Patent ID: 6318600
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A dispenser for holding a can of shaving cream and enabling the shaving cream to be dispensed from the can by using only one finger of one hand, the dispenser comprising:a. a base having an open cylindrical cavity therein, a horizontal ledge surrounding the cylindrical cavity, the cylindrical cavity having an interior sidewall which extends into a lip surrounding the cavity and rising above the horizontal ledge, and a lower base surface within the cavity and forming a bottom of the cavity, the cylindrical cavity being open at its top;b. a vertical post attached at one end to said base and hingeably attached at its other end to a transverse handle so that the transverse handle extends above and approximately parallel to said cylindrical cavity;c. a downwardly extending peg attached to said transverse handle and which extends downwardly toward said cylindrical cavity of said base, the peg approximately aligned with the center of said cylindrical cavity;d. the diameter of said cavity sized for accommodating the diameter of a first can of shaving cream and the height from said lower base surface to the tip of said peg sized for matching the height of the first can of shaving cream from its base to its dispensing nozzle so that the dispensing nozzle lies immediately below said peg; ande. the diameter of said horizontal ledge sized for accommodating the diameter of a wider can of shaving cream and the height from said horizontal ledge to the tip of said peg sized for matching the height of the wider can of shaving cream from its base to its dispensing nozzle so that the dispensing nozzle lies immediately below said peg;f. whereby, when the first can of shaving cream is placed in said cylindrical cavity and rests on said base, depressing the transverse handle with one finger enables shaving cream to be dispensed, and when the can is removed, and said wider can is placed on said horizontal ledge and is retained thereon by said lip, depressing the transverse handle with one finger enables shaving cream to be dispensed.