Dispensing System for a Viscous Fluid

Abstract

The disclosure depicts a dispensing system for a viscous fluid. The system has a reservoir for containment of a fluid a pump removably insertable into an aperture in the recessed portion of the top of the reservoir, and the pump has an elongate handle having a spout adjacent a terminal end of the elongate handle. The pump handle may be selectively rotated from a stowed position to a dispensing position. In the dispensing position, a piston mechanism enables the handle to be selectively positionable between an initial position and a depressed position.

1 . A dispensing system for a viscous fluid, the system comprising:
 a reservoir for containment of a fluid, the reservoir having a bottom, a top, a rear wall and a front wall;   the top having an upper portion and a recessed portion, and further including a lip extending upwardly from the upper portion, the lip positioned proximate the rear wall;   a pump for removing fluid through an aperture in the recessed portion of the top;   the pump having
 an elongate handle having a spout adjacent a terminal end of the elongate handle; 
   a dip tube having an open end extending into the reservoir, the elongate handle being rotatable about an axis passing through the dip tube;   a piston mechanism enabling selective positioning of the handle between a dispensing position and a depressed position; wherein, fluid contained in the reservoir is inhaled through the dip tube and expelled from the spout as the handle is moved from the dispensing position to the depressed position;   and wherein, the handle is selectively rotatable from a stowed position wherein the handle engages the lip formed on the upper portion of the top, and the dispensing position wherein the handle extends outwardly from the front wall and is displaceable to the depressed position.   
     
     
         2 . The system as in  claim 1 , further comprising a clip engaging the reservoir and adapted to attach the reservoir to an article of clothing. 
     
     
         3 . The system as in  claim 2 , wherein the clip and reservoir comprise a unitary, monolithic one-piece structure. 
     
     
         4 . The system as in  claim 3 , wherein the clip extends from the rear wall. 
     
     
         5 . The system as in  claim 1 , the fluid comprising hand sanitizer. 
     
     
         6 . The system as in  claim 1 , wherein the upper portion of the top includes a means for retaining the elongate handle in a stowed position. 
     
     
         7 . The system as in  claim 1 , further comprising
 a lip extending upwardly from the upper portion of the top, the lip coplanar with the rear wall and formed to prevent further rotation of the elongate handle past the lip.   
     
     
         8 . The system as in  claim 1 , further comprising
 a threaded sleeve positioned so that at least a portion of the dip tube passes through the sleeve;   threading on the aperture; and,   the sleeve and aperture are cooperatively formed to enable the pump to be screwed onto the reservoir.   
     
     
         9 . A dispensing system for hand sanitizer, the system comprising:
 a reservoir for containment of liquid hand sanitizer, the reservoir having a bottom, a top, a rear wall and a front wall;   a clip engaging the rear wall and adapted to attach the reservoir to an article of clothing;   the top having an upper portion and a recessed portion, and further including a lip extending upwardly from the upper portion, the lip positioned proximate the rear wall;   a pump for removing the liquid hand sanitizer through an aperture in the recessed portion of the top;   the pump having
 an elongate handle having a spout adjacent a terminal end of the elongate handle; 
 a dip tube having an open end extending into the reservoir, the elongate handle being rotatable about an axis passing through the dip tube, the elongate handle selectively rotatable about the axis between a stowed position engaging the upper portion and a dispensing position; 
   a piston mechanism enabling selective positioning of the handle between the dispensing position and a depressed position;   a lip extending upwardly from the upper portion of the top, the lip coplanar with the rear wall and formed to prevent further rotation of the elongate handle past the lip;   wherein, the liquid hand sanitizer contained in the reservoir is inhaled through the dip tube and expelled from the spout as the handle is moved from the dispensing position to the depressed position;   and wherein the upper portion of the top includes a means for retaining the elongate handle in the stowed position;   and wherein, the handle is selectively displaceable from a dispensing position wherein the handle extends outwardly from the front wall and to the depressed position.