Pump assembly with shield

A pump assembly for dispensing a fluid from a fluid container, the pump assembly comprising:

• an upper sleeve;
• a lower sleeve slidingly engaged together with the upper sleeve;
• and
• a pump having an inlet end, an outlet end, and a pump chamber,
• wherein the pump is retained within the lower and the upper sleeves with the inlet end located at an upper end of the upper sleeve and the outlet end located at a lower end of the lower sleeve,
• wherein movement of the lower sleeve towards the upper sleeve from an extended position to a compressed position causes the pump chamber to reduce in volume,
• wherein the outlet end of the pump has a shoulder between a first diameter portion and an outlet nozzle,
• wherein the outlet nozzle extends downwardly from the shoulder and has a second diameter smaller than the first diameter portion,
• wherein the lower end of the lower sleeve comprises a shield for narrowing a spray angle of the fluid exiting the outlet end of the pump,
• wherein the shield extends from a lowermost rim upwards and inwards to terminate at an orifice,
• wherein the orifice is larger than the second diameter but smaller than the first diameter portion and the shield forming a domed continuous surface that does not have any openings through which liquid or droplets might penetrate,
• wherein the shoulder supports against a lip of the orifice and the outlet nozzle extends through the orifice to terminate at a dispersion location within the shield at a distance L from the orifice, and
• wherein the domed continuous surface has a height of between 5 mm and 20 mm between the lowermost rim and the orifice.