Trigger sprayer with refill port

A method of providing and dispensing a liquid user-applied topical material for a user, the method comprising:

• providing a refillable bottle, which is transportable and which defines an interior volume within which the liquid user-applied topical material may be contained, the user may obtain a dispensed amount of the liquid user-applied topical material from the refillable bottle at a first location;
• providing a cap assembly comprising a refill port and a valve associated with the refillable bottle, with the at least one refill port and the at least one valve permitting a filling flow of the liquid user-applied topical material into the interior volume of the refillable bottle and inhibiting undesired leakage of the liquid user-applied topical material from the refillable bottle, and the cap assembly also comprising structure to permit dispensing of the liquid user-applied topical material directly by each of the one or more users;
• providing a refilling assembly at a second location, which is different than the first location, wherein providing the refilling assembly comprises:
• providing a refill reservoir of the refilling assembly for containing a supply of the liquid user-applied topical material;
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• providing at least one connection tube for flow of the liquid user-applied topical material from the refill reservoir, with the at least one connection tube having a horizontal terminal segment;
• docking the refillable bottle and the cap assembly to the refilling assembly for the purpose of receiving at least some of the supply of the liquid user-applied topical material into the interior volume of the refillable bottle, wherein docking the refillable bottle and the cap assembly comprises:
• orienting the refillable bottle and the cap assembly relative to the refiling assembly such that the refilling assembly extends above the cap assembly and the refillable bottle extends vertically and downwardly from the cap assembly and;
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• horizontally engaging the horizontal terminal segment to the at least one refill port of the cap assembly via relative horizontal engagement movement between the horizontal terminal segment and the at least one refill port of the cap assembly, with the at least one valve being operated via the relative horizontal engagement movement to permit the filling flow of the liquid user-applied topical material into the interior volume of the refillable bottle;
• undocking the refillable bottle and the cap assembly from the refilling assembly, comprising:
• horizontally disengaging the horizontal terminal segment from the at least one refill port of the cap assembly via relative horizontal disengagement movement between the horizontal terminal segment and the at least one refill port of the cap assembly, with the at least one valve being operated via the relative horizontal disengagement movement to inhibit flow of the user-applied topical material from the refillable bottle;
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• transporting the refillable bottle and the associated cap assembly away from the refilling assembly and away from the second location to the first location without undesired leakage of material from the refillable bottle regardless of orientation of the refillable bottle.