Abstract:
A Spray Applicator Belt Hook for use in conjunction with spray applicator bottles. These bottles are usually of 500 mL or 1 L capacity; usually contain a chemical or liquid substance for use in cleaning, gardening or other duties whereby the belt hook allows the user to carry the spray bottle on their belt when not in use.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCES TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
   This application is related to Australian Application 475/1999, filed Feb. 17, 1999, entitled “Spray Applicator Belt Hook”. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   The spray applicator belt hook was initially designed to fill a need in the cleaning industry where cleaning staff were losing time having to walk back to their trolley to fetch their spray bottle (applicator), or, if taking it with them into the office to be cleaned, would be left with only one free hand to work with. Many spray bottles have been lost when put down and forgotten, or left behind at the end of a shift only to be found by office staff returning to work on the following day. This problem also created the possibility of office staff coming into contact with chemicals they have no understanding of and which if used incorrectly could cause injury to the person misusing them. The spray applicator belt hook overcomes these problems. 
   SUMMARY 
   An object of the present invention is to provide a spray applicator belt hook for use in conjunction with spray applicator bottles. These bottles are usually of 500 ml or one liter capacity, and usually contain a chemical or liquid substance for use in cleaning, gardening or other duties whereby the belt hook allows the user to carry the spray bottle on their belt when not in use. 

   
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       FIG. 1  is a perspective view of the present invention. 
       FIG. 2  is a perspective view illustrating the use of the present invention. 
       FIG. 3  is a side elevation thereof; 
       FIG. 4  is a front elevation illustrating the invention; 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
   The spray application belt hook is a double U-shaped piece of polypropylene which slips over the belt of an operator allowing the operator to carry a spray bottle with them where ever they go eliminating wasted time walking back to the trolley and minimizing the incidents of lost bottles and the possibility of injury to untrained persons. 
   Trials of the belt hook over the past year in the working environment have demonstrated a labor cost saving to the contractor of 6%, happier cleaning staff and no lost spray bottles. 
   The belt hook would not necessarily be restricted in application just to the cleaning industry. The Belt Hook would be a useful adjunct to any endeavor where a spray applicator is being used. 
   The spray applicator belt hook is made in one piece of polypropylene through a process of injection molding. It has a double U-shaped configuration set in opposing directions. The body of the belt hook is a modified belt clip with an added platform, called the rest, set at 90 degrees to the clip. At the end of the rest is a vertical projection set at 90 degrees to the Rest called the rest guard. 
   The rest and rest guard support a spray applicator bottle under the sprayer trigger mechanism while the belt clip supports the whole on the users belt. The angle of the rest has been calculated to conform with the angle of the sprayer trigger mechanism which is a constant angle on most generic spray applicators. 
   Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 4 , where the spray applicator belt hook is shown as  120  and is in perspective view, it can be seen that the spray applicator belt hook has a belt retaining portion and an article supporting portion. The article shown in  FIG. 2  is a spray that is usually of 500 ml or one liter capacity. The belt retaining portion including a rear body wall  121 , a front body wall  122 , and a bridge  125 . The rear body wall  121  having a free end  1211  and an top end  1212  opposite from the free end  1211  The free end  1211  having a small protuberance  127  extending therefrom that fits beneath the bottom edge of a wearers belt  132  (FIG.  2 ). The front body wall  122  having a top end  1222  and a bottom end  1221  opposite from the top end  1222 . The bridge  125  is integrally joined to each of the top end  1212  of the rear body wall  121  and to the top end  1222  of the front body wall  122  thereby bridging the two walls  121 ,  122  at their respective top ends  1212 ,  1222 . The bridge  125  includes a bottom surface that defines a resting surface  126 . The resting surface  126  of the bridge  125  and the adjoining front body wall  122  to the rear body wall  121  forms an aperture  128  below the bridge  125  which sits atop the wearers belt  133  ( FIG. 2 ) with the belt  132  passing through the aperture  128 . 
   The article supporting portion being integrally joined to the belt retaining portion. The article supporting portion having an angular rest  124  and a rest guard  123 . The angular rest  124  having an innermost joining portion and an outermost joining portion laterally spaced from each other, where the innermost joining portions is integrally joined to and extending outward from the bottom end  1221  of the front wall  122  of the belt retaining portion thereby integrally joining the article supporting portion to the belt retaining portion. The angular rest  124  which faces outward from the wearers body is positioned at a 25 degree angle from a horizontal plane the is made from the rest  126  of bottom surface of the bridge  125 . This angular rest  124  conforms to the slope of a plunger mechanism  135  ( FIG. 2 ) of a spray applicator bottle  136  ( FIG. 2 ) and facilitates the support of the spray applicator bottle  136  on the upper portion of a rest surface  130 . At the outermost joining portion of the angular rest  124  and extending at a right angle to the angular rest  124  is a vertical section which acts as a rest guard  123  and which retains the spray applicator bottle  136  on the uppermost surface  130  of the angular rest  124  and against an inner surface  131  of the rest guard  123 , as shown in FIG.  2 . 
     FIG. 2  depicts a belt  132  fitted with the spray applicator belt hook  120  where the belt passes through the aperture  128  of the belt hook formed by the two opposed body walls  121  and  122  ( FIG. 1 ) and supported by the top  133  of the belt  132  and by the underside of the bridge  125  at rest  126  at the top of the aperture  128 . The spray applicator bottle  136  is then supported under it&#39;s pressure plunger mechanism  135  and to the rear of the trigger mechanism  134  and on the uppermost part of the rest surface  130  ( FIG. 1 ) and against the inner surface  131  of the rest guard  123 . This allows the spray applicator unit to be easily carried by the user on the users belt when the spray applicator is not being used leaving both hands free for other tasks to be carried out. 
     FIG. 3  shows where rest guard  123  and angular rest  124  are each positioned an a 25 degree angle from the horizontal plane that is made from the resting surface  126  of the bridge  125 . Angular rest  124  and rest guard are each shown as planar members.  FIG. 4  shows where walls  121  and  122  are each planar members spaced parallel from each another. 
   Preferably, the spray applicator belt hook has an overall length of 117 mm, a body width of 21 mm, a rest width of 20 mm, a rest guard length of 30 mm, the rest angle to the body of 25 degrees, and a material thickness of 3 mm. The spray applicator belt hook as shown in the drawing figures illustrates a left hand model where in  FIG. 3  the article supporting portion (i.e.,  123 ,  124 ) is angled clockwise from the belt retaining portion (i.e.,  121 ,  122 ,  125 ). And while left and right handed models will be manufactured, it is assumed that a right handed model (not shown) would constitute an obvious alternate embodiment of the present invention where the article supporting portion is angled anticlockwise from the belt retaining portion. 
   A listing describing the drawing reference numerals is as follows:
       120  spray applicator belt hook     121  rear body wall     1211  free end of rear body wall     1212  top end of rear body wall     122  front body wall     1221  bottom end of front body wall     1222  top end of front body wall     125  bridge     127  protuberance     126  resting surface     128  aperture     132  belt     133  top of belt     123  rest guard     131  inner surface of rest guard     124  angular rest     130  uppermost surface of the angular rest     136  spray applicator bottle     134  trigger mechanism     135  pressure plunger mechanism