Abstract: A manually operated trigger sprayer includes a feature that limits the forward pivoting movement of the trigger. By limiting the forward pivoting movement of the trigger, the novel construction of the trigger sprayer prevents the trigger from engaging against the nozzle assembly attached to the sprayer housing of the trigger sprayer and potentially dislodging the nozzle assembly from its attachment to the trigger sprayer housing.

Abstract: A cap closure that dispenses liquid from a liquid container has a cylindrical base that is removably mounted on the liquid container. A valve spout is mounted on the base for linear reciprocating movement. A valve actuator is mounted on the base for rotation. The spout is movable between closed and opened positions where in the opened position liquid can be dispensed through the spout and in the closed position the liquid is blocked from passing through the spout. The actuator is operatively connected to the spout whereby rotation of the actuator between first and second positions relative to the cap base moves the spout between the respective closed and opened positions of the spout on the base.

Abstract: A manually operated, vertically reciprocating liquid pump dispenser is removably connectable to a bottle containing liquid and simultaneously pumps liquid from the bottle and air from the exterior environment of the dispenser and mixes the liquid with the air to produce a foam that is dispensed from the dispenser. The dispenser includes a closure connector that provides a mechanism for venting the interior of the bottle to the exterior environment of the dispenser while avoiding leakage of the liquid from the bottle, and also incorporates a mechanism for locking the dispenser to prevent unintended pumping of liquid from the bottle.

Abstract: A manually operated, vertically reciprocating liquid pump dispenser is removably connectable to a bottle containing liquid and simultaneously pumps liquid from the bottle and air from the exterior environment of the dispenser and mixes the liquid with the air to produce a foam that is dispensed from the dispenser. The dispenser includes a closure connector and a rotatable collar on the connector that provides a mechanism for venting the interior of the bottle to the exterior environment of the dispenser while avoiding leakage of the liquid from the bottle, and also incorporate a mechanism for locking the dispenser to prevent unintended pumping of liquid from the bottle.

Abstract: An indexing nozzle assembly for a trigger sprayer has a manually rotatable cap mounted for rotation on a base of the nozzle assembly. Rotation of the cap relative to the base changes the nozzle assembly between an off condition where the nozzle assembly prevents liquid discharge from the trigger sprayer, and a combination of a spray condition, a stream condition, and/or a foam condition. The indexing nozzle assembly is provided with a child resistant feature in the form of a lock mechanism that prevents rotation of the nozzle cap relative to the nozzle base from the cap off condition position. The lock mechanism can be manually manipulated with one hand to disengage the lock mechanism, thereby permitting rotation of the nozzle cap from its off condition position relative to the base.

Abstract: A manually operated trigger sprayer is constructed with a reduced number of parts and in a novel manner in which the conventional metal coil spring is replaced with a pair of plastic bowed springs that are integral with the piston rod and the pump piston is connected to the piston rod by a pivoting connection that prevents radial force components acting on the piston rod from the springs from being transferred to the pump piston.

Abstract: A manually operated trigger sprayer includes U-shaped springs that bias the trigger sprayer trigger away from the trigger sprayer pump chamber, where the U-shaped springs are connected to a piston rod by a snap-fit connection. The connection includes a compressible forward end of the piston rod that is pressed through an opening on the forward end of the spring to connect the piston rod to the spring. The rearward end of the spring is connected to the sprayer housing by a curved surface that engages around an exterior surface of the pump chamber.

Abstract: A closure is removably attachable to a container and comprises a dispensing orifice and a valve element that is biased closed over the orifice. By inverting the container so that a liquid contents of the container exerts pressure on the valve element, or by squeezing the container causing the liquid contents to exert pressure on the valve element, the valve element opens the dispensing orifice allowing the liquid contents to be dispensed from the container. On removing the pressure from the valve element, the valve element resiliently closes the dispensing orifice.

Abstract: A manually operated vertically reciprocated pump dispenser has a simplified construction with two separate pumps that pump two separate liquids from a container and keep the two separate liquids separated from each other as they are pumped through the dispenser, mixing the liquids for the first time in a discharge passage of the dispenser just prior to the mixed liquids being discharged from the dispenser.

Abstract: A manually operated liquid foaming dispenser is attached to the top of a container of liquid and is manually vertically reciprocated to dispense the liquid from the container as a foam. The dispenser includes a liquid pump chamber and an air pump chamber that respectively pump liquid and air to a discharge passage of the pump where the liquid and air are mixed, generating the foam dispensed from the dispenser. The liquid dispenser is constructed with three biased closed valves that prevent leakage from a liquid container attached to the dispenser should the dispenser and container be positioned on their sides or be inverted.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a trigger sprayer which is connectable to two container volumes containing separate liquids. The sprayer has a trigger that is manipulated to draw the separate liquids into two separate pump chambers and then supply the two separate liquids from the pump chambers through two separate discharge passages and check valves to a mixing chamber of the sprayer. In the mixing chamber the two separate liquids are mixed together prior to their being dispensed from the trigger spray.

