Patent ID: 7243860

Claim:
A portable misting device, comprising: a body having an internal and fluid holding reservoir; a fill port for refilling said fluid holding reservoir; at least one discharge port spaced apart from said fill port and in fluidic communication with said reservoir; a fluid conveying conduit extending from said discharge port and terminating in an orifice, said orifice being actuated to issue a mist spray, said orifice further comprising a hand-held pump subassembly for issuing fluid in at least one of said mist spray and a steady fluid flow; said pump subassembly further comprising: an inlet plenum; a piston pump secured to a first outlet associated with said plenum, said orifice defining an outlet location of said piston pump; and a pump actuator mechanism secured to said sub-assembly and, upon being depressed, engaging said piston pump to issue said mist spray; said pump subassembly further comprising a bite valve and which incorporates a slit deformable in a radially outward direction and upon being depressed radially inwardly; and an inlet check valve associated with said reservoir and preventing the introduction of air into said discharge port and fluid conveying conduit.