Patent ID: 8777062

Claim:
A product dispenser including a housing holding a product refill unit including a product reservoir and a piston pump, said product reservoir defining an internal volume and including recesses protruding into said internal volume, the housing comprising: (a) a backplate having a top end and a bottom dispensing end, (b) a cover having a top and a bottom dispensing end, said cover extending from said top end to said bottom dispensing end of said backplate; (c) a hinge mechanism engaging said recesses of said product reservoir to pivotally connect said cover to said product reservoir; and (d) a cover axis defined by said hinge mechanism, said cover pivoting about said cover axis to actuate the dispenser when an actuating force is applied at a position below said cover axis and adjacent to the bottom dispensing end of the cover, pivoting of said cover causing a piston portion of the piston pump to move in the direction of said applied actuating force thereby causing dispensing of a product adjacent to the bottom dispensing end of the backplate, said cover axis being positioned nearer to the bottom dispensing end of the cover than the top of the cover.