Dispensing apparatus

• US 7,299,950 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2004
• Issued: 11/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Rieke Corporation (TriMas Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Rieke Corporation (TriMas Corporation)
• Inventors: Laveault, Richard A., Stalions, Stephen E., Law, Brian R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nicolas; Frederick C.
• Application Number:
  US10/934,292
• Publication Number:
  US 20060049214A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• Field of Search: 222/402.1, 222/174, 222/402.11, 222/402.13, 222473-474, 222/402.15, 222/153.01, 222/153.11, 222/153.13, 222/153.14, 222/182, 222/153.04
• US Class Current: 222/174
• CPC Class Codes: A01M 21/043 by chemicals
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/20 operated by manual action, e.g. button-type actuator or actuator caps actuators formed as a rigid elongate spout B65D83/306
• 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 83/22 with a mechanical means to disable actuation B65D50/00 takes precedence

Abstract

A product-dispensing apparatus for manually dispensing a quantity of product, such as a herbicide with a foam consistency, includes a gripping member in the form of a handle and a cooperating container holder that is assembled with the gripping member and is constructed and arranged to receive a product-dispensing container. The container is preferably a foamer positioned in an inverted orientation utilizing a depressing plunger to dispense a foam-consistency product. The gripping member and container holder are assembled to a dispensing tip such that there is relative movement between the container holder and the dispensing tip for activation of the container plunger. A child-resistant locking ring is received by the container holder and cooperates with the dispensing tip for alternately configuring the product-dispensing apparatus in either a locked or unlocked condition. In the locked condition, foam product is not able to be dispensed from the container.

Claims

1. A product-dispensing apparatus for manually dispensing a quantity of product from within a container that is carried by said product-dispensing apparatus, said product-dispensing apparatus comprising:

a gripping member including a handle and a connecting member;

a container holder connected with said gripping member and being constructed and arranged to receive said container, said container holder including a tubular sleeve portion;

a dispensing tip connected with said container holder;

a locking ring received by said container holder and cooperating with said dispensing tip for alternately configuring said product-dispensing apparatus in either a locked or unlocked condition, wherein while in said locked condition, said product-dispensing apparatus is not operable to cause product to be dispensed from said container; and

wherein said connecting member is constructed and arranged to insert into said tubular sleeve portion.

2. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 1 wherein said container holder defines an abutment shoulder adjacent said tubular sleeve portion.

3. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 1 wherein said locking ring includes an abutment tab that determines the locked or unlocked condition of said product-dispensing apparatus depending on the position of said abutment tab.

4. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 3 wherein said dispensing tip defines an open-ended slot.

5. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 4 wherein said abutment tab is constructed and arranged to fit into said open-ended slot when said product-dispensing apparatus is in said unlocked condition.

6. A product-dispensing apparatus for manually dispensing a quantity of product from within a container that is carried by said product-dispensing apparatus, said product-dispensing apparatus comprising:

a gripping member;

a container holder connected with said gripping member and being constructed and arranged to receive said container, said container holder including an annular pocket constructed and arranged to receive a portion of said container;

a dispensing tip connected with said container holder;

a locking ring received by said container holder and cooperating with said dispensing tip for alternately configuring said product-dispensing apparatus in either a locked or unlocked condition, wherein while in said locked condition, said product-dispensing apparatus is not operable to cause product to be dispensed from said container; and

wherein said dispensing tip includes an adapter portion that is axially aligned with said annular pocket.

7. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 6 wherein said annular pocket is constructed and arranged to scenic said container by the use of a deflecting tip.

8. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 7 wherein said deflecting tip is the radially innermost portion of a release member.

9. A product-dispensing apparatus for manually dispensing a quantity of product from within a container that is carried by said product-dispensing apparatus, said product-dispensing apparatus comprising:

a gripping member;

a container holder connected with said gripping member and being constructed and arranged to receive said container, said container holder including a tubular sleeve portion;

a dispensing tip connected with said container holder, said dispensing tip including a tubular body portion that defines a slot;

a locking ring received by said container holder and cooperating with said dispensing tip for alternately configuring said product-dispensing apparatus in either a locked or unlocked condition, wherein while in said locked condition, said product-dispensing apparatus is not operable to cause product to be dispensed from said container; and

wherein said tubular sleeve portion includes a radially outwardly extending protrusion constructed and arranged to fit within said slot.

10. A product-dispensing apparatus for manually dispensing a quantity of product from within a container that is carried by said product-dispensing apparatus, said container including an axially movable dispensing nozzle, said product-dispensing apparatus comprising:

a gripping member;

a movable member connected to said gripping member, said movable member including a receiving pocket constructed and arranged to receive a portion of said container;

a stationary member assembled to said movable member and including a nozzle-receiving adapter, wherein movement of said movable member toward said stationary member moves said nozzle for the dispensing of product from said container; and

a locking ring received by said movable member and engaging said stationary member for configuring said product-dispensing apparatus in either a locked or unlocked condition.

11. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 10 wherein said gripping member includes a handle and a connecting member.

12. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 11 wherein said movable member includes a tubular sleeve portion.

13. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 12 wherein the connecting member is constructed and arranged to insert into said tubular sleeve portion.

14. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 13 wherein said movable member defines an abutment shoulder adjacent said tubular sleeve portion.

15. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 10 wherein said movable member includes a tubular sleeve portion.

16. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 15 wherein said stationary member includes a tubular body portion that defines a slot.

17. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 16 wherein said tubular sleeve portion includes a radially outwardly extending protrusion constructed and arranged to fit within said slot.

18. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 17 wherein said gripping member includes a handle and a connecting member.

19. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 18 wherein said movable member includes a tubular sleeve portion.

20. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 19 wherein the connecting member is constructed and arranged to insert into said tubular sleeve portion.

21. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 20 wherein said movable member defines an abutment shoulder adjacent said tubular sleeve portion.

22. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 10 wherein said locking ring includes an abutment tab that determines the locked or unlocked condition of said product-dispensing apparatus depending on the position of said abutment tab.

23. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 22 wherein said stationary member defines an open-ended slot.

24. The product-dispensing apparatus of claim 23 wherein said abutment tab is constructed and arranged to fit into said open-ended slot when said product-dispensing apparatus is in said unlocked condition.