Patent ID: 8123082

Claim:
A hand-held dispensing device for dispensing a substance, said device comprising: a housing; a dispenser incorporating: i) a dispenser body defining a dispensing chamber for holding the substance; ii) an outlet in communication with said dispensing chamber; iii) a dispensing mechanism for dispensing the contents of said dispensing chamber through said outlet; and iv) an actuating member mounted for movement relative to said dispenser body to actuate said dispensing mechanism; and a locking assembly for releasably locking said dispenser body relative to said housing to prevent manual sliding movement of said dispenser body relative to said housing in at least a first, operative position of said dispenser in which said actuating member is movable relative to said dispenser body to actuate said dispensing mechanism to dispense the substance through said outlet to a user, whereby a user may grasp said housing and effect manual movement of said actuating member relative to said housing and said dispenser body to actuate said dispensing mechanism to dispense the contents of said dispensing chamber through said outlet; wherein: said dispenser, as a unit, is movable between said first, operative position and a second, non-use position in which the substance cannot be dispensed through said outlet to a user; and said actuating member is in the form of a dispenser head incorporating said outlet, said dispenser head being mounted at one end of said dispenser body for manual depression relative to said dispenser body to actuate said dispensing mechanism.