Patent ID: 8499984

Claim:
A one-piece finger trigger spray cap actuator ( 1 ) for use in conjunction with a mounting cup (M) on an aerosol container, wherein the improvement to the actuator comprising: a base ( 5 ) having an integral collar ( 8 ), a V-shaped finger trigger support ( 22 ) having sloping sides ( 27 ); a finger trigger ( 3 ) hingedly and integrally connected to the trigger support ( 22 ) by a living hinge ( 10 ); and a finger grip ( 39 ) depending from the finger trigger ( 3 ) and extending radially beyond the outer circumference of the collar ( 8 ); wherein the sloping slides ( 27 ) form a down tube guide ( 23 ) as further defined by a guide surface ( 24 ) for facilitating the assembly of the trigger spray cap actuator ( 1 ) by guiding the entry of the down tube ( 7 ) into a central passage ( 9 ); and an operable state wherein the central passage ( 9 ) formed through the base ( 5 ) circumferentially engages a substantially complimentary shaped integral down tube ( 7 ) depending from the finger trigger ( 3 ), to maintain the down tube ( 7 ) in the operable state.