Patent ID: 6260774
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A water spray device for use with a standard garden hose having a flexible body with respective male and female threaded connectors affixed to opposite ends thereof, and to which a spray nozzle is connectable, comprising:a housing having a lower gripping portion, a middle trigger portion having a trigger chamber, and an upper nozzle attachment portion, said gripping portion having a female threaded end connectable to the male connector of the garden hose, said upper nozzle attachment portion having a nozzle attachment end connectable to the spray nozzle, a water passageway which extends completely through said housing from said female threaded end to said nozzle attachment end, and an actuator member receiving hole which connects said chamber to said water passageway;a closed-biased valve assembly disposed in said water passageway to allow selective regulation of the flow of water therethrough;a trigger mechanism comprising a trigger, a trigger lock, a pair of first and second springs, and an actuator member, said trigger being movably connected to said housing at least partially disposed within said chamber and which includes a notch through an upper portion of said trigger, said trigger lock being movably connected to said housing within said notch of said trigger at least partially disposed within said chamber being outwardly biased by said first spring, one of said trigger and said trigger lock being pivotally movably connected to said housing and the other thereof being linearly movably connected to said housing, said actuator member being slidably disposed in said actuator member hole and biased outwardly from said housing against said trigger by said second spring, said trigger and trigger lock being retained at least partially disposed within said chamber by means of contact of at least one thereof with a portion of said housing; andwherein said valve assembly is actuatable so as to allow water to flow through said water passageway by means of applying force to depress said trigger toward said housing such that a first end of said actuator member contacts said closed-biased valve assembly to open said valve assembly to allow the desired flow of water therethrough in said water passageway, and wherein a lower portion of said notch and a lower portion of said trigger lock are interactable such that when force is applied to and said trigger lock is depressed toward said housing, said lower portion of said trigger lock contacts said lower portion of said notch so as to depress said trigger toward said chamber to actuate said valve assembly to allow the flow of water, and when the force applied to said trigger lock is released, said trigger and said trigger lock are retained in such position until force is applied to said trigger to move said lower portion of said notch out of contact with said lower portion of said trigger lock such that said first spring biases said trigger lock outwardly.