Patent ID: 7984827
Filing Date: 2011-07-26
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An aerosol actuator for actuating an aerosol valve on the top of an aerosol container, said actuator comprising in combination a top portion and a bottom portion, the bottom portion being mountable on the aerosol container, the top portion being mounted on the bottom portion, and the top portion being rotatable with respect to the bottom portion between a first position for actuating the aerosol valve and a second position wherein the aerosol valve cannot be actuated; said bottom portion having an internal ring with an inside edge; said top portion having a lower periphery and a plurality of downwardly extending flexible connecting flanges with an outwardly and upwardly directed rib adjacent the lower end of each such connecting flange, said downwardly extending flexible connecting flanges being radially offset from said lower periphery and defining a gap therebetween, said upwardly directed ribs extending under the inside edge of the internal ring to connect the top and bottom portions; said downwardly extending connecting flanges being attached to the top portion by a plurality of supporting flanges, one supporting flange of each connecting flange also serving as a stop member; said bottom portion having a pair of upstanding vertical wing flanges that also serve as stop members; and certain of said stop members of the top portion and bottom portion acting to terminate the rotation of said top portion at the first position and the second position.