Patent ID: 11937682

Abstract:
A refillable dispenser for receiving consumable pods, such as deodorant pods and lipstick pods, that are gradually consumed during use, is provided. The refillable dispenser includes a base container, a pod housing for receiving the pod which is vertically displaceable within the base container, and a dispensing mechanism for moving the pod housing relative to the base container between an uppermost and a lowermost configuration. Lowering the pod housing in the base container causes an upper portion of the pod to extend through an opened top defined by the pod housing. In the uppermost configuration, a new pod introduced within the pod housing will have its upper portion extending through the opened top of the pod housing and will be dispensable therefrom, while in the lowermost configuration, an almost fully dispensed pod can be removed from the pod housing, or alternatively, the pod can be fully dispensed.