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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2019
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Steven D. Becker, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Dale C. Pemberton, Big Lake, MN (US);
Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
This disclosure concerns a paint spray gun and a method of handling the spray gun with one hand. The gun comprises a body comprising a valve, a trigger actuatable to open and close the valve, a handle, and a guard having a top end and a bottom end, the top end attached to the body and the bottom end located below the trigger. The trigger is located directly between the guard and the handle. When gripped, the thump of the hand wraps around one side of the handle, the index and middle fingers of the hand wrap around the other side of the handle above the bottom end of the guard to contact the trigger, and the ring and little fingers of the hand are below the bottom of the guard. The trigger is actuated with only the index and middle fingers pulling the trigger to open the valve.