Apparatus for use with multiple coupleable accessories
AssigneeThe Clorox Company
InventorsBenjamin Ma, Jacob McMullen
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Abstract
An apparatus to which multiple dispensing accessories having different connections can be coupled. The different connections enable a variety of dispensing or spraying mechanisms to be coupled. Also, an apparatus that can be coupled to both a concentrate delivering accessory and to a fluid dispensing accessory. Such an apparatus allows a user to provide a concentrate to a fluid in a container or bottle via a first or concentrate delivering accessory, and then utilize a second accessory, such as a dispensing or spray head, to dispense the mixture of the fluid and concentrate from the bottle.
Claims20
An apparatus for dispensing a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
- a body defining a chamber in which a fluid can be placed, the body including a neck portion having a collar with an outer surface, the outer surface of the neck portion including a first coupling mechanism formed thereon and a second coupling mechanism formed thereon, the second coupling mechanism being structurally different than the first coupling mechanism, each of the first coupling mechanism and the second coupling mechanism including one or more projections that extend outwardly from the collar;
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- a spray head removably coupled to the body, wherein the spray head includes a coupling portion that engages with only one of the first coupling mechanism or the second coupling mechanism on the neck portion of the body to couple the spray head to the body, and one of the first coupling mechanism or the second coupling mechanism includes threads.
An apparatus for dispensing a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
- a body defining a chamber in which a fluid can be placed, the body including a neck portion having a collar with an outer surface, the outer surface of the neck portion including a first coupling mechanism formed thereon and a second coupling mechanism formed thereon, the first coupling mechanism including a first set of threads and a second set of threads, the second set of threads being discontinuous from and spaced apart from the first set of threads, the second coupling mechanism including a plurality of projections;
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- a spray head removably coupled to the body, wherein the spray head includes a coupling portion that engages with one of the first or second sets of threads or the plurality of projections to couple the spray head to the body so that the spray head can dispense the fluid from the body.
An apparatus for dispensing a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
- a body defining a chamber in which a fluid can be placed, the body including a neck portion having a collar with an outer surface, the outer surface of the neck portion including a first coupling mechanism formed thereon and a second coupling mechanism formed thereon, the second coupling mechanism being structurally different than the first coupling mechanism, the first coupling mechanism includes a first set of threads and a second set of threads, and the second set of threads is spaced apart from the first set of threads such that the first set of threads and the second set of threads are discontinuous from each other;
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- a spray head removably coupled to the body, wherein the spray head includes a coupling portion that engages with only one of the first coupling mechanism or the second coupling mechanism on the neck portion of the body to couple the spray head to the body, and one of the first coupling mechanism or the second coupling mechanism includes threads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.