Aerosol actuator
AssigneeApackaging Group LLC
InventorArmin Arminak
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Abstract
An aerosol actuator having an operating cap and a base cap, where the operating cap interfaces with the aerosol valve of an aerosol dispenser and is rotatable between a locked position which prohibits dispensing of the aerosol product and an unlocked position that allows dispensing of an aerosol product via tilting action of the operating cap, is presented. The operating cap is equipped with a plurality of fins positionable over a plurality of blocking surfaces and slots in the base cap, where rotation in one direction locks the operating cap and prevents actuation and consequent dispensing of an aerosol product and rotation in an opposite direction allows for operation of the cap and consequently the dispensing of an aerosol product.
Claims9
An aerosol actuator for actuating an aerosol valve, operable via tilting action, for dispensing an aerosol product from an aerosol container, comprising:
- an operating cap having a longitudinal axis and a base cap having a longitudinal axis, the base cap being mountable on the aerosol container, the operating cap being mountable on the base cap, the longitudinal axis of the operating cap being coincident with the longitudinal axis of the base cap when the operating cap is mounted