Patent ID: 6092952
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: B05B,B05C

Abstract:
An apparatus for dressing a sidewall, the apparatus comprising:(a) a bottle adapted to be filled with a sidewall applied solution;(b) a hand grip area on the bottle enabling the user to grab and hold the bottle at the hand grip;(c) an applicator head connected to the bottle comprising(i) a pump,(ii) a nozzle through which said pump pumps said solution from said bottle,(iii) a back plate canted at an angle with respect to a center line axis of said bottle andcomprising a flow passage and lateral flow channels which are connected only at said flow passage and which extend radially from said flow passage, andsupporting a sponge applicator contacting said flow channels, andattached to said nozzle so that said pumped solution passes through said flow passage and said lateral flow channels and diffuses into cells of said sponge applicator, and said back plate and said sponge applicator define a planar facial area for wiping contact with said sidewall; and(d) wherein said applicator head is canted upwardly at an angle enabling user application of the head while gripping the bottle at the hand grip and while permitting solution from the bottle to be applied to the sidewall.