Cleaning system with attachable dispenser

• US 9,113,771 B2
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SC Johnson & Son Incorporated
• Original Assignee: SC Johnson & Son Incorporated
• Inventors: Zach, Steven A., Bates, Julie L., Herzog, Laura, Stewart, Douglas F., Kiechel, John E., Sheppard, Nasahn A., Tapp, Christina D., Capraro, Peter I., Murphy, Sean P.
• Primary Examiner(s): WALCZAK, DAVID J
• Application Number:
  US13/531,027
• Publication Number:
  US 20120324662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,159 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/22 with liquid-feeding devices
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 13/512 Clamping devices for hanging the tools
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/62 Arrangements for supporting spraying apparatus, e.g. suction cups

Abstract

A cleaning system includes a cleaning implement having a handle and an attachable fluid dispenser that can be secured to the handle of the cleaning implement. A support can be located on the handle, and the support has a section that extends away from the handle. The attachable dispenser includes a container connected to a body having a dispensing mechanism for delivering a fluid from the container and out of a discharge orifice of the body. The container has an inwardly directed recess dimensioned to matingly engage the section of the support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

Claims

1. A cleaning system comprising:

a cleaning implement including a handle and first and second supports located on each handle, the support having a section that is spaced away from the handle; and

an attachable dispenser including a container connected to a body having a dispensing mechanism for delivering a fluid from the container and out of a discharge orifice of the body, the body having a projection dimensioned to engage the section of the first support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle, and the container having an inwardly directed recess dimensioned to matingly engage the section of the second support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle,

wherein the recess of the container is an upwardly directed recess formed in a bottom wall of the container, the recess having a bottom edge concavely shaped about the handle when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

2. The cleaning system of claim 1 wherein:

the projection is located at an end portion of the body adjacent the discharge orifice of the body.

3. The cleaning system of claim 1 wherein:

the projection is located at an end portion of the body opposite the discharge orifice of the body.

4. The cleaning system of claim 1 wherein:

the projection is located on a nozzle cap of the body.

5. The cleaning system of claim 1 wherein:

the projection is a nozzle cap of the body.

6. The cleaning system of claim 5 wherein:

the nozzle cap has an inwardly directed recess dimensioned to matingly engage an edge of a slot of the section of the first support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

7. The cleaning system of claim 1 wherein:

the projection is a trigger of the dispensing mechanism.

8. The cleaning system of claim 7 wherein:

the trigger has an opening dimensioned to surround the section of the first support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

9. The cleaning system of claim 1 wherein:

the projection is located on a closure for connecting the container and the body.

10. The cleaning system of claim 1 wherein:

the projection defines an opening in the body, the opening being dimensioned to surround the section of the first support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

11. A cleaning system comprising:

a cleaning implement including a handle and a support located on the handle, the support having a section that extends away from the handle; and

an attachable dispenser including a container connected to a body having a dispensing mechanism for delivering a fluid from the container and out of a discharge orifice of the body, the container having an inwardly directed recess dimensioned to matingly engage the section of the support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle,

wherein the recess of the container is an upwardly directed recess formed in a bottom wall of the container, the recess having a bottom edge concavely shaped about the handle when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

12. The cleaning system of claim 11 wherein:

the section of the support is arcuate.

13. The cleaning system of claim 11 wherein:

a side wall of the container has an indentation dimensioned to engage the handle adjacent the support.

14. The cleaning system of claim 11 wherein:

the cleaning implement further comprises a second support located on the handle,

the second support has a portion that extends away from the handle, and

the body has a projection dimensioned to engage the portion of the second support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

15. The cleaning system of claim 14 wherein:

a spring biases one of the support and the second support toward the other of the first support and the second support.

16. A cleaning system comprising:

a cleaning implement including a handle and a support located on the handle, the support having a section that is spaced away from the handle; and

an attachable dispenser including a container connected to a body having a dispensing mechanism for delivering a fluid from the container and out of a discharge orifice of the body, the container having an inwardly directed recess dimensioned to matingly engage the section of the support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle, a side wall of the container having an indentation dimensioned to engage the handle when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle, and the body being dimensioned to engage the section of the support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle, and

wherein the recess of the container is an upwardly directed recess formed in a bottom wall of the container, the recess having a bottom edge concavely shaped about the handle when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

17. The cleaning system of claim 16 wherein:

the container has an inwardly directed recess dimensioned to matingly engage a section of a second support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.

18. The cleaning system of claim 17 wherein:

the recess is part of a bottom wall of the container.

19. The cleaning system of claim 16 wherein:

a projection from the body engages the section of the support when the attachable dispenser is attached to the handle.