Patent ID: 6364171
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: A01G,B05B,B29C

Abstract:
For a pump dispenser comprising:a. a pump body having a front end and a rear end and a downward portion for mounting on a container, the body having a pump cylinder portion having an open end facing the front end of the body and formed with slots along opposite sides of the open end; and b. a piston/nozzle unit reciprocable in the open end of the cylinder; a trigger/cover unit comprising a cover portion having a forward and a rearward end, the rearward end adapted to be hingedly connected to the rear end of the pump body, and a trigger portion having an upper end, an intermediate portion and a lower trigger lever end, the upper end being connected by a living hinge to the forward end of the cover portion, the living hinge having an axis, the intermediate portion adapted to be pivotally connected to the piston/nozzle assembly through the slots, the forward end of the cover portion and the upper end of the trigger portion having opposite proximate telescoping side wall portions perpendicular to the axis of the living hinge, and retainers formed on the respective proximate wall portions for at least partly retaining the cover portion and the trigger portion in a predetermined relationship.