Patents Examined by Daniel R Schearer
  • Patent number: 9211994
    Abstract: A dispensing system has a central longitudinal axis and includes a shroud adapted to receive a container. The shroud includes a gripping portion adapted to be gripped by a hand of a user. The dispensing system also includes an actuation member adapted to rotate about a rotation point on a rotation axis toward an interior of the shroud in response to a force applied to the actuation member by the user. The actuation member is configured such that a rotation distance is at least about 6 centimeters. The rotation distance is measured in a direction parallel to the central longitudinal axis between a location where the user can apply the force to the actuation member and the rotation point of the actuation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Andersen, Erica Eden Cohen, Nathaniel Giraitis, Kevin Harrity, Paul Katz, Jonathan N. Mandell, Nicholas Oxley, Thomas A. Renner