US Patent Issued to OP-HYGIENE IP on July 21 for "Fluid dispenser with independently moveable lever and nozzle shield" (Irish, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,021, issued on July 21, was assigned to OP-HYGIENE IP GMBH (Niederbipp, Switzerland).

"Fluid dispenser with independently moveable lever and nozzle shield" was invented by Heiner Ophardt (Arisdorf, Switzerland) and Padraig McDonagh (County Sligo, Ireland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid dispenser housing including a lever, a biasing mechanism, and a pump engagement member. When the lever is at a rest position and the pump engagement member is at a home position, movement of the lever from the rest position to an activated position causes the lever to engage with the pump engagement member, which moves the pump engagement member...