Patent ID: 7089956

Claim:
A portable device for dispensing compressed gas comprising: a sealed pressure vessel, said pressure vessel including a threaded aperture communicating with the interior of said pressure vessel; a flange washer having a gas aperture therethrough and wherein said flange washer is situated over said threaded aperture of said sealed pressure vessel so that said aperture of said flange washer is aligned with said threaded aperture, said flange washer further including a flange protrusion extending outward from said flange washer; a gas regulator including a body having a threaded protrusion adapted to mate with and engaging said threaded aperture of said sealed pressure vessel, a fluid channel within said body extending from within said body through said threaded protrusion and establishing fluid communication with the interior of said sealed pressure vessel, said gas regulator further including a pressure regulator in fluid communication with said fluid channel, said pressure regulator having an output orifice at which reduced pressure gas is available, said body further including a body protrusion that mechanically engages said flange protrusion, said body protrusion situated near said threaded protrusion; and a handle attached to said flange washer, said handle including a u-shaped portion attached to said flange washer at the free ends of said u-shaped portion, said u-shaped portion extending away from said pressure vessel and substantially surrounding said gas regulator, said handle including a second rod portion attached to said u-shaped rod portion and situated substantially transverse to said first portion, said second portion substantially surrounding said gas regulator.