Trigger sprayer with bottle filling conduit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9505015-B2
Application number	US-201414282120-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 20, 2014
Priority date	May 21, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

A fluid delivery device having a trigger actuated sprayer assembly for dispensing a liquid with features such as a bottle with a concavity, a clip around the bottle neck, a sprayer assembly with a bottle filling conduit and a translucent neck window on the sprayer assembly for viewing the bottle filling conduit. The fluid delivery system includes a bottle with a concavity in the side wall attached to a body. A pump in the body receives fluid from the bottle via a fluid inlet conduit and discharges the fluid from a fluid discharge conduit. Also provided is a kit including (i) a fluid delivery device with a bottle, and (ii) one or more fluid refill containers, wherein the bottle and the container(s) include matching indicia of the fluid such that the bottle is only filled from a container with the fluid indicated by the matching indicia.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid delivery device comprising:
a bottle for containing a fluid, the bottle having an end wall and a side wall extending away from the end wall, the side wall forming a neck region and terminating at an opening of the bottle;
a body including an attachment ring secured in a bottom opening of the body, the attachment ring including opposed notches, the bottom opening of the body attached to the bottle adjacent the opening of the bottle;
a pump in the body, the pump being in fluid communication with a fluid inlet conduit upstream of the pump and a fluid discharge conduit downstream of the pump, the pump receiving fluid from the fluid inlet conduit and discharging fluid from the fluid discharge conduit,
wherein the side wall of the bottle has a concavity that extends from the end wall of the bottle in a direction toward the opening of the bottle; and
a clip including a collar, wherein the collar is positioned around the neck region of the bottle adjacent the opening of the bottle, and wherein the collar includes opposed tabs positioned to engage the opposed notches.

2. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
a view of a cross-section of the side wall of the bottle transverse to a longitudinal axis of the bottle includes the concavity.

3. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the concavity extends from the end wall of the bottle to the neck region of the side wall of the bottle adjacent the opening of the bottle, the neck region of the side wall being of reduced diameter compared to an end wall region of the side wall of the bottle adjacent the end wall of the bottle.

4. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the fluid discharge conduit extends in a direction transverse to a radius of curvature of the concavity.

5. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the body is attached to the bottle by way of a mounting tab of the attachment ring and the opposed tabs on the clip forming a locking engagement with the opposed notches of the attachment ring.

6. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the clip is arranged in a facing relationship with the concavity in the side wall of the bottle.

7. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the collar contacts a lower end of the body when the body is attached to the bottle.

8. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
outer surfaces of the collar and the lower end of the body are flush when the body is attached to the bottle.

9. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the clip includes an inverted J-shaped section integral with the collar.

10. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the attachment ring also includes mounting tabs extending inwardly within the bottom opening adjacent the opposed notches;
the neck region includes a portion that extends above the collar of the clip and includes channels configured to retain the mounting tabs, wherein the body is retained on the neck region of the container by positioning the mounting tabs in the channels by way of a quarter turn and the opposed tabs of the collar engaging the opposed notches of the attachment ring of the body.

11. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
a locking engagement of the opposed tabs of the collar within the opposed notches of the attachment ring of the body restrict the orientation of the fluid discharge conduit to one of a first position or a second position, wherein the first position of the fluid discharge conduit is rotated 180 degrees from the second position of the fluid discharge conduit.

12. The fluid delivery device of claim 11 wherein:
the orientation of the body relative to the bottle is a left handed configuration in the first position and a right handed configuration in the second position, and wherein the fluid discharge conduit extends in a direction transverse to a radius of curvature of the concavity in both the first position and the second position.

13. The fluid delivery device of claim 1 wherein:
the body is attached to the bottle by way of a mounting tab of the attachment ring.

14. The fluid delivery device of claim 13 wherein:
the mounting tab is secured in a channel of the neck region of the bottle.

15. The fluid delivery device of claim 14 further comprising:
one of (i) an additional mounting tab or (ii) an additional channel such that the body can be attached to the bottle with the concavity facing leftward or rightward from the body when viewed from a rear view of the body.

Assignees

• Johnson & Son Inc S C
• Johnson & Son Inc S C

Inventors

• Conway Simon M
• Babinski Linda J
• Schreiber Kate
• Wosewick Robert T
• Eiger Aaron B
• Thompson Evan P
• Wesolowski Trevor

Classifications

• B05B11/1011

  without substantial movement of the nozzle in the direction of the pressure stroke · CPC title

• B05B11/1045

  the pump being preassembled as an independent unit before being mounted on the container (B05B11/1047, B05B11/1049 take precedence) · CPC title

• A45F5/1583

  Holders or carriers for beverage vessels, e.g. bottles · CPC title

• B05B11/001

  Snap-on-twist-off type connections · CPC title

• A45F2200/0583

  Human Necessities · mapped topic