Watering can
AssigneeDart Industries Inc.
InventorsJames B. Swett, Ann A. Arnold
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Abstract
A watering can having a multiplicity of fluid dispensing means including a spout and a remote flexible conduit which, when not in use, is fixedly stored in appropriately recessed areas of the handle and cover of the can.
Claims4
A receptacle for retaining and selectively dispensing liquid, said receptacle including a bottom and surrounding side wall terminating in an upper edge defining a fluid receiving interior with an open top, said side wall including one vertical segment having a projecting and laterally outwardly directed and upwardly opening discharge spout adjacent the upper open top of the fluid receiving interior, said side wall having a second vertical segment remote from said one segment and having a handle member projecting therefrom, said second segment incorporating a discharge opening from the receptacle interior below and in alignment with said handle member, said handle member extending vertically from said discharge opening to approximately the upper edge of the side wall, a flexible conduit in communication with and extending from said discharge opening, said handle member having a slot defined therein and extending along the vertical height of the handle member for removable engagement of the conduit in a recessed position therein from the discharge opening to the upper edge of the side wall, a cover member overlying and removably engagable with the upper edge of the side wall, said cover member including recess means therein for accommodating said flexible conduit, said cover member further including holding means positioned thereon for selectively receiving a portion of said conduit and holding said conduit within said cover member recess means and said handle member slot.
A receptacle for retaining and selectively dispensing liquid, said receptacle including a bottom and surrounding side wall terminating in an upper edge defining a fluid receiving interior with an open top, said side wall including one vertical segment having a projecting generally vertical liquid accommodating channel portion thereon which communicates with the interior along the height thereof and which terminates in a laterally outwardly directed and upwardly opening discharge spout adjacent the upper open top of the fluid receiving interior, said side wall having a second vertical segment remote from said one segment and having a handle member projecting therefrom, said second segment incorporating a discharge opening from the receptacle interior below and in alignment with said handle member, said handle member extends vertically from said discharge opening to approximately the upper edge of the side wall, a flexible conduit in communication with and extending from said discharge opening, said handle member having a slot defined therein and extending along the vertical height of the handle member for removable engagement of the conduit in a recessed position therein from the discharge opening to the upper edge of the side wall, a cover member overlying and removable engagable with the upper edge of the side wall, said cover member including holding means positioned thereon for selectively receiving a portion of said conduit and holding said conduit in overlying relation to said cover member, said cover member including a portion conforming to and overlying the discharge spout, confining the opening therein to the remote end thereof.
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