Molded bottle with inclined spray tube
AssigneeJeffrey M. Libit
InventorsJeffrey M. Libit, Sidney M. Libit
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Abstract
A plastic bottle for spraying liquid has a liquid chamber defined by a sidewall. The sidewall terminates in a neck having a neck opening. A tube integrally formed alongside the sidewall leads from the bottom of the liquid chamber up to a nozzle. A top end of the tube is inclined away from the neck, and a squeeze bulb is in liquid communication with the tube. By squeezing the squeeze bulb, liquid is drawn from the liquid chamber, through the tube, and out through a nozzle attached to the top end of the tube.
Claims8
A plastic bottle for spraying liquid comprising:
- a sidewall forming a liquid chamber, and having a neck, a neck opening for receiving liquid, and a longitudinal axis extending through said neck;
- a tube integrally formed to said sidewall and in communication with the liquid chamber for receiving liquid from said chamber, said tube extending from a bottom of said chamber alongside the sidewall and toward said neck, said tube having a bottom end in liquid communication with said liquid chamber and a top end inclined away from said neck;
- a squeeze bulb in communication with said tube for receiving liquid from said tube, said squeeze bulb integrally formed with said tube near said top end of said tube;
- said top end of said tube having a longitudinal axis inclined a relative to said longitudinal axis of said bottle sidewall at an angle other than 90°;
- means in said tube for preventing a back-flow of liquid into said liquid chamber via said tube when said squeeze bulb is squeezed;
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- a nozzle on said top end of said tube for dispensing liquid from said tube.
A plastic blow molded spray bottle, said plastic having a memory which restores it to its blow molded shape, said bottle comprising a chamber for receiving fluid, a top for closing said chamber, a tube communicating with a bottom area of said chamber, said tube being formed along a side of said chamber but not through said top by pinch molding a solid plastic strip between said bottle and said tube, a squeeze bulb integrally formed on said bottle and communicating with a top of said tube for drawing liquid from said chamber and up said tube responsive to a squeezing of said bulb, a nozzle communicating with said bulb for expelling said liquid drawn up said tube into the ambient atmosphere, a pair of check valves for guiding and directing said fluid as it flows from said chamber into said atmosphere, and means for introducing air into said bottle responsive to a release of said squeezed bulb.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.