Patent ID: 6863227

Claim:
An apparatus for applying a liquid coating material, comprising: a spray gun applicator device having a dispenser assembly and a nozzle; a gravity feed supply vessel having an interior volume; and a swivel assembly coupled between the supply vessel and the applicator device, the swivel assembly including a first engagement member having a protruding portion and a first passageway disposed therethrough, and a second engagement member having a concavity and a second passageway disposed therethrough, the first passageway of the first engagement member and the second passageway of the concavity each having interior walls defining a fluid conduit, and the protruding portion being moveably engaged within the concavity such that the interior volume of the supply vessel fluidly communicates with the applicator device through the first and second passageways whereby fluid flows through the fluid conduit in direct contact with the interior walls and whereby the gravity feed supply vessel is rotatable in any direction with respect to the spray gun applicator while maintaining the nozzle and the dispenser in a fixed orientation with respect to one another.