Patent ID: 7611032

Claim:
A dispensing head for actuating a dispensing element mounted on a container, said head comprising: a) fastening means for fastening the head to the container; b) a dispensing duct able to communicate with the product inside the container; and c) actuating means for actuating the dispensing element, the actuating means being provided with a dispensing orifice and being able to move with respect to the duct between a first position in which the product can be dispensed and a second position in which the product cannot be dispensed and in which the dispensing element cannot be actuated, wherein in the first position, said actuating means are able to butt against a first integral portion of said fastening means, and wherein in the second position, the actuating means are able to butt against a second integral portion of said fastening means so as to stop a displacement of the actuating means from the first to the second position, wherein the dispensing orifice is formed at an end of a channel and the duct opens into at least one aperture opposite the channel in the first position and blocked off in the second position, and wherein said fastening means include an annular transverse wall that defines an arcuate opening terminating at a first end, wherein said arcuate opening defines an opening portion at said first end, wherein said opening portion is configured such that a portion of said actuating means passes through said arcuate opening at said opening portion when a pressure is applied to said actuating means in said first position.