Patent ID: 6898806

Claim:
A device for dispensing a liquid active substance into flushing water of a toilet bowl, the device comprising: (a) a supply container for containing the liquid active substance, wherein said supply container has an opening disposed on an underside of said supply container; (b) a carrying body comprising: (i) a base having an opening; (ii) a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from said base; and (iii) a plurality of tabs disposed around a portion of a perimeter of said opening of said base and projecting upwardly from said base; and (c) a distributor plate secured to said base of said carrying body, comprising; (i) a plug-in spike projecting upwardly through said opening in said base of said carrying body and into said opening of said supply container; (ii) a plurality of grooves circumferentially distributed around said plug-in spike and in fluid communication with the liquid active substance in said supply container; (iii) a plurality of distributor channels in fluid communication with said plurality of grooves and extending from a base of said plug-in spike in a bowed manner; and (iv) a plurality of capillary channels in fluid communication with said plurality of distributor channels via a plurality of branching locations, wherein each of said plurality of distributor channels supplies a plurality of capillary channels.