Carrier For A Portable Dispenser

Abstract

A carrier suitable to mount an aerosol spray can on a backpack, a belt loop or the like. The carrier has a pair of downwardly depending skirts that are radially spaced from each other, and an upper connector section. Squeezing opposite sides of the outer skirt drives portions of the inner skirt inward as well. However, as the inner skirt is oblong, this also causes other intermediate regions of the inner skirt to bulge outwardly. These intermediate regions are designed to otherwise latch onto the can, and thus this squeezing helps release the carrier from the can. There may also be a secondary catch between the bottom of the outer skirt and the can, as well as a positive stop along an inner side of the outer skirt.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A carrier for a dispenser, the carrier comprising:
 a housing having an outer downwardly depending skirt, an inner downwardly depending skirt radially spaced inwardly from the outer downwardly depending skirt, a connector section, and a portion that can be pressed inwardly to cause a portion of the inner downwardly depending skirt to move radially inwardly;   wherein the inner downwardly depending skirt is oblong in horizontal cross section such that such radially inward movement of a portion of the inner downwardly depending skirt in response to such pressing can cause a portion of the inner downwardly depending skirt to bulge radially outwardly;   wherein a lower part of the inner downwardly depending skirt that can bulge outwardly in this manner is in a form of a radially inwardly directed catch that is configured so as to be suitable to catch onto a first portion of the dispenser when the part is not bulging outward if the dispenser is positioned adjacent thereto; and   wherein, if the catch is coupled to the dispenser, such pressing can facilitate the catch decoupling from the dispenser.   
     
     
         2 . The carrier of  claim 1 , wherein the carrier is coupled to the dispenser. 
     
     
         3 . The carrier of  claim 2 , wherein the dispenser is an aerosol spray container. 
     
     
         4 . The carrier of  claim 3 , wherein the aerosol spray container contains an insect control ingredient. 
     
     
         5 . The carrier of  claim 1 , wherein the connector section is an upper arch. 
     
     
         6 . The carrier of  claim 5 , wherein the upper arch has been linked to an item carried by a human. 
     
     
         7 . The carrier of  claim 6 , wherein the item carried by a human is a loop portion of clothing or a backpack. 
     
     
         8 . The carrier of  claim 1 , wherein the outer downwardly depending skirt has a lower catch suitable to catch onto a second portion of the dispenser. 
     
     
         9 . The carrier of  claim 1 , further comprising a stop positioned on a radially inward side of the outer downwardly depending skirt.