# US 10,441,963 B2 · Liquid dispensing product having a spray dispenser having a trigger lock > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,441,963 B2 - Document ID: US10441963B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/883,489 - Filed: 2018-01-30 - Published: 2019-08-01 - Granted: 2019-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2018-01-30 - Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company - Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company - Inventors: Paulus Antonius Augustinus Hoefte; Pieter Paul Dirk Jenny Maria Vandenbergh; Vincent Hubert M. De Wilde - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10441963B2 ## CPC - B05B 11/0032: {Manually actuated means located downstream the discharge nozzle for closing or covering it, e.g. shutters (automatically removed during actuation of a spray pump B05B11/1053)} - B05B 11/1057: {Triggers, i.e. actuation means consisting of a single lever having one end rotating or pivoting around an axis or a hinge fixedly attached to the container, and another end directly actuated by the user} - B05B 11/1059: {Means for locking a pump or its actuation means in a fixed position (B05B11/1091 takes precedence)} - B05B 11/1073: {Springs} - B05B 11/0008: {Sealing or attachment arrangements between sprayer and container (between pump and container B05B11/1043)} - B05B 11/1011: {without substantial movement of the nozzle in the direction of the pressure stroke} - B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D) ## Abstract A liquid dispensing product having: a lockable spray dispenser and a liquid composition, the spray dispenser configured to spray the composition. The spray dispenser having a shroud housing a pump, the shroud having a shroud top surface; a rotatable nozzle cover housing a discharge nozzle, the discharge nozzle in fluid communication with the pump; a trigger operatively engaged with the pump, the trigger having a trigger front surface facing away from the shroud and an opposing trigger back surface and a pair of opposing trigger lateral edges; a projection extending outwardly from the nozzle cover; and a projection engaging surface on the trigger back surface. The projection is rotatably engageable with the projection engaging surface. The entirety of the projection is below the shroud top surface, behind the trigger back surface, and between the trigger lateral edges when the projection is engaged with the projection engaging surface and when the projection is disengaged with said projection engaging surface. The liquid composition having from about 5% to about 15%, by weight of the composition, of a surfactant system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A liquid dispensing product comprising: a spray dispenser, said spray dispenser comprising: a shroud housing a pump, wherein said shroud comprises a shroud top surface; a rotatable nozzle cover housing a discharge nozzle, wherein said discharge nozzle is in fluid communication with said pump and wherein said nozzle cover is rotatable about a central axis thereof; a trigger operatively engaged with said pump, said trigger having a trigger front surface facing away from said shroud and an opposing trigger back surface and a pair of opposing trigger lateral edges; a projection extending outwardly from said nozzle cover; and a projection engaging surface on said trigger back surface, wherein said projection is rotatably engageable with said projection engaging surface and wherein the entirety of said projection is below said shroud top surface, behind said trigger back surface, and between said trigger lateral edges when said projection is engaged with said projection engaging surface and when said projection is disengaged with said projection engaging surface; and a liquid composition comprising from about 5% to about 15%, by weight of said composition, of a surfactant system; wherein said spray dispenser is configured to spray said composition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 1, wherein said projection comprises a hook. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 1, wherein said projection engaging surface comprises a tab. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of said projection is directly beneath said projection engaging surface when said projection is engaged with said projection engaging surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 4, wherein said projection is in direct contact with said projection engaging surface when said projection is engaged with said projection engaging surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 1, wherein said spray dispenser comprises a trigger first position wherein said trigger is relaxed and a trigger second position wherein said trigger is depressed, wherein said projection is obscured from view from one or more directions when said spray dispenser is in said trigger first position. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 6, wherein said projection is engaged with said projection engaging surface when said spray dispenser is in said trigger first position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 6, wherein said projection is unobscured from view from one or more directions when said spray dispenser is in said trigger second position. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 1, wherein said trigger is movable in at least an axially downward direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The liquid dispensing product according to claim 1, wherein said shroud top surface comprises an indicator, said indicator comprising an indicator locked position and an indicator unlocked position, wherein said projection is engaged with said projection engaging surface when said indicator is in said indicator locked position.