US 12,064,783 B2
Liquid supply assembly
Ronald L. Gerson, Carlisle, MA (US); Pierre LaPointe, Plainville, MA (US); and Robert A. Brunell, Forestdale, MA (US)
Assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., Worcester, MA (US); and SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (FR)
Filed by SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIVES, INC., Worcester, MA (US); and SAINT-GOBAIN ABRASIFS, Conflans-Sainte-Honorine (FR)
Filed on May 8, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/314,009.
Application 13/268,340 is a division of application No. 11/762,890, filed on Jun. 14, 2007, granted, now 8,033,413, issued on Oct. 11, 2011.
Application 18/314,009 is a continuation of application No. 17/324,186, filed on May 19, 2021, granted, now 11,679,399.
Application 17/324,186 is a continuation of application No. 16/049,292, filed on Jul. 30, 2018, granted, now 11,040,360, issued on Jun. 22, 2021.
Application 16/049,292 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/093,122, filed on Nov. 29, 2013, granted, now 10,035,156, issued on Jul. 31, 2018.
Application 14/093,122 is a continuation of application No. 13/268,340, filed on Oct. 7, 2011, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/828,245, filed on Oct. 5, 2006.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/815,142, filed on Jun. 20, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2023/0271203 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. B05B 7/30 (2006.01); B05B 7/24 (2006.01)
CPC B05B 7/2408 (2013.01) [B05B 7/24 (2013.01); B05B 7/2405 (2013.01); B05B 7/2478 (2013.01); B05B 7/2481 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A liquid container system for use with a gravity fed spray gun, comprising:
a liner comprising a closed end and an open end, wherein the liner is adapted to hold a liquid, and wherein the liner is adapted to collapse as the liquid is removed from the liquid container system of the gravity fed spray gun;
a lid comprising an inlet, an outlet, a sidewall that terminates at the inlet, a filter that is generally planar and positioned in an interior portion of the lid and positioned completely between the inlet and outlet, and wherein the filter has a diameter, wherein the outlet has a diameter, wherein the inlet has a diameter, wherein the diameter of the filter is smaller than the diameter of the inlet, and wherein the diameter of the filter is larger than the diameter of the outlet; and
a ring configured to engage at least a portion of the lid in an unassembled state, wherein the lid, ring, and liner are fixedly attached in the unassembled state.