Patent ID: 7328819

Claim:
A self contained liquid dispenser with a spray pump mechanism, comprising: a housing defining an internal liquid reservoir, said housing including a front surface having an opening therethrough adjacent a bottom surface of said reservoir; a horizontally disposed pump chamber fitted through said opening, said pump chamber extending into said reservoir and having a back end open to said reservoir and a front end open to the outside of said housing; a pump cylinder slidably disposed and retained in said chamber, said pump cylinder having a delivery end extending out of said pump chamber and a delivery channel defined therethrough, said pump cylinder movable within said pump chamber from a rest position to a pressurizing position; an actuator configured with said delivery end so that said pump cylinder is operable from outside of said housing; a valve mechanism disposed in said delivery end, said valve mechanism comprising a plurality of flexible flap members defining an opening therethrough in an open configuration of said valve mechanism and sealed against each other in a closed configuration of said valve mechanism; a spray forming mechanism disposed downstream of said valve mechanism to contact and convert a stream of liquid forced through said valve mechanism upon actuation of said actuator into a spray pattern.