Patent ID: 7748573

Claim:
A fluid dispenser having a housing, an axle member carried by the housing, the axle member disposed about a longitudinal axis, the axle member being movable relative the housing in a direction normal to the axis between a first rear position and a second forward position, an axle biasing member urging the axle member to assume the first rear position, the axle member being movable from the first rear position to the second forward position against the bias of the biasing member, a cover coupled to the housing for movement between a closed position in which the dispenser is operative for dispensing fluid and an open position in which access is provided to an interior of the housing, the cover having a rearwardly extending hook member, the hook member removably engaging the axle member, wherein when the hook member engages the axle member: (a) the cover is in the closed position when the axle member is in the first rear position, (b) the axle biasing member in urging the axle member to the first position urges the cover to the closed position, and (c) movement of the cover from the closed position to the open position moves the axle member from the first rear position to the second forward position against the bias of the axle biasing member, the hook member being engageable and disengageable from the axle member for coupling and uncoupling of the cover relative to the housing when the axle member is in the second front position and the cover member is proximate the closed position.