Patent ID: 7407117

Claim:
A liquid sprayer for use with at least one container of liquid product to be dispensed, the at least one container having a neck portion, the sprayer comprising: a housing having a container mount for connecting to the at least one container with two liquid storage compartments therein, said container mount having an underside with at least one structure that is operably interposed with corresponding structure on the neck portion such that said container mount is fixed in a predetermined orientation relative to the at least one container; a cap, separate and distinct from said container mount and operably coupled to said container mount, for locking said container mount to the neck portion of the at least one container; a house connector, operably coupled to the housing, for connection to a hose end that supplies a source of pressurized liquid; a first tubular structure, mounted within or integral to said housing, having a duct through which flows pressurized liquid supplied from the hose end, wherein the duct has a portion that necks down and then enlarges at a junction with the at least one container for aspirating liquid therefrom into the flow of liquid supplied from the hose end and passing through the duct; and a diverter mechanism, mounted within or integral to said housing, that selectively couples zero, one or both of the two liquid storage compartment of the container to the port of said first tubular structure; wherein, the neck portion of the at least one container comprises a central axis, and the at least one structure of the container mount and the corresponding structure of the neck portion extend along a direction substantially parallel to the central axis; and the at least one structure of the container mount further comprises a pair of wedge shaped wall structures that are radially disposed opposite one another about the central axis, wherein said wedge-shaped structures fit within wedge-shaped voids defined by the neck portion of the at least one container.