Patents Assigned to Hayes Products, LLC
  • Patent number: 5810211
    Abstract: An assembly including a pump attachment particularly adapted to form an nonaerosol pump sprayer, and a method of using the same. The apparatus desirably includes an attachment having a pump sprayer which is pressurized on the upstroke enabling the sprayer to be shipped and stored in a relaxed position. The assembly incorporates a grip including a handle portion having a first inner wall defining a first flow channel having a first outlet and a stem portion defining a second inner wall defining a second flow channel having a second outlet. The first flow channel and the second flow channel intersect at the outlet of the second flow channel. A plug is mounted within the first flow channel having a first position wherein the plug prevents fluid flow from the second outlet to the first outlet and a second position wherein the plug permits fluid flow from the second outlet to the first outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1998
    Assignee: Hayes Products, LLC
    Inventors: Donald J. Shanklin, Ronald F. Englhard