Patent ID: 7121435
Filing Date: 2006-10-17
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 rim engagement element on the front portion that is dimensioned to fit around the exterior periphery of the rim and that is resiliently compressible into a locking engagement against the exterior periphery of the rim, wherein the rim engagement element comprises a substantially annular collar that fits around the exterior periphery of the rim, the collar having a gap defined by an opposed pair of free ends that are selectively urged toward each other to a compressed configuration in which the collar is compressed against the exterior periphery of the rim, and wherein each of the free ends has a protuberance extending outwardly therefrom; and a locking mechanism that is operable on the rim engagement element to maintain the rim engagement element in the locking engagement against the exterior periphery of the rim, the locking mechanism including a locking strip having a pair of apertures dimensioned and located to receive the protuberances when the free ends are urged toward each other.