Patent ID: 7815074
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: A47K

Abstract:
1. A counter mounted dispensing system mounted to a counter comprising: a product container having a collar key; a bottle support, under the counter, having an open end for the insertion of said product container; a container release mechanism in said bottle support including a release ring that is movable between a container support position and a container release position, said release ring biased to said container support position; at least one protrusion having a ramped surface and a support surface on said collar key; at least one protrusion having a ramped surface and a support surface on said release ring, wherein, upon insertion of said product container into said open end of said bottle support, said ramped surface of said at least one protrusion on said collar key contacts said ramped surface of said at least one protrusion on said release ring and the ramped surfaces interact to move said release ring against the bias toward said container support position until the ramped surfaces pass one another and said release ring is moved back to said container support position by the bias against said release ring and said support surface on said collar key rests on said support surface on said release ring such that said product container is held in said bottle support.