Abstract: A manually operated liquid foaming dispenser is attached to a bottle of liquid and pumps and mixes both the liquid and air to create a foam from the liquid and to dispense the foam. The dispenser includes a pump housing containing an air pump chamber and a liquid pump chamber, and a pump plunger that is manually reciprocated in both the air pump chamber and the liquid pump chamber. An air piston and a liquid piston are mounted on the plunger and are reciprocated by the plunger in the respective air pump chamber and liquid pump chamber. The air piston is mounted on the pump plunger for relative movement of the air piston on the plunger that enables an interior volume of the air pump chamber to be vented to an exterior environment of the dispenser on manual reciprocation of the pump plunger.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing assembly includes a hand-operated trigger sprayer that is removably attached to a bottle container and communicates with the bottle container through a length of conduit. The trigger sprayer can be securely attached to the bottle container by a child proof connection with the length of conduit stored in an interior volume of the handle of the trigger sprayer or with the length of conduit positioned on the exterior of the trigger sprayer handle and the bottle container.

Abstract: A child resistant closure apparatus between a container and a cap comprises a separate safety lock ring. The lock ring is mounted over the container neck and the cap is mounted on the container neck and engages with a pair of lock clasps on opposite sides of the lock ring. Finger pads on opposite sides of the lock ring are squeezed and compressed by one hand of the user while the cap is rotated on the container neck by the other hand of the user to separate the cap from the container. The lock ring is designed to be employed with container and cap closure assemblies of at least two different sizes, reducing their manufacturing costs. Additionally, the lock ring may be removed from the container if it is desired that the container and cap not have a child resistant closure apparatus.

Abstract: A child resistant closure apparatus between a container and a cap comprises a separate safety lock ring. The lock ring is mounted over the container neck and the cap is mounted on the container neck and engages with a pair of lock clasps on opposite sides of the lock ring. Finger pads on opposite sides of the lock ring are squeezed and compressed by one hand of the user while the cap is rotated on the container neck by the other hand of the user to separate the cap from the container. The lock ring is designed to be employed with container and cap closure assemblies of at least two different sizes, reducing their manufacturing costs. Additionally, the lock ring may be removed from the container if it is desired that the container and cap not have a child resistant closure apparatus.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing assembly includes a hand-operated trigger sprayer that is removably attached to a bottle container and communicates with the bottle container through a length of conduit. The trigger sprayer can be securely attached to the bottle container by a child proof connection with the length of conduit stored in an interior volume of the handle of the trigger sprayer or with the length of conduit positioned on the exterior of the trigger sprayer handle and the bottle container.

Abstract: An adjustable nozzle is attachable to the end of a garden hose and is also attachable to a separate product container, for example, a bottle containing a garden fertilizer or a bottle containing a cleaning soap concentrate. The adjustable nozzle receives a flow of water from the garden hose and dispenses a product from the container attached to the nozzle. The nozzle has a simplified construction with a reduced number of component parts and the operation of the nozzle is simplified yet enables a user to selectively discharge a flow of water or a mixture of water and product from the nozzle, to control the ratio of water to product when the nozzle is employed in dispensing the mixture of water and product, and to direct the discharge as a stream or disperse the discharge in an upwardly or downwardly directed fanned spray pattern.

Abstract: A manually operated vertically reciprocated pump dispenser has a simplified construction with two separate pumps that pump two separate liquids from a container and keep the two separate liquids separated from each other as they are pumped through the dispenser, mixing the liquids for the first time in a discharge passage of the dispenser just prior to the mixed liquids being discharged from the dispenser.

Abstract: A telescoping closure is removably attached to a flexible container that can be manually squeezed to dispense contents of the container through the closure when the closure is moved to an opened position. The closure comprises a cap and a dispensing tip that are both mounted for rotation on a container connector that attaches the closure to the container. On rotation of the cap relative to the container connector the dispensing tip rotates with the cap and moves axially relative to the cap to project the dispensing tip axially outwardly from the cap and open an orifice in a distal end of the dispensing tip. With the orifice opened the contents of the container can be dispensed by inverting the container and cap and manually squeezing the container. The cap is rotated in an opposite direction to cause the dispensing tip to move axially back into the cap closing the orifice at the distal end.

Abstract: A manually operated liquid foaming dispenser is attached to the top of a container of liquid and is manually vertically reciprocated to dispense the liquid from the container as a foam. The dispenser includes a liquid pump chamber and an air pump chamber that respectively pump liquid and air to a discharge passage of the pump where the liquid and air are mixed, generating the foam dispensed from the dispenser. The liquid dispenser is constructed with three biased closed valves that prevent leakage from a liquid container attached to the dispenser should the dispenser and container be positioned on their sides or be inverted.