Patent ID: 7926682

Claim:
A combined applicator container and concentrate cartridge device comprising: an applicator container formed with a recessed holder wall disposed above a generally horizontally projecting bottom wall defining a support deck and a stub wall projecting between the recessed holder wall and deck, the stub wall being formed with the inlet, the holder wall being formed in its lower position formed in its upper position with a forwardly disposed downwardly projecting holder flange; and further including a holder, a concentrate inlet, and a dilutant inlet; a cartridge for receiving a concentrate, configured to be received in the holder and including an outlet for, upon mounting in the holder, being disposed in fluid communication with the inlet to form a concentrate flow passage, the cartridge is formed with back and bottom walls, the back wall being configured with an upwardly facing groove for releasably receiving the holder flange, the bottom wall being formed with downwardly facing shoulders spaced a selected distance from the bottom wall and further being formed with a downwardly projecting neck defining the outlet; and; a transfer device for transferring concentrate from the cartridge, through the flow passage to the applicator container, the transfer device including a valve housing to be received slidably on deck, interposed between the deck and shoulders and having a height sufficient to, when on the deck and the cartridge disposed thereover, maintain the groove releasably engaged with the holder flange.