Patent ID: 7909268

Claim:
An apparatus for spraying a substance into a shoe, the apparatus comprising: a container having a reservoir for the substance to be sprayed, an operable sprayer coupled to the container and configured to deliver the substance from the reservoir to the shoe, the sprayer comprising: a first portion connected to the container, a second portion telescopically slidably coupled to the first portion, and at least two spaced apart outflow openings which are brought into fluid communication with the reservoir for spraying the substance in at least two spray beams to surroundings, wherein the at least two outflow openings are arranged relative to each other so that the respective spray beams have substantially opposite spraying directions; and wherein the at least two outflow openings are different from each other in cross section and/or dimension; wherein the container further comprises: an external generally cylindrical shell having a top end and a bottom end, a circumferential ring located toward the top end and adjacent the cylindrical shell, and a cylindrical depression located between the shell and the ring a reservoir for the substance, a propellant, an outflow channel located generally coaxially with the cylindrical shell; wherein the first portion of the sprayer comprises first and second spaced apart edges, first and second spaced apart protrusions extending radially from the ring, the first protrusion sized to engage the cylindrical depression in the shell, wherein the second portion of the sprayer having a dimension different from the first portion and including at least one protrusion extending generally radially from the second portion; the first and second portions sized to telescope between each other with the protrusions on each positioned to engage each of and prevent separation of the telescoping portions, the second portion including the at least two spaced apart generally oppositely pointing outflow openings, the second portion of the sprayer further comprising a contact foot extending from the second portion to contact with an insole of the shoe.