Patent ID: 9157549
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: F16K

Abstract:
1. A foot actuated kit for assembly with a portable liquid container, the portable liquid container configured for dispensing a liquid via a spigot having a valve body with a shaft member that moves linearly with respect to the valve body between a closed position and an open position and a button member that when engaged urges a spring member to compress and the shaft member to move to the open position, and when the button member is decompressed, the spring member urges the shaft member to move to the closed position, the kit comprising: a foot control member; and a spigot control device including a moveable actuator member coupled to the foot control member with a flexible cable, the spigot control device arranged and configured to be outside the portable liquid container, wherein when assembled, the spigot control device at least partially houses the button member of the spigot of the portable liquid container, wherein a force generated by depressing the foot control member is transferred to the moveable actuator member, the moveable actuator member compresses the button member connected to the valve body causing the shaft member to move from the closed position to the open position, wherein the moveable actuator member is pivotally connected at one end of the spigot control device, the other end connected to the foot control member by way of the flexible cable, and wherein the moveable actuator member is adapted generally at a distal end for pivotal rotation along a common axis from the valve body of the spigot; the kit further comprising: the moveable actuator member is adapted to be connected on one end to the foot control member by way of the flexible cable and at the other end to a first end of a second moveable actuator member, a second end of the second moveable actuator member is pivotally connected to the spigot control device; and a sliding pin is inserted in the moveable actuator, the sliding pin adapted to slide in a slot in the spigot control device by depressing the foot control member.