Patent ID: 7316334
Filing Date: 2008-01-08
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. A device for holding a pressurized container and actuating a push-button valve in the top of the container to dispense the contents thereof, the container having an annular rim around the valve, the rim having an exterior periphery, the device having a front portion and an actuation member in the front portion that is engageable with the valve for the actuation thereof, wherein the improvement comprises: a collar on the front portion that is dimensioned to fit partially around the exterior periphery of the rim and that is resiliently compressible into a locking engagement against the exterior periphery of the rim, the collar comprising a pair of collar segments, each having a first end and a second end, the first ends being joined to each other at a rear juncture, the second ends being separated by a gap when the collar is placed around the rim, wherein the second ends are movable toward each other to a compressed configuration in which the collar is compressed against the exterior periphery of the rim, a first one of the second ends having a protuberance extending outwardly therefrom; and a locking latch attached to the second one of the free ends and having an aperture dimensioned and located so as to receive the protuberance when the second ends are moved toward each other so as to maintain the collar in the compressed configuration.