Patent ID: 7478739

Claim:
A connector apparatus for connecting a trigger sprayer to a bottle, the apparatus comprising: a trigger sprayer housing; a cylindrical sidewall on the sprayer housing, the sidewall having a center axis that defines mutually perpendicular axial and radial directions relative to the sidewall, the sidewall having opposite exterior and interior surfaces, and the sidewall interior surface having a circumference that extends around the center axis; a plurality of attachment lug assemblies on the sidewall interior surface, each attachment lug assembly projecting radially inwardly from the sidewall interior surface toward the center axis; a plurality of thick areas on the sidewall interior surface with each thick area having a first thickness dimension between the sidewall exterior surface and the sidewall interior surface at the thick area; a plurality of thin areas on the sidewall interior surface with each thin area having a second thickness dimension between the sidewall exterior surface and the sidewall interior surface at the thin area, the second thickness dimension being smaller than the first thickness dimension, the thin areas alternating with the thick areas around the sidewall interior surface circumference; the plurality of attachment lug assemblies being on only the thick areas of the sidewall interior surface and not on the thin areas of the sidewall interior surface; and, each attachment lug assembly including at least two lugs that project radially inwardly from the sidewall interior surface and are spaced axially from each other.