Patent ID: 7743950

Claim:
A device for holding and actuating a sprayer comprising a neck, a rim formed on the neck, a push-button valve and a nozzle provided on the push-button valve, with the device comprising: a holder comprising a handle, a barrel extending from the handle and a clamp extending from the barrel, with the clamp comprising a mouth defined therein, two jaws each having an end and a groove defined on an outer periphery of the clamp, with the holder including first and second halves separately formed from each other and joined together, with each of the first and second halves including one of the two jaws, with the two jaws moveable in a movement plane between a normal position and an opened position, with a gap defined in the movement plane between the ends of the two jaws, with the gap being greater in the opened position than in the normal position, wherein the neck of the sprayer can be pushed parallel to the rim and in the movement plane into the mouth through the gap; a trigger connected to the holder and operable to push the push-button valve of the sprayer; and an elastic element received in the groove of the clamp and biasing the two jaws from the opened position to the normal position, wherein the elastic element comprises a C-clip, with the C-clip not extending into the gap, with the elastic element enhancing holding the neck of the sprayer.