Patent ID: 8353427

Claim:
In a dispensing apparatus for dispensing fluid, such as hand-sanitary liquid, hand-antiseptic lotion, and the like, which dispensing apparatus comprises a main housing having a pair of side walls, a rear wall, a pivotal front cover pivotal to an open position to allow access to the interior of the main frame, said main housing mounting in the interior thereof an automatic dispensing station having a pump assembly and a bottom dispensing nozzle for dispensing measured amounts of fluid, a rechargeable battery-pack assembly, and a flexible, dispensing fluid-storage bag operatively connected to said pump assembly and said nozzle, and at least one solar panel operatively connected to said battery-pack assembly, the contents of said bag being dispensed through said nozzle, the improvement comprising: a lower, pivotal tray comprising a first generally vertical section, and a second generally horizontal section, said second section having a substantially depressed upper surface for collecting unused and spilled dispensed fluid; said first vertical section having a pair of mounting elements projecting therefrom; each of said first and second side walls of said main housing having a lower portion having a groove formed therein for receiving a respective said mounting element, each said groove having a front entrance-opening by which a respective said mounting element is received, a generally elongated straight section extending rearwardly from said entrance opening, and a rear downwardly-extending section extending from the rear of said generally elongated straight section; said tray further comprising a rearwardly-extending protuberance for contact against a wall to which is mounted said rear wall of said main housing for orienting said tray in a pivoted state such that the forward edge surface of said second generally horizontal section of said tray is positioned forwardly of said dispensing nozzle so that the tray captures excess fluid dispensed by said nozzle.