US 11,745,197 B2
Dual compartment container adapter
Peter Lea, Toronto (CA); Brian Bacik, Midhurst (CA); Jeff Hastie, Toronto (CA); Ladi Sujar, Mississauga (CA); and Rasho Petrovic, Creek (CA)
Assigned to RUST-OLEUM CORPORATION, Vernon Hills, IL (US)
Appl. No. 16/643,810
Filed by RUST-OLEUM CORPORATION, Vernon Hills, IL (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 29, 2018, PCT No. PCT/CA2018/000159
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 2, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/041021, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. CA 2977635 (CA), filed on Aug. 30, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0162440 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. B05B 11/00 (2023.01); B65D 83/20 (2006.01); B65D 83/68 (2006.01); B05B 11/10 (2023.01)
CPC B05B 11/0078 (2013.01) [B05B 11/1011 (2023.01); B05B 11/1081 (2023.01); B65D 83/201 (2013.01); B65D 83/682 (2013.01); B05B 11/0008 (2013.01); B05B 11/0037 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adapter for receiving two separate fluids from a container having two separate fluid compartments and for combining said fluids into a single mixed fluid stream for delivery to a spray fluid dispenser, said adapter comprising:
a unitary housing having a first end for fluid connection to the container and a second end for fluid connection to said spray fluid dispenser, the housing defining a manifold forming a fluid passageway therein between the first end and the second end, the manifold including two separate substantially straight first conduits formed at the first end, each of the substantially straight first conduits being connectable to a respective one of said fluid compartments for receiving fluid therefrom, the manifold further including a second conduit in fluid communication with the second end for delivery of the mixed fluids to the spray fluid dispenser, the first conduits each being in fluid communication with the second conduit and the second conduit forming a step where the second conduit connects to the first conduits,
wherein the first conduits each have a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portions being offset from the upper portions.