Patent ID: 8657516
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: A47L,B65D

Abstract:
1. A surface treating implement, comprising: a removable pressurized container comprising a valve cup and a protruding valve stem with a dispensing opening, said container containing a treatment composition; a container member adjacent the dispensing opening having a cylindrical base attached to the valve cup and extending therefrom and at least one slot and horn, or at least one bayonet protrusion; a body which includes: a handle extending outwardly from the body; a container receiver for positioning the pressurized container in an inverted orientation with the valve stem downward; a nozzle assembly which is pivotably mounted and includes a fluid conduit; a shaped/orifice plate having a pilot pathway or aperture passing therethrough and a rotatably mounted locking latch which is biased into a locked position which locks the pivotable movement of the nozzle assembly from pivoting towards the container receiver when the pressurized container is not present within the surface treating implement or when the container member is not in proper engagement with the locking latch to disengage the locking latch from its locked position, wherein when the pressurized container is inserted into the container receiver such that a part of the container member is adjacent to or contacts the shaped/orifice plate and the horn or bayonet protrusion of the container member extends through the pilot pathway or aperture in the shaped/orifice plate, the rotation of the pressurized container and the container member causes the horn or bayonet protrusion of the container member to rotate the locking latch from its locked position to an unlocked position and to thereby release the nozzle assembly allowing the pivot to be operable and pivotable towards the valve stem of the pressurized container, and thereby causing the treatment composition to be dispensed from the container and through the fluid conduit, and in which the container member is oriented with respect to the shaped/orifice plate such that the pressurized container cannot be withdrawn from the container receiver.