Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – With ground or vertical surface sustained support means – Wall or bracket mounting
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-24
2001-02-13
Douglas, Lisa Ann (Department: 3752)
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
With ground or vertical surface sustained support means
Wall or bracket mounting
C239S283000, C248S206200
Reexamination Certificate
active
06186415
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The invention applies to hose sprayer attachments. More specifically, the invention applies to hose sprayer attachments having suction cup attachments.
PRIOR ART
Supporting brackets are known for sprayers. See for example U.S. Pat. No. 2,095,170 to Conklin and U.S. Pat. No. 4,580,751 to Panzer. As indicated, these suction devices may release the sprayer. Other devices providing this function are shown in a number of embodiments.
The common features of these prior art patent with the present invention include the fact that all have a suction cup, an attachment means for attaching a sprayer to the suction cup so that it is permanently a part of the base or suction cup and a sprayer attached to a hose.
The differences between the present invention and the prior art are associated with (1) the type of hose attachment which allows the present invention to be used with a standard garden hose, (2) the specific type of attachment means which allows for easy removal of the suction cup from the sprayer and the inexpensive manufacture of the product, (3) the connection of the sprayer to the attachment means and (4) the type of sprayer used.
GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE INVENTION
The invention is a garden type sprayer which is released from a suction cup attachable to a car, wall or window. Like the disclosed prior art, there is a hose attached to a sprayer and a suction cup. The sprayer may be attached or removed. The sprayer attachment means comprises a beveled sprayer head on the sprayer and a flexible cup receiving the beveled sprayer head as an integral part of the suction cup. Both of these parts separately may be found in the prior art.
The sprayer is a hose type of sprayer which is designed to be attached to a garden hose and is well known in the prior art in many different embodiments. The sprayer is improved by attaching the sprayer to a three way fitting which goes to a jet sprayer which may be turned on or off at a valve and which defines an outer beveled surface which can be received and held or released by the flexible cup portion of the suction cup.
It is therefore an object of the invention to allow a building, car or boat washer to place his hose against the wall or window of the vehicle or structure and retrieve it from that location when needed.
It is a further object of the invention to incorporate a sprayer attachable to a standard garden hose which may be removably attached to a suction cup attached to a vehicle exterior.
These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become better understood hereinafter from a consideration of the specification with reference to the accompanying drawings forming part thereof, and in which like numerals correspond to parts throughout the several views of the invention.
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