Hygienic spray bottle

• US 5,335,855 A
• Filed: 08/24/1993
• Issued: 08/09/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1993
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Murray Borod
• Original Assignee: Murray Borod
• Inventors: Borod, Murray
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): GRANT, WILLIAM ALEXANDER
• Application Number:
  US08/111,117
• Time in Patent Office: 350 Days
• Field of Search: 239/16, 239/279, 239/282, 239/283, 239/354, 239/361, 239/373, 239/391, 239/562, 239/566, 239/152, 239/154, 239/587.1, 239/588, 222/401, 222/575, 604/140, 604/146, 604/151, 206/581
• US Class Current: 239/152
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 3/26 Bidets without upward spraying means bidets with upward spraying means A61H35/00, E03D9/08
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/1672 the selectively-effective outlets being arranged on a tube or pipe
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 9/0822 a discharge device being fixed to the container

Abstract

A hygienic kit including a spray bottle for dispensing a medicament, balm, or similar liquid, including refillable containers of such liquids, and a supply of absorbent material, such as cotton swabs. The spray bottle has a screw-on cap including a hand pump for building up air pressure bearing on the liquid; a rigid, preformed discharge tube having a nozzle; a manual valve for dispensing the pressurized liquid at will; and a pickup tube extending to the bottom of the bottle. The discharge tube is configured to cooperate with a toilet bowl wall, so that the spray bottle is usable as a portable bidet. The discharge tube has a sliding sleeve selectively covering and uncovering liquid spray holes, so that the spray pattern or location is varied. In an alternative embodiment, the discharge tube includes a flexible section, enabling the nozzle to be advantageously oriented by the user, as for douching. It is compact, lightweight, and practical for travel, being usable in the absence of an external plumbing system or electrical power, and thus would be highly practical for camping in wilderness areas, or in other situations wherein plumbing or electrical amenities are lacking.

Claims

1. A hygienic spray apparatus for storing a liquid, and dispensing a stream thereof on demand, said hygienic spray apparatus comprising:

a storage container for holding liquid to be dispensed;

a cap connecting to said storage container by friction, said cap having

a pickup tube projecting downwardly from said cap and extending substantially to the bottom of said storage container, for conducting pressurized liquid into said cap,

means defining a conduit conducting liquid through said cap,

a manual valve disposed in series within said conduit, for releasing pressurized liquid from said storage container,

means defining an externally facing port in said cap, said port communicating between said conduit and the exterior of said cap,

a manual air pump for compressing air in said storage container;

a substantially rigid discharge tube insertable into said port, retainable therein by friction, and terminating in a nozzle having means defining upwardly oriented discharge holes, said discharge tube having a first section extending vertically downwardly and a second section having a distal end projecting horizontally radially away from said storage container at a level substantially even with the bottom of said storage container, and wherein said nozzle is below the bottom of said storage container; and

a sleeve slidably mounted on said nozzle, wherein certain said discharge holes being covered and prevented from discharging liquid by said sleeve and remaining said discharge holes discharging liquid when said manual valve is operated, whereby a user selects which of said discharge holes are operative, thus enabling liquid to be discharged selectively, nearer and farther from said storage container.

2. The hygienic spray apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a third section connects said nozzle to said second section and extending away from said storage container at a level lower than the level of said second section, whereby said hygienic spray apparatus is supported on top of a toilet bowl wall by said storage container, with said discharge tube located over the toilet bowl, said discharge tube clearing the toilet bowl wall.

3. The hygienic spray apparatus according to claim 1, said storage container being translucent, and having indicia indicating a preferred filling level, whereby a user readily discerns by observation an amount of liquid remaining in said storage container.

4. A hygienic spray kit including:

a hygienic spray apparatus for storing a liquid, and dispensing a stream thereof on demand, said hygienic spray apparatus comprising;

a storage container for holding liquid to be dispensed;

a cap connecting to said storage container by friction, said cap having

a manual air pump for compressing air in said storage container,

a manual valve for releasing pressurized liquid from said storage container,

a pickup tube projecting downwardly from said cap and extending substantially to the bottom of said storage container,

means defining an externally open port in said cap, said port communicating between aid pickup tube and the exterior of said cap; and

a substantially rigid discharge tube insertable into said port and terminating in a nozzle having means defining upwardly oriented discharge holes, said discharge tube having a first section extending vertically downwardly and a second section projecting horizontally radially away from said storage container at a level below the bottom of said storage container, whereby said nozzle is below the bottom of said storage container;

a sleeve slidably mounted on said discharge tube nozzle;

wherein certain said discharge holes being covered and prevented from discharging liquid by said sleeve and remaining said discharge holes discharging liquid when said manual valve is operated, whereby a user selects which of said discharge holes are operative, thus enabling liquid to be discharged, selectively, nearer and farther from said storage container; and

at least one refillable bottle containing a therapeutic liquid.

5. The hygienic spray kit according to claim 4, further including a supply of absorbent materials.

6. A hygienic spray apparatus comprising:

a storage container for holding liquid to be dispensed;

a cap connecting to said storage container by friction, said cap having

a manual air pump for compressing air in said storage container,

a manual valve for releasing pressurized liquid from said storage container,

a pickup tube projecting downwardly from said cap and extending substantially to the bottom of said storage container,

means defining an externally open port in said cap, said port communicating between said pickup tube and the exterior of said cap; and

a substantially rigid discharge tube insertable into said port and terminating in a nozzle having means defining upwardly oriented discharge holes, said discharge tube having a first section extending vertically downwardly and a second section projecting horizontally radially away from said storage container;

a sleeve slidably mounted on said discharge tube nozzle;

wherein the exit of each of said discharge holes reside along a horizontal plane below the horizontal plane containing the bottom of said storage container; and

wherein certain said discharge holes being covered and prevented from discharging liquid by said sleeve and remaining said discharge holes discharging liquid when said manual valve is operated, whereby a user selects which of said discharge holes are operative, thus enabling liquid to be discharged, selectively, nearer and farther from said storage container.

7. The hygienic spray apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said discharge tube further includes a third section continuing from said distal end of said second section and extending horizontally radially away from said storage container at a level lower than the level of said second section.

8. The hygienic spray apparatus according to claim 6 wherein said storage container is translucent, and includes indicia indicating a preferred filling level.