Patent ID: 8561854

Claim:
A dispenser for dispensing a product, the dispenser comprising: a housing having a top portion, a bottom portion and a cavity located between said top and bottom portion, said cavity having an outlet in said top portion of said housing, at least a portion of said cavity designed to contain the product, said cavity having a first and a second portion, said first and second portions extend along at least a majority of a longitudinal length of said cavity, said second portion spaced from a central longitudinal axis of said cavity, said second portion having a side slot that opens into said first portion; a single piston disposed inside said housing and positioned at least partially in said cavity; a single spring-biased pawl mechanism at least partially contained within said cavity and connected to a side of said piston and having a pawl opening defined therein, said spring-biased pawl mechanism at least partially extending through said side opening in said second portion of said cavity; a single elongated rod offset from a central longitudinal axis of said cavity and positioned closely adjacent to an outer wall of said cavity and extending a majority of the longitudinal length of said cavity and is movable in a translatory motion along said longitudinal axis of said cavity in a first direction and in a second direction opposite said first direction, said elongated rod frictionally engaging with said pawl mechanism at said pawl opening such that when said elongated rod is moved in said first direction said pawl mechanism causes said piston to move in said first direction toward said top portion of said housing to thereby cause the product to be dispensed from said outlet, said pawl mechanism pivoting when said elongated rod is moved in said second direction such that said elongated rod passes through said pawl opening in said pawl mechanism and moves in said second direction independently of said piston to thereby inhibit or prevent movement of said piston by said elongated rod in said second direction; and, a trigger positioned at or adjacent to said top portion of said housing, said trigger in operative relation to said elongated rod such that actuation of said trigger to cause said trigger to move toward a closed position causes said elongated rod to move in said first direction and deactuation of said trigger causes said trigger to move to an open position to thereby cause said elongated rod to move in said second direction.