Patent ID: 6446842
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: B05B,B05D,B65D

Abstract:
A method of dispensing coating material to form a coating on a surface such that the coating defines an actual pattern that substantially matches a desired pattern, the method comprising the steps of:providing an aerosol assembly comprising a container, a valve assembly, and an actuator member, where the aerosol assembly defines an outlet opening and an effective cross-sectional area of the outlet opening defines the actual pattern; placing texture material into the container; placing propellant material into the container such that, when the actuator member is depressed, the valve assembly is placed into an open configuration in which the propellant may force the coating material out of the container through the outlet opening in the aerosol assembly; altering the effective cross-sectional area of the outlet opening to obtain a desired cross-sectional area, where the desired cross-sectional area corresponds to the desired pattern; and depressing the actuator member to dispense the coating material from the outlet opening and onto the surface in the actual pattern such that the actual pattern substantially matches the desired pattern.