Patent ID: 7731104

Claim:
A self-contained hand-held apparatus for spraying texture material comprising: a body; a texture delivery nozzle on an end of the body; a texture material hopper extending above the body for holding and feeding texture material into the apparatus; a pistol grip extending below the body; an arm rest extending below the body at a location spaced from the pistol grip, the arm rest supporting the apparatus on a user's arm when the pistol grip is grasped by the user, the pistol grip and arm rest in combination forming a support that supports the apparatus with the texture material hopper upright when the apparatus is placed on a horizontal surface; an on-board pressurized air source including a turbine housing releasably mounted on the body above the arm rest and a turbine disposed within the turbine housing; and a material connection structure for movably connecting the texture material hopper to the apparatus to enable the texture material hopper to be moved with respect to the apparatus and enable the texture material hopper to feed texture material as the apparatus is moved from a horizontal spray position to an upwardly, above horizontal, spray position.