thereby dismount the cover member from the product housing. 12. The product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the portion of the lid member is provided by a peripheral rim of the lid member depending from a general body of the lid member. 13. The product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the portion of the support member is provided by a protrusion from a general body of the support member, and wherein the protrusion forms an overhang against which the portion of the lid member comes into contact when the lid member is in the open position. 14. The product dispenser of claim 13, wherein a component of the hinge is disposed on an end of the overhang. 15. The product dispenser of claim 11, wherein the portion of the lid member is disposed on one side of the hinge and the majority of the lid member is disposed on the other side of the hinge. 16. The product dispenser of claim 1, wherein one of the at least one engagement member and the at least one complementary engagement member includes a member that resiliently deflects to allow the support member to be mounted to the product housing and resiliently reforms into a position in which the protruding and recessed surfaces interact to resist the support member from being removed from the product housing. 17. The product dispenser of claim 16, wherein at least one of the protruding and recessed surfaces is angled relative to a direction of mounting and removing the support member to and from the product housing so as not to be perpendicular thereto. 18. A cover member for a product housing of a product dispenser comprising: a lid member comprising a dispensing opening through which products are dispensable, wherein the dispensing opening includes a hole present in the lid member, anda hinge connecting a support member and the lid member and about which the lid member is openable for refilling the product housing and closable for covering the dispensable products in the housing,wherein the support member includes at least one mechanical engagement member so that the cover member is removably mounted to the product housing of the dispenser, wherein the support member is frame shaped for seating against a planar upper surface of the product dispenser, wherein the frame borders an opening through which products can be passed to fill the product housing,wherein the support member has a top surface oriented toward the lid member, and wherein the lid member comprises a portion positioned so that as the lid member rotates about the hinge into open position, the portion of the lid member rotates to engage with the top surface of the support member to tend to tend to lift the support member from the housing. 19. The cover member of claim 18, wherein the at least one engagement member is one of a recess for receiving a resilient snap type member of the product housing for engaging the recess or a resilient snap type member for engaging a recess on the product housing. 20. The cover member of claim 19, wherein the recess defines a ledge against which a planar surface of the resilient engagement member seats. 21. The cover member of claim 18, wherein the portion of the lid member is provided by a skirting depending from a general body of the lid member. 22. The cover member of claim 18, wherein the portion of the lid member comes into engagement with the top surface of the support member so that further force in the opening direction of the lid member causes a force to be applied to the top surface of the support member by the portion of the lid member in a lifting direction with respect to the support member being lifted from the housing. 23. The cover member of claim 18, wherein the support member comprises a protrusion defining an overhang extending the top surface of the support member, and the portion of the lid member engages the top surface of the overhang when the lid member is in an open position. 24. The cover member of claim 23, wherein the overhang is spaced from the support member to accommodate rotation of the portion of the lid member during rotation of the lid member about the hinge. 25. The cover member of claim 18, wherein the hinge is disposed adjacent one end of the lid member so that a majority of the lid member is disposed on one side of the hinge, and wherein the portion of the lid member is disposed on the other side of the hinge. 26. The cover member of claim 25, wherein the portion of the lid member comes into engagement with the top surface of the support member after the majority of the lid member on one side of the hinge has rotated past a rotation of 90° in the opening direction. 27. The cover member of claim 18, wherein the portion of the lid member is provided by a peripheral lip of the lid member depending from a general body of the lid member. 28. The cover member of claim 18, wherein the hinge comprises a pivot pin component and a pivot pin receiving component, and wherein one of the hinge components is disposed on the support member and one of the hinge components is disposed on the lid member. 29. The cover member of claim 28, wherein the lid member comprises a peripheral lip depending from a general body of the lid member, and wherein one of the hinge components is disposed on an inner surface of the peripheral lip.
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