Patent ID: 9527655
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: B65D

Claim Text:
1. A paint canister comprising a downward-discharge spray can including a container formed to include an interior paint-storage region and an aperture opening into the interior paint-storage region and a dispenser coupled to the container and arranged to move from a closed position in which paint is blocked from being discharged from the interior paint-storage region through the dispenser to an opened position in which paint is discharged from the interior paint-storage region through the dispenser in response to a force being applied to a side of the dispenser, and a dispenser guard including a shell mounted permanently to the container and arranged to extend around a portion of the dispenser to define an end-spray opening located in a plane spaced apart from the container and a side-actuation opening and dispenser-locator means for positioning the dispenser relative to an actuation finger included in a frame arranged to extend through the side-actuation opening to apply a finger force to a nozzle of the dispenser in response to pulling a trigger included in the frame so that the dispenser is contacted at a predetermined position by the actuation finger to move the dispenser from the closed position to the opened position thereby causing paint to discharge from the interior paint-storage region of the container to the surroundings, wherein the dispenser is arranged to discharge paint from the interior paint-storage region to the surroundings through the end-spray opening, the shell includes a mount ring configured to couple the dispenser guard to the container such that the dispenser guard is spaced apart from the nozzle of the dispenser, an inner wall coupled to the mount ring and extending away from the container, a connection wall coupled to the inner wall and extending at least partially around a circumference of the inner wall, an access wall coupled to the inner wall and extending at least partially around the circumference of the inner wall, and an outer wall coupled to the connection wall and access wall and extending toward the container with a bottom edge of the outer wall spaced apart from the container, the dispenser-locator means includes a dispenser-locator shoulder arranged to extend outwardly in a radial direction from the bottom edge of the outer wall, the dispenser-locator shoulder is interrupted and includes a plurality of rim tabs arranged to extend around a portion of the outer wall forming an arcuate shape when viewed from above and each rim tab arranged to engage a single corresponding support tab of a plurality of support tabs included in the frame to block axial movement of the dispenser guard in at least on direction and allow rotation of the dispenser guard, at least a portion of the access wall is substantially axially aligned with the mount ring, and the actuation finger is configured to engage with portions of the shell defining the side-actuation opening to block disengagement of the rim tabs from the corresponding support tabs through rotation of the dispenser guard.