Patent ID: 6886718

Claim:
A manually operated, liquid dispensing trigger sprayer comprising: a sprayer housing; a liquid pump in the sprayer housing; a liquid discharge passage in the sprayer housing and communicating with the pump for directing liquid through the sprayer housing and discharging the liquid from the sprayer housing on operation of the pump; a trigger having a longitudinal length with opposite proximal and distal ends and opposite front and rear surfaces, the trigger proximal end being mounted to the sprayer housing for movement of the trigger relative to the sprayer housing, the trigger front surface having a finger engagement surface positioned to be engaged by fingers of a user's hand holding the trigger sprayer, the trigger rear surface being operatively connected to the pump for operation of the pump in response to movement of the trigger; a protrusion projecting outwardly from the trigger front surface adjacent the sprayer housing; the trigger finger engagement surface having a portion on the protrusion; the trigger and the protrusion are one monolithic piece; the finger engagement surface on the trigger front surface and an adjacent portion of the finger engagement surface on the protrusion are oriented at an acute angle; the finger engagement surface on the trigger and the portion of the finger engagement surface on the protrusion having convex configurations laterally across the trigger; the trigger proximal end having a pivot connection to the sprayer housing; and, the protrusion being spaced from the pivot connection and the trigger distal end.