Patent ID: 8146180

Claim:
A device for dispensing a toilet treatment chemical to a toilet bowl, the device comprising: a cover suitable to be pivotably mounted to a rearward portion of the toilet bowl so as to pivot between a somewhat upright position and an essentially horizontal position; a dispenser mounted to the cover; a plurality of solid tablets stored in the dispenser so as to be dispensable therefrom, wherein at least one of the tablets comprises a toilet treatment chemical; and an actuator for moving a tablet from a ready position of the dispenser to a release position adjacent the toilet bowl; wherein the actuator is configured to move a tablet from the ready position of the dispenser to the release position when the cover is closed and the actuator is actuated; the actuator being manually downwardly movable to achieve dispensing of the chemical after the cover is closed; wherein the actuator is linked to a return spring such that after a tablet is moved from the ready position of the dispenser to the release position the return spring will cause the actuator to move back to a rest position while the cover is still closed.