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AssigneeWD-40 Company
InventorsMichael J. Starzman, John W. Freudenberg, Kevin Victor Bates, Benjamin Thomas Krupp, Robert Gerald States, III, David A. Parrott, Robert J. Good, Joseph K. Dodd, Sara Dawson Falcon
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The actuator includes a shroud adapted to be situated on an aerosol container over the stem and an actuation member mounted on and moveable within the shroud to depress the stem by the application of an external force applied to the top surface of the actuation member. The actuation member includes a nozzle and a conduit for connecting the stem and the nozzle. A hood is normally positioned to block the actuation member from being moved to depress the stem. A locking member normally intersects the path of movement of the hood to lock the hood in its blocking position. The locking member has two sections both of which must be simultaneously moved to a position remote from the path of hood movement such that the hood may be moved from its blocking position, allowing the actuation member to be moved to depress the stem.
A child resistant aerosol actuator for use with a container of pressurized fluid of the type having a valve with a stem depressible to release the contents of the container, said actuator comprising a shroud adapted to be situated on the container over the stem, said shroud comprising first and second spaced opposing sides, an actuation member having a surface and being mounted between said shroud sides for movement relative to said shroud between a first position wherein the stem is not depressed and a second position wherein the stem is depressed to release the contents of the container, said actuation member including a nozzle and a conduit connecting the stem and said nozzle, a manually moveable hood comprising first and second walls pivotally connected to said first and second sides of said shroud, respectively, said hood normally positioned to prevent said actuation member from being moved from said first position to said second position, and a locking member extending from said shroud normally preventing said hood from being moved from its normal position, said locking member being moveable to a position wherein said actuation member is no longer prevented from being moved to said second position by an external force applied to said actuation member surface.
A child resistant aerosol actuator for use with a container of pressurized fluid of the type having a top portion with a stem valve associated with a spring, the spring normally urging the stem toward an extended position to close the valve, wherein the stem can be moved to a depressed position against the urging of the spring to open the valve and release the contents of the container, said actuator comprising a shroud adapted to be situated over the top portion of the container surrounding the stem, said shroud having first and second ends, an actuation member having a surface aligned with the stem and being mounted on said shroud for movement relative to said shroud between a first position wherein the stem is not depressed and a second position wherein the stem is depressed, said actuation member comprising a nozzle moveably mounted on said actuation member and extending from said first shroud end and a conduit connecting the stem and said nozzle, a generally “U”shaped hood mounted on said shroud for movement between a blocking position wherein movement of said actuation member to depress the stem is prevented and an unblocking position wherein movement of said actuation member to depress the stem is not prevented, said second end of said shroud comprising a locking member normally situated to prevent said hood from being moved from its blocking position, said locking member being moveable to a position remote from the path of hood movement such that said hood may be moved from its blocking position.
A child resistant aerosol actuator for use with a container of pressurized fluid of the type having a valve with a stem depressible to release the contents of the container, said actuator comprising a first part adapted to be situated on the container over the stem, a second part having a surface and mounted on said first part for movement relative to said first part to depress the stem, said second part comprising a nozzle and a conduit for connecting the stem and said nozzle, a generally “U”shaped third part pivotally mounted on said first part and normally positioned to prevent said second part from depressing the stem, and a fourth part extending from said first part comprising an unattached end normally positioned to intersect the path of movement of said third part to prevent said third part from being moved from its normal position, said fourth part unattached end being moveable to a position remote from the path of movement of said third part such that said third part may be moved to a position wherein said second part may be moved to said second position by the application of external force on said second part surface to depress the stem.
A child resistant aerosol actuator for use with a container of pressurized fluid of the type having a valve with a stem depressible to release the contents of the container, said actuator comprising a shroud adapted to be situated on the container over the stem, said shroud comprising first and second spaced opposing sides and first and second ends, an actuation member having a surface and being mounted between said shroud sides for movement relative to said shroud between a first position wherein the stem is not depressed and a second position wherein the stein is depressed to release the contents of the container, said actuation member including a pivotally mounted nozzle extending from said first end of said shroud and a conduit connecting the stem and said nozzle, a generally “U” shaped manually moveable hood comprising first and second walls pivotally connected to said first and second sides of said shroud, respectively, said hood normally positioned to prevent said actuation member from being moved from said first position to said second position, and a locking member extending from said shroud at said second shroud end normally preventing said hood from being moved from its normal position, said locking member being flexible and comprising an unattached end moveable to a position wherein said actuation member is no longer prevented from being moved to said second position by an external force applied to said actuation member surface.
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