A standalone pedal sprayer is an apparatus that dispenses a solution. The apparatus serves as a free-standing dispenser that facilitates the retrieval of a solution such as hand sanitizer, alcohol, and the like. The apparatus includes a sprayer housing, a foot pump, a supply tubing, and a nozzle. The sprayer housing is vertically oriented and positions the nozzle within hands-reach of a user. The sprayer housing also serves as a reservoir for a solution and is refillable. The foot pump dispenses the solution within the sprayer housing and out of the nozzle. The apparatus further includes a pedal shield that protects a rubber cap of the foot pump from being damaged. In order to provide access into the sprayer housing for refill, the sprayer housing further includes a refill cover and a cam lock. The cam lock prevents any unauthorized solutions or materials from entering into the sprayer housing.

A device for wearing on a person's wrist and dispensing a liquid, such as sanitizing liquid, includes a wristband that has a central mount and two opposing ends. Each end has one part of a two-part mechanical fastener. A container is fixed with the central mount of the wristband and has a top side, a side wall, and a bottom side. The side wall includes an open portion that is fixed with a nozzle. The top side includes a resilient pump diaphragm. The top side, side wall, and bottom side all define an internal volume within the container. Preferably the bottom side of the container includes a removable cap that is removable form the container to provide access to the internal space for refilling the container with the liquid. Depressing the pump diaphragm forces the liquid to be dispensed out of the nozzle.

A container configured to hold a liquid shampoo composition with an aesthetic design formed at least in part by visually discernable, stable bubbles suspended therein. The shampoo composition can have a cleansing phase containing one or more detersive surfactants. In addition to the cleansing phase, the composition can have an additional cleansing phase and/or a benefit phase that can provide conditioning as well as additional visual interest.

An air-assisted, gravity feed amenity fluid dispensing system suitable for use with personal care fluids. The system may be embodied in a fluid dispenser including a support structure attachable to a support surface such as a wall and an openable canister supported by the support structure. The canister defines an internal cavity configured for inserting a recyclable container pre-packaged with the personal care fluid, and a fluid dispensing mechanism including an air pump configured to pressurize and dispense the fluid from the container through a dispensing hole in the canister. The air pump may be manually-operated in one embodiment to pump air into the container and dispense fluid each time a user depresses an actuator button. The personal care fluid may alternatively be filled directly into the canister without use of an insertable fluid container. Plural canisters each containing different fluids may be supported by the support structure.

A hand sanitizing station apparatus for convenient zero contact sanitization includes a basin coupled to a housing. A misting tip is coupled to the basin through a tip aperture. A head of the misting tip has a release aperture to create a mist. A feeder tube is coupled to the misting tip and a tank is coupled to the feeder tube and contains pressurized hand sanitizer. A release valve is coupled to the feeder tube between the tank and the misting tip. A motion sensor is coupled to the basin and is in operational communication with the release valve to allow flow of the pressurized hand sanitizer through to the release aperture of the misting tip when a user's hands are placed within the basin.

A container configured to hold a multiphase shampoo composition. The multiphase shampoo composition has a cleansing phase containing a detersive surfactant and a benefit phase containing a gel network. The cleansing phase and benefit phase are visually discrete phases, in physical contact, and form an aesthetic design suspended across at least a portion of the container.

A hand sanitizer dispensing device and method of dispensing sanitizing fluid are disclosed. The device may be mounted to the stem of a scooter or to the tubes of a bicycle frame. The device has an outer shell, an inner pod that holds a bag of sanitizing fluid, and a top cover that secures the inner pod to the outer shell. A pump/nozzle assembly communicates with an actuator to selectively dispense the fluid. Manual activation is achieved by pulling on a lever of the actuator. Automatic activation is achieved by placing the hand(s) under the dispenser whereby a sensor senses the presence of a hand(s) to dispense the fluid. The device communicates wirelessly with a mobile communication device application allowing the user to purchase use of the dispensing device. User interfaces on the mobile communication device guide the user to execute the purchase and to unlock the device for use.

An authentication reader and a dispenser comprising the authentication reader for authenticating a product having a taggant ink disposed on the product's surface.

The present invention relates to an upcycling system for recycling fragments of solid personal care products. The system includes a dispensing device and a method that allows an individual to turn personal care bar fragments into a liquid cleansing solution that can then be dispensed from the device. The dispenser has at least one suction cup and a removable hook to allow it to easily be stored within a shower. Further, the dispenser has a spout and a push-button assembly that controls the flow of liquid soap from the spout. The method allows a user to place a personal cleansing bar fragment into the device and add a warm liquid to turn the fragment into a liquid cleansing solution that can then be poured from the dispenser.

Personal use articles such as dispensers are inconspicuously locked and unlocked to a base unit with a mechanical or magnetic key. A projection extends downwardly from the bottom surface of each article, such that when the projection is received by the base unit, the lower surface of the article is seen to be resting upon the upper surface of the base unit, visually obscuring the opening into the base unit. A mechanism captures the projection(s), thereby locking the article to the base unit. The projection may include a peripheral groove, and the mechanism may include a structure that engages with the groove to lock the article to the base unit. The structure may comprise a plunger, a hinged panel with cut-out that engages with the groove, or a panel with a shaped opening that slides within the base unit.