Patent ID: 8708198

Claim:
A dispenser housing that receives a refill unit including a container and a pump associated with the container to pump contents from the container, the dispenser housing comprising: an actuator carriage, wherein the entire actuator carriage moves together in a vertical direction between a rest position and an actuated position, wherein, when a refill unit is received in the dispenser housing, movement of the actuator carriage from said rest position to said actuated position actuates the pump of the refill unit; a lockout device, wherein the entire lockout device moves together in a lateral direction between an open position and a closed position, wherein, when said lockout device is in said open position, said lockout device does not block vertical movement of said actuator carriage and said actuator carriage is movable from said rest position to said actuated position, and, when said lockout device is in said closed position, movement of said actuator carriage is blocked by said lockout device such that said actuator carriage cannot be moved from said rest position to said actuated position; wherein said lockout device includes: a slide bar; a notch in said slide bar; a latch having a tooth that selectively engages said notch, wherein, when said tooth engages said notch, said lockout device is held in said open position, and, when said tooth is disengaged from said notch, said lockout device is forced to said closed position.