Patent ID: 7663977

Claim:
A timer assembly for mounting removably on a personal soap dispenser of a type having a pump operated by a soap dispensing plunger with a handle and spout, the timer assembly comprising: a housing; a timer in the housing for measuring a preselected time interval; means in the housing for signaling the time interval to the user at least one of audibly and visually; actuating means in the housing for starting the timer; and means for mounting the housing on the handle, removably, so that the actuating means is normally operated to start the timer by depression of the handle to dispense soap wherein: the mounting means comprises a hood/cover formed with a housing receiving pocket having a resiliently flexible mouth portion and a spout receiving sleeve extending from the pocket so that, when received in the pocket, the housing can be mounted removably on the handle by looping the sleeve over the spout and moving the assembly of the module and hood downwards and rearwards, away from the spout, bringing the mouth portion into gripping receipt of the handle and demounted by tilting forward towards the spout, stretching of the mouth portion to release at least a lower portion of the handle from the mouth portion and moving the assembly towards and over the spout to slip the sleeve off the spout.