Patent ID: 9271612
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: A47K,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A dispensing device comprising: a housing including a front face, a back face, a top face, a bottom face and two opposing side faces; an outlet on the bottom face for dispensing a sanitizing material; a mechanism causing the sanitizing material to be dispensed; a first directional sensor electronically coupled to the dispensing device and facing in a first direction substantially orthogonal to the front face to detect only a person approaching the dispensing device from the front; a second directional sensor electronically coupled to the dispensing device and facing in a second direction substantially at a right angle to the first direction, to detect only a person passing by one of the side faces;and an alert mechanism providing, when activated, a visual or an audible signal; wherein first sensor, detecting an approaching person, activates the alert mechanism, alerting the approaching person to the presence of the dispensing device, and the second sensor detects the person passing by one of the opposing side faces.