Patent ID: 7011236

Claim:
An assembly for securing and sealing a dispenser to a container having a flange surrounding an opening therein, said assembly comprising: a dispenser sub-assembly comprising an outer body having an outer surface adapted to engage an inner surface of the opening in the container when said dispenser sub-assembly is inserted in the opening in the container so as to secure and seal said dispenser sub-assembly within the opening in the container, wherein the outer surface of the outer body has a portion with a diameter greater than a portion of the inner surface of the opening in the container so as to secure and seal said dispenser sub-assembly within the opening in the container by frictional engagement between the outer surface of the outer body with the inner surface of the opening; a retaining collet positioned to surround the flange in the container, said retaining collet having an outer surface having an outer diameter, and having a downwardly extending skirt having a bottom portion thereof extending radially outwardly; a decorative collar having a sleeve about its periphery, the sleeve having an inner surface having a diameter sized to encase the skirt of said retaining collet, said decorative collar slideable through a path of movement over said retaining collet to an assembled position, the sleeve of said decorative collar deforming the bottom portion of the skirt of said retaining collet radially inwardly to a position under the flange of the container as said decorative collar is slid to the assembled position, the sleeve of said decorative collar maintaining said decorative collar in the assembled position on said retaining collet; and wherein said retaining collet provides substantially no sealing and securing functions other than to retain said decorative collar in place such that said assembly is secured and sealed to the container substantially solely by its cooperation with the opening in the container.