Patent ID: 7104424

Claim:
An aerosol valve actuator comprising a plastic cap and a plastic base, said base having means for attachment to an aerosol container and/or an aerosol valve mounting cup, a side wall with a product dispensing opening therein, a centrally located tube with a bottom region for engagement with an aerosol valve stem, and a product conduit extending between said bottom region and said base side wall product dispensing opening; said conduit being at least in part flexible and expandable; said cap having a top wall and a side wall having a product dispensing opening therein, said cap being movable on the base between a first, valve actuating, position where the base and cap respective product dispensing openings are in alignment and a second, valve non-actuating, position where the base and cap product dispensing openings are out of alignment and the side wall of the cap blocks the base product dispensing opening; said conduit being expandable under the foaming action of a product in the conduit following dispensing of the product from the actuator and return of the cap to it second, valve non-actuating, position; whereby, post-actuation foaming out of the actuator is substantially eliminated.