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;
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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 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 set 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 including a neck portion, the neck portion having a set of threads formed thereon and a set of projections formed thereon, the set of projections being spaced apart from and separate from the set of threads;
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- a dispensing head engageable with the neck portion of the body, the dispensing head including a coupling portion that engages with only one of the set of threads or the set of projections to couple the dispensing head to the body so that fluid can be dispensed from the body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.