Patent ID: 8517227

Claim:
An aerosol spray actuator comprising: an actuator base having support ribs and a bottom opening for engaging an aerosol container and a top opening for receiving an actuator button having slots; a product passageway formed integral with and hinged to the base, the product passageway extends between a receiving port and a product dispensing outlet for dispensing contents of the aerosol container into the environment; and wherein the aerosol spray actuator has an operative position through the alignment of the support ribs and slots allowing relative axial movement about a living hinge between the actuator button and actuator base and having an actuating state and an actuated state of the actuator button for dispensing product from the aerosol container and a non-operative position restricting relative axial movement between the actuator button and the actuator base to prevent the aerosol container from dispensing the contents; and the support ribs and slots forming an axial displacement means for changing the axial relationship of the actuator button and the actuator base when the button and the actuator base are relatively radially rotated between the operative position and the non-operative position.