Patent ID: 7617952

Claim:
A portable dispenser for a viscous fluid, the viscous fluid being housed in a container having an opening, the dispenser comprising: a housing having a receiving area configured to accept the container and having a fastener for selective attachment to an article of clothing; and an output device for selective coupling with the container, whereby the viscous fluid may selectively pass from the container through the container opening and the output device; wherein the container includes threads adjacent the container opening; wherein the output device includes threads complementary to the threads of the container for selective attachment of the container and the output device; wherein the output device is selectively receivable in the housing and includes a valve for selectively allowing the viscous fluid to pass through the output device; wherein the valve includes an outlet tube adjustable between a closed configuration and an open configuration; wherein a rocker is coupled to the housing and movable between a first configuration in which a first end of the rocker does not exert a force on the container and a second end of the rocker ensures the outlet tube is at the closed configuration and a second configuration in which the rocker first end exerts a force on the container and the rocker second end allows the outlet tube to be at the open configuration; wherein the rocker is biased toward the first rocker configuration; wherein the housing has a front wall to shield the container from unwanted contact when the container is attached to the output device and the output device is received in the housing; and wherein the front wall is between the container and the rocker first end when the rocker is at the first configuration such that the container is closer to the front wall than to the rocker first end when the rocker is at the first configuration.