US 11,772,117 B2
Spray gun for spraying paints and other coatings
Mark D. Shultz, Fridley, MN (US); Steven D. Becker, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US); Brian M. Mulgrew, St. Francis, MN (US); and Tyler F. Sterner, Champlin, MN (US)
Assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Dec. 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/119,179.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/955,894, filed on Dec. 31, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0197220 A1, Jul. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B05B 15/14 (2018.01); B05B 9/01 (2006.01); B05B 12/00 (2018.01)
CPC B05B 15/14 (2018.02) [B05B 9/01 (2013.01); B05B 12/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spray gun comprising:
a gun body;
a trigger connected to the gun body and configured to actuate a valve to control spraying by the spray gun;
a handle extending from the gun body, the handle having a front side and a rear side; and
a trigger guard extending between the gun body and the handle the trigger guard including a lower portion extending from the handle,
wherein the gun body, the handle, and the trigger guard extend around and define an area within which a pull of the trigger is disposed;
wherein the trigger guard includes a contour formed in the lower portion and disposed proximate the handle, the contour configured to receive at least one finger of the user disposed outside of the area; and
wherein the contour is formed in the lower portion of the trigger guard by the lower portion extending outwards away from the handle, then upwards towards the area within which the pull of the trigger is disposed, then downwards away from the area which the pull of the trigger is disposed.