Patent ID: 8708251

Claim:
A tank sprayer assembly, comprising: a tank component defining a chamber configured to receive fluid therein, said tank component including a neck defining a first access opening configured to allow access to said chamber, and said neck having an externally threaded portion; and a subassembly including: a packaging container having an upper wall, a lower wall, and a plurality of side walls, the upper wall and the lower wall being spaced apart from each other to define a cavity therebetween, the plurality of side walls extending between the upper and lower walls surrounding the cavity, the lower wall defining a second access opening configured to allow access to said cavity, and a sprayer component including (i) a cap defining a cap space and having a skirt that includes an internally threaded portion facing said cap space, and (ii) a pump attached to said cap and including a cylinder and a piston movably positioned within said cylinder, the cap being retained within the cavity with the skirt held against the lower wall around the second access opening by the upper wall and with the pump extending from the cap through said second access opening, wherein said tank sprayer is positionable in an assembled configuration and disassembled configuration, wherein, when said tank sprayer is positioned in said assembled configuration, (i) said internally threaded portion of said cap is aligned with said second access opening of said lower wall, (ii) said neck extends through said second access opening of said lower wall so as to be at least partially positioned within said cavity, and (iii) said externally threaded portion of said neck is meshingly engaged with said internally threaded portion of said skirt of said cap so as to secure said sprayer component to said tank component, and wherein, when said tank sprayer is positioned in said disassembled configuration, said neck is spaced apart from said cavity of said packaging container.