Patent ID: 7216784
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
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; 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; a shroud terminating the front portion, the shroud having a bottom end and a camming surface near the bottom end; wherein the rim engagement element comprises a substantially annular collar joined to the bottom end of the shroud and dimensioned to fit around the exterior periphery of the rim; and wherein the locking mechanism includes a latch pivotably attached to the shroud and pivotable between a first position out of engagement with the camming surface and a second position in engagement with the camming surface, whereby the engagement of the latch with the camming surface compresses the collar into a locking engagement with the exterior periphery of the rim and maintains the collar in the locking engagement.