Patent Application
20200338575
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The disclosure and prior art relates to washing devices and more particularly pertains to a new washing device for washing the undercarriage of a vehicle.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The spray block 12 has a rear surface 22, a top surface 24, a bottom surface 25, a first lateral surface 26, a second lateral surface 28 and a front surface 30. The top surface 24 has a first angled section 32 angling downwardly toward the bottom surface 25 and the front surface 30 is oriented at an angle between the top 24 and bottom 25 surfaces. The spray block 12 may have a length of approximately 3.0 inches, a height of approximately 1.5 inches and a width of approximately 1.0 inches.
The fluid input 14 extends through the rear surface 22 toward the front surface 30. The first fluid output 16 extends through the first angled section 32 of the top surface 24 and intersects the fluid input 14 such that the first fluid output 16 is in fluid communication with the fluid input 14. The second fluid output 18 extends through the front surface 30 and intersects the fluid input 14 such that the second fluid output 18 is in fluid communication with the fluid input 14. Additionally, the spray block 12 has an axle aperture 33 extending through each of the first 26 and second 28 lateral surfaces of the spray block 12, and the axle aperture 33 is positioned closer to the front surface 30 than the rear surface 22.
An input nozzle 34 is removably coupled to the spray block 12 and the input nozzle 34 is can be fluidly coupled to the fluid source 20. The input nozzle 34 threadably engages a bounding surface 36 of the fluid input 14, and the input nozzle 34 may be a pressure washer nozzle or the like. A first spray nozzle 38 is provided that has a spraying end 40 and coupling end 42. The first spray nozzle 38 threadably engages a bounding surface 44 of the first fluid output 16 has the spraying end 40 being directed upwardly from the spray block 12. The coupling end 42 is positioned within the spray block 12 for receiving the fluid from the input nozzle 34. In this way the spraying end 40 can spray the fluid upwardly from the spray block 12. The first spray nozzle 38 may be oriented to lie on a line that is offset approximately 10.0 degrees from a vertical axis.
A second spray nozzle 45 is provided that has a spraying end 46 and coupling end 47. The second spray nozzle 45 threadably engages a bounding surface 48 of the second fluid output 18 having the spraying end 46 of the second spray nozzle 45 being directed upwardly and forwardly from the spray block 12. Additionally, the coupling end 47 of the second spray nozzle 45 being positioned within the spray block 12 for receiving the fluid from the input nozzle 34. In this way the spraying end 46 of the second spray nozzle 45 can spray the fluid upwardly and forwardly from the spray block 12. The second spray nozzle 45 may lie on a line that is offset approximately 50.0 degrees from the vertical axis. Each of the first 38 and second 40 spray nozzles may be pressure washer nozzles of any conventional design that have an operational pressure ranging between approximately 1500.0 psi and 3000.0 psi
An axle 49 is extendable through the axle aperture 33, and the axle 49 may comprise a bolt and a nut or other elongated member. A pair of rollers 50 is each removably coupled to the spray block 12 to roll along a support surface 52, such as ground or the like. The spray block 12 is rolled beneath a vehicle 54 to spray the fluid onto the undercarriage 56 of the vehicle 54. Each of the rollers 50 has the axle 49 extending therethrough such that each of the rollers 50 is positioned adjacent to a respective one of the first 26 and second 28 lateral surfaces of the spray block 12.
In use, the input nozzle 34 is fluidly coupled to the handle of the pressure washer. Thus, each of the first 38 and second 40 pray nozzles receive pressurized water from the pressure washer. Each of the rollers 50 is rolled on the support surface 52 to facilitate the spray block 12 to be rolled beneath the vehicle 54. In this way each of the first 38 and second 40 spray nozzles can spray the fluid onto the undercarriage 56 of the vehicle 54 for washing. Thus, the undercarriage 56 can be washed without requiring a user to climb beneath the vehicle 54 to wash the undercarriage 56.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
