Patent ID: 7600659

Claim:
A texturing system for applying a textured coating to a ceiling surface, comprising: a container defining a container axis and a product chamber containing texture material and propellant material, where the propellant material pressurizes the texture material; a valve system operable in a first configuration in which pressurized texture material is substantially prevented from flowing out of the product chamber, and a second configuration in which the valve system allows the pressurized texture material to flow out of the product chamber; and an outlet assembly comprising an actuator member comprising a stem portion adapted to engage the valve system, a mounting portion, and at least one ear portion, and a plurality of outlet members, where each outlet member defines an outlet member axis and an outlet opening having a predetermined cross-sectional area; wherein a selected one of the plurality of outlet members is frictionally engaged with the mounting portion of the actuator member such that the outlet axis of the selected outlet member is substantially aligned with the container axis; and displacing the at least one ear portion of the actuator member towards the container places the valve system in the second configuration to allow the pressurized texture material to flow out of the outlet opening along the container axis and onto the ceiling surface in a spray pattern; and the texture material on the ceiling surface dries to form the textured coating.