Handheld spraying device with quick disconnect assembly

A handheld water spraying device having a quick disconnect assembly for releasably securing the device to a flexible water line, said device comprising:

• a spray body having a water inlet end and a water outlet end;
• a valve disposed within said spray body for the selective passage of water therethrough;
• a trigger carried by said spray body for opening and closing said valve;
• a nozzle assembly adapted to be fixed to the water line and releasably secured in said spray body, said assembly comprising an axially extending nozzle and a pair of opposed radially projecting wing portions carried by and rotatable with respect to said nozzle;
• a pair of opposed seats formed in said spray body for receiving said wing portions of said nozzle assembly and preventing rotation of said wing portions with respect to said spray body;
• biasing means disposed within said spray body for urging said wing portions into and against said seats;
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• an elongated opening formed in said spray body proximate said inlet end thereof for the passage of said nozzle assembly therethrough upon said wing portions thereof being aligned with said opening, said opening being aligned transversely with respect to said seats such that upon urging the water line and affixed nozzle assembly inwardly within said spray body against said biasing means so as to raise said wing portions off said seats and then rotating the line and affixed nozzle assembly approximately 90° with respect to said spray body so as to align said wing portions with said opening, said line and nozzle assembly can be axially withdrawn from said spray body thereby disengaging said spray body from the line.

A handheld water spraying device having a quick disconnect assembly for releasably securing the device to a flexible water line, said device comprising:

• a spray body having a lower portion defining a water inlet and an upper portion defining a water outlet, said upper portion threadably engaging said lower portion;
• a valve mechanism carried by said upper portion of said spray body for the selective passage of water therethrough;
• a nozzle assembly adapted to be fixed to the water line and releasably secured in said lower portion of said spray body for the passage of water from said line into said body, said nozzle assembly including a pair of opposed radially projecting wing portions;
• a plurality of raised surfaces formed in said lower portion of said spray body and defining therein a pair of opposed seats for receiving said wing portions of said nozzle assembly and preventing rotation of said wing portions with respect to said spray body, said raised surfaces further defining an elongated opening proximate said seats for the passage of said nozzle assembly therethrough upon said wing portions thereof being aligned with said opening, said opening being aligned transversely with respect to said seats;
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• biasing means disposed within said spray body for urging said wing portions into and against said seats, whereby upon urging the water line and affixed nozzle assembly inwardly within said spray body against said biasing means so as to raise said wing portions off said seats and then rotating the line and affixed nozzle assembly approximately 90° with respect to said spray body so as to align said wing portions with said opening, said line and nozzle assembly can be axially withdrawn from said spray body thereby disengaging said spray body from the line.