Patent ID: 7658565

Claim:
A vehicle tire fluid applicator device for mounting to a flexible wall fluid container of the type having a downwardly opening container outlet and a container coupling for applying tire fluid to a curved side wall of a tire, the applicator device comprising: a housing including top and side walls cooperating to define a flow passage leading to a flow chamber formed with a central downwardly opening chamber outlet and a concave curved downwardly facing peripheral bearing surface surrounding the outlet; the housing being further configured in its upper portion with a housing coupling device for releasably coupling to the container coupling and including an inlet configured to mate with the container outlet; an elongated porous applicator pad affixed on its top side to the bearing surface and covering the outlet, the pad formed on its bottom side with a working surface and configured of a construction and thickness to, when the container wall is pressed, eject the tire fluid to the flow chamber and through the pad to the working surface; and a flow control device for selectively restricting flow of the fluid from the container to the chamber whereby a user may couple the container to the housing coupling and grasp the housing to press the bearing surface against the pad to press the working surface against the curved side wall so that, while compressing the flexible walls of the container to expel the fluid through the passage and flow control device to the chamber, through the chamber outlet to the applicator pad and through the pad to the working surface, the user presses the bearing surface to maneuver the working surface about the curved sidewall.