Colgate Palmolive Company

Virgil Calejesan

Kiat-Cheong Toh

Andrea Brown

Disclosed is a pump dispenser comprising: a body defining a hollow interior and an opening through which at least a portion of a refill cartridge containing a flowable substance is receivable into the hollow interior; a lid; and a pump for pumping the flowable substance from the refill cartridge when the portion of the refill cartridge is in the hollow interior and the lid closes the opening. The lid comprises a dip tube with a lumen fluidly connected to the pump, the dip tube has a tapered end located in the hollow interior when the lid closes the opening. At least one of the body and the lid has a grip on an exterior surface thereof for aiding relative movement of the body and the lid to access the hollow interior when the lid closes the opening. Also disclosed is a system comprising the pump dispenser and the refill cartridge.

Pump dispenser and system comprising a refill cartridge and the pump dispenser

Disclosed is a pump dispenser () comprising: a body () defining a hollow interior () and an opening () through which at least a portion of a refill cartridge () containing a flowable substance is receivable into the hollow interior (); a lid (); and a pump for pumping the flowable substance from the refill cartridge () when the portion of the refill cartridge () is in the hollow interior () and the lid () closes the opening (). The lid () comprises a dip tube () with a lumen () fluidly connected to the pump, the dip tube () has a tapered end (A) located in the hollow interior () when the lid () closes the opening (). At least one of the body () and the lid () has a grip on an exterior surface thereof for aiding relative movement of the body () and the lid () to access the hollow interior () when the lid () closes the opening (). Also disclosed is a system comprising the pump dispenser () and the refill cartridge ().

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Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Virgil Calejesan