Dispenser for repelling animals

Claim 1

A hand held dispenser for a pungent liquid to repel animals comprising: a first housing section having a first internal chamber; a second housing section having a second internal chamber and an end wall, said first and said second housing sections being telescopingly connected together so said first and second internal chambers cooperate together to form a single enlarged chamber, said second housing section being telescopingly movable with respect to said first housing section by squeezing said end wall toward said first housing section so as to forcefully rapidly and sharply reduce the volume of said single enlarged chamber; an outlet valve assembly attached to said first housing section, said outlet valve assembly to be capable of dispensing a directed stream of liquid; a bladder adapted to contain an animal-repelling pungent liquid, said bladder being located within and substantially filling said single enlarged chamber, said bladder having a liquid inlet and a liquid outlet, said liquid outlet connecting with said outlet valve assembly, whereby upon moving of said second housing section relative to said first housing section decreasing the volume of said single enlarged chamber the said bladder is compressed causing discharge of liquid from said bladder through said outlet valve assembly, said bladder having a bottom end directly bearing against said end wall and being completely corrugated on its sides so that, when collapsed by said squeezing action, said bladder is substantially emptied of said liquid by a continual progressive squeezing operation in the liquid discharging direction; said first housing section having a front end wall, said front end wall having an outlet opening extending completely therethrough so as to communicate with said first internal chamber, said bladder being integrally provided with an outlet tube located in and completely filling said outlet opening and having an outer end captured by said front end wall, said outlet valve assembly comprising a manually operable knob rotatably mounted on said first housing section and having an end portion protruding laterally into said outlet opening and bearing against said outlet tube for manually selectively closing said tube by lateral restriction thereof and adjustably opening said tube for selective discharge of said fluid; said front end wall having an inlet opening extending completely therethrough so as to communicate with said first internal chamber, said bladder being integrally provided with a flexible walled inlet conduit located in and completely filling said inlet opening and having an outer end captured by said front end wall, a plug removably insertable into said conduit and oversize with respect to said conduit so as to tightly press said flexibly walled conduit against said first housing section to seal said bladder against fluid leakage.