Patent ID: 7832425

Claim:
A valve plug selectively movable between a closed position and one or more open positions for controlling a flow of a fluid through a valve, the valve plug comprising: a crown adapted to engage a valve seat of the valve; a skirt extending from a perimeter of the crown for guiding the valve plug through the valve seat, the skirt being substantially cylindrical in shape and including a plurality of legs, each leg having at least an inner surface, an outer surface, and a pair of intermediate surfaces extending between the inner and outer surfaces; a protrusion extending from the crown, the protrusion disposed substantially concentric to the skirt; at least one recess formed in the protrusion at a location along the flow of the fluid; and a plurality of distinct and separate recesses formed in each intermediate surface of each leg of the skirt at a location along the flow of the fluid, the at least one recess and the plurality of recesses for enhancing the flow of fluid through the valve.