Spray wand with stand

• US 6,390,336 B1
• Filed: 04/20/2001
• Issued: 05/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stanley Works Limited (Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Rolatape Corporation
• Inventors: Orozco, Domingo
• Primary Examiner(s): Doerrler, William C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bui, Thach H
• Application Number:
  US09/839,553
• Time in Patent Office: 396 Days
• Field of Search: 222/162, 222/174, 222/176, 222/192, 239/150, 239/151, 239/273, 239/280, 239/532, 239/754
• US Class Current: 222/162
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/62 Arrangements for supporting spraying apparatus, e.g. suction cups
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/203 comprising an extension rod located between the aerosol container and the hand grip setting-out line markings on playing courts A63C19/065; marking-out on finished paving by spraying from aerosol containers E01C23/227
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/267 by a separate device actuated by repeated, e.g. human, input, e.g. by a moving wing of a door or window, a ringing doorbell, a flushing toilet
• CPC Class Codes: E01C 23/227 the marking material being supplied in aerosol containers

Abstract

A spray wand and stand is described, in which a canister holder is adjacent a bottom portion of an elongated framework. A stand is situated adjacent the canister holder and provide ground contact points with the framework that function to hold the framework in a position in which a handle end of the framework is elevationally above the canister holder.

Claims

1. A spray wand and stand, comprising:

an elongated framework having a top end and a bottom portion;

a canister holder adjacent the bottom portion;

a stand operatively attached to one of the canister holder and framework at least adjacent the bottom portion and shaped with the framework to provide a three point support capable of holding the framework in an orientation in which the top end projects upwardly of the canister holder; and

wherein the stand is braced against the canister holder.

2. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 1, wherein the stand is secured to the framework.

3. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 1, wherein the stand is comprised of a strap formed in a substantially triangular configuration.

4. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 1 wherein the framework is comprised of an elongated bar disposed to one side of the canister holder and wherein the stand extends from the bar to an opposite side of the canister holder.

5. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 1 wherein the canister holder is comprised of an open ended tubular support attached on one side thereof to the framework.

6. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 1 wherein the stand is comprised of a strap formed in a triangular configuration with two ground contact points at opposed ends of an offset crossbar portion, the two points being in a projecting ground engaging orientation with respect to the offset crossbar portion.

7. A spray wand and stand, comprising:

elongated bar having a handle at a top end and a bottom portion remote from the top end;

a canister holder mounted to the bar upwardly adjacent the bottom portion of the bar;

a stand mounted adjacent the canister holder and projecting therefrom to a pair of ground contact points disposed to opposed sides of the canister holder and defining a substantially triangular three point ground support plane with the bottom portion of the bar, such plane being substantially normal tops the elongated bar;

whereby the bar may be supported in a substantially upright orientation on a horizontal surface; and

wherein the stand is braced against the canister holder.

8. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 7, wherein the stand is secured to the bar at a location thereon adjacent the canister holder.

9. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 7, wherein the stand is mounted to the bar.

10. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 7, wherein the stand is comprised of a substantially rigid strap formed in a triangular configuration.

11. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 7 wherein the bar is disposed to one side of the canister holder and the stand extends from the bar to an opposite side of the canister holder.

12. A spray wand and stand as defined by claim 7, wherein the canister holder is comprised of an open tubular support attached on one side thereof to the bar at a location thereon spaced toward the top end from the bottom portion.

13. A spray wand an stand as defined by claim 7, wherein the canister holder is comprised of an open ended tubular support attached on one side thereof to the bar at a location thereon spaced toward the top end from the bottom portion and wherein the stand is triangular, with one corner thereof attached to the bar and two corners projecting to opposed sides of the bar.

14. A spray wand, and stand, comprising:

an elongated bar having a handle at a top end and a bottom portion remote from the top end;

a canister holder mounted to the bar upwardly adjacent the bottom portion of the bar;

a triangle shaped stand formed about and braced against the canister holder and mounted at one corner to the bar; and

wherein the stand further comprising a pair of ground contact points disposed to opposed sides of the canister holder and defining a substantially triangular three point ground support plane with a bottom end of the bar, such plane being substantially normal to the elongated bar; and

whereby the bar may be supported in a substantially upright orientation on a horizontal surface and with the canister holder situated within the triangular three point ground support plane.