Patent ID: 7032841

Claim:
A hand-held powered sprayer comprising: a body having a spray nozzle, a trigger, and an internally threaded attachment collar having a a central opening and a plurality of laterally spaced small diameter openings therethrough; a motor powered pump within said body having an inlet and an outlet, the outlet connected by a discharge tube to said spray nozzle and the inlet connected by a suction tube extendable through said central opening into the interior of a liquid-holding container when affixed to said attachment collar; a voltage source for powering said pump; a switch within said body actuatable between open and closed conditions by said trigger; a battery received within said body; circuitry within said body connecting said battery, said switch and said motor; and a check valve surrounding said suction tube and normally closing said small diameter openings preventing liquid flow into said body and displaceable to permit air flow from said body through said small diameter openings.