Patent ID: 6340103
Filing Date: 2002-01-22
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
A dispensing mechanism for a pressurized container having a sidewall, an axially movable valve, a valve cap and a dispensing nozzle, comprising:a platform adapted to be removably fitted on the valve cap, a lever, said platform having a front portion, said lever having a front end pivotally mounted to said front portion of said platform, said lever having an intermediate force transmitting portion adapted to engage the nozzle, said lever having a rear handle portion, actuation of said handle portion causing said intermediate portion to force the nozzle and the valve on which the nozzle is positioned into a position to cause product to be dispensed from the container, said platform having a first relatively rigid engaging lip extending below said platform at said front portion of said platform to engage the valve cap, said first lip subtending an arc sufficiently great to provide substantial engagement between said first lip and the valve cap and to resist forces tending to lift said platform from the valve cap when forces are exerted at the pivotal engagement between the front end of said lever and said front end of said platform, said platform having a second engaging lip spaced from said first engaging lip to stabilize said platform on said cap, said second engaging lip being flexible and covering an arc substantially less than the arc of said first engaging lip in order to permit said platform to be readily placed on and removed from the cap.