Long handled liquid dispensing applicator

Claim 1

A liquid dispensing applicator device comprising an elongated handle, a head member of extended area rigidly secured to an end of the handle and having a vertical shoulder portion opposite the handle, a pad of sponge-like absorbent material of similar extended area secured to the head member, a tray member for receiving liquid to be dispensed shaped to receive said pad of absorbent material, cooperating snap-fitting interlocking sealing means on the head member and tray member for releasably fastening said tray member to said head member in substantially airtight covering relationship with said pad of absorbent material, wherein said handle is hollow to serve as a reservoir of liquid, and conduit means communicatively connecting said hollow handle with said pad of sponge-like absorbent material, wherein said conduit means includes pump means rigidly secured to said vertical shoulder portion for forcing liquid from said hollow handle to said pad, wherein said handle is in the form of an elongated rigid duct defining a reservoir, wherein said conduit means comprises a tube connected to the intake of said pump means and secured to said head member and extending inside said duct for the major portion of the length of the duct and terminating adjacent the free end of the handle, wherein said free end is arranged to be lowermost when the head member is disposed horizontally, whereby to insure immersion of the end of the tube in the liquid in this position of the device so that with the head member in said horizontal position the pump means may be actuated to form a layer of liquid in the bottom of said tray member sufficient to saturate the bottom portion of said pad, wherein said pump means is provided with a bore containing a pump plunger, said plunger having an externally projecting actuating element located at said vertical shoulder portion for reciprocating the plunger in said bore, and wherein said pump means has a discharge spout which depends from said bore into said pad of sponge-like absorbent material, said pump means including a suction-actuated inlet check valve between said bore and said tube and a pressure-actuated outlet check valve between said bore and said discharge spout located at the entry to said discharge spout.