Patent ID: 9061816
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An overcap for a container, comprising: a body having a tapered section forming a surface of a sidewall, wherein an opening is provided in the sidewall; and an actuation mechanism including an actuator with an elongate button and a manifold, wherein the elongate button extends through the opening in the sidewall, wherein the elongate button has a length 1 in a direction about a longitudinal axis of the overcap and includes an upper portion, a middle portion, and a lower portion, wherein the length 1 of the elongate button is at least about 40 mm, wherein the actuation mechanism is actuable to open a valve of a container by only a sliding movement of the elongate button in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the overcap, and wherein a force F is to be exerted upon the upper portion, the middle portion, or the lower portion of the elongate button, and the minimum force necessary to actuate the actuation mechanism by pressing the middle portion of the elongate button is within a range of about 0 to about 1 lbf of the minimum force necessary to actuate the actuation mechanism by pressing either of the upper portion or the lower portion of the elongate button.