US 12,168,240 B2
Dispenser system
Kiat-Cheong Toh, Forest Hills, NY (US); Mark Bartlett, North East, PA (US); and Peter Fallat, II, Topeka, KS (US)
Assigned to Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Colgate-Palmolive Company, New York, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,980.
Application 18/299,980 is a division of application No. 17/303,687, filed on Jun. 4, 2021, abandoned.
Application 17/303,687 is a division of application No. 16/221,661, filed on Dec. 17, 2018, granted, now 11,033,920, issued on Jun. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,719, filed on Dec. 29, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/611,710, filed on Dec. 29, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0294119 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. B05B 11/00 (2023.01); A47K 5/12 (2006.01); B05B 11/10 (2023.01); B05B 15/30 (2018.01); A45D 34/00 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 11/1047 (2023.01) [A47K 5/1201 (2013.01); A47K 5/1205 (2013.01); A47K 5/1208 (2013.01); A47K 5/1211 (2013.01); B05B 11/0008 (2013.01); B05B 11/0038 (2018.08); B05B 11/0054 (2013.01); B05B 15/30 (2018.02); A45D 34/00 (2013.01); A45D 2034/005 (2013.01); B05B 11/0064 (2013.01); B05B 11/0097 (2013.01); B05B 11/1001 (2023.01); B05B 11/1067 (2023.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for dispensing a personal care fluid, the system comprising:
a dispenser comprising:
a dispenser body comprising a refill cavity having a top end;
a dispenser lid; and
a pump sub-system comprising a dip tube, a dispensing orifice, and a pump;
a refill cartridge configured for slidable insertion and removal from the refill cavity via the top end of the refill cavity, the refill cartridge comprising:
a cartridge body comprising a fluid cavity; and
a store of the personal care fluid in the fluid cavity;
wherein the dispenser body comprises a ramped portion located within the refill cavity, the ramped portion configured to engage a lid coupling element on the dispenser lid to prevent rotation of the dispenser lid relative to the dispenser body, the ramped portion formed as a protrusion extending from the dispenser body;
wherein the ramped portion is angled downwardly from an open top end of the dispenser body; and
wherein the ramped portion further comprises a locking portion extending from an end of the ramped portion, the locking portion forming a stopper to prevent further movement of the lid coupling element therepast.