Patent ID: 7832597

Claim:
A valve having a closed state and an open state for use with a pressurized dispensing container for dispensing spray products and low viscous products from a container comprising: a vertically movable valve element having a stem with an axis, at least one side wall opening at a lower portion of said stem, and a button at the lower end of said stem, and a resilient annular sealing grommet having a bore around said stem, a recess in the base of said grommet to accept said but ton of said stem, said recess of said grommet being deep enough so that said button is within said recess when the valve is in its fully open state, said recess having a side wall, said button having upper and lower disc segments, said upper disc segment having an edge, a recess in said upper disc edge to provide communication between said edge recess and said valve stem sidewall opening when said valve is opened, said lower disc segment having an interference fit relation with said sidewall of said recess and having a diameter greater than the diameter of said upper disc segment, a passageway through said button to provide communication between product to be dispensed and said zone of said edge recess, a first portion of said passageway extending upwardly through said lower disc segment, a second portion of said passageway in communication between said first portion and said edge recess, said first portion of said passageway having a lower end adapted to be fitted to a dip tube.