Patent ID: 7104427

Claim:
An aerosol valve actuator comprising a first shell-like member and a second actuating member, said two members being discrete and distinct from one another; said first shell-like member having a side wall with exterior and interior wall surfaces, an open bottom for mounting to an aerosol container, and an upper portion with an opening therein having a perimeter; said second actuating member being bottom mounted into and connected to said first member and having a finger actuating pad biased to an upper position against said upper portion when not actuated, a depending tube from the finger actuating pad for connection to an aerosol valve stem, and an outlet tube in fluid connection with the depending tube and terminating in an outlet nozzle; said finger actuating pad in its non-actuated position having a perimeter extending radially beyond the perimeter of the opening in the upper portion of the first member; such that said finger actuating pad has an upper surface which, when the finger pad is in its non-actuated position, underlies and contacts the upper portion of said first member directly adjacent the opening therein, thereby leaving no discernable gap between the perimeter of the opening in the first member upper portion and the finger pad upper surface, and preventing the finger actuating pad being pushed through said opening upon assembly of the actuator onto the aerosol valve stem.