Patent ID: 6880768
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
1. A handheld water spraying device having a quick disconnect assembly for releasably securing the device to a flexible water line, said device comprising: a spray body having a water inlet end and a water outlet end; a valve mechanism carried by said spray body for the selective passage of water therethrough; a nozzle assembly adapted to be fixed to the water line and releasably secured in said spray body for the passage of water from said line into said body, said nozzle assembly including a pair of opposed radially projecting wing portions; a pair of opposed seats formed in said spray body for receiving said wing portions of said nozzle assembly and preventing rotation of said wing portions with respect to said spray body; biasing means disposed within said spray body for urging said wing portions into and against said seats; and an elongated opening formed in said spray body proximate said inlet end thereof for the passage of said nozzle assembly therethrough upon said wing portions thereof being aligned with said opening, said opening being aligned transversely with respect to said seats such that upon urging the water line and affixed nozzle assembly inwardly within said spray body against said biasing means so as to raise said wing portions off said seats and then rotating the line and affixed nozzle assembly approximately 90° with respect to said spray body so as to align said wing portions with said opening, said line and nozzle assembly can be axially withdrawn from said spray body thereby disengaging said spray body from the line.