Patent ID: 7100801

Claim:
A supply unit for a soap dispenser, comprising: a box defining an interior space sized and shaped to receive a supply of liquid soap, said box having an open upper end, a forward side of said box including a section defined by a perforated score line configured to define an aperture when said section is detached from said box, said aperture configured to permit said supply of liquid soap to be dispensed from said box, an external surface of a rearward side of said box defining a recess that receives and securely supports a battery outside of said interior space in a fixed position relative to said box; a bag containing a supply of soap placed within said interior space of said box; and a plate sized and shaped to cover said open upper end; wherein at least terminal ends of the battery received within said recess are externally accesible when said plate is positioned to cover said open upper end of said box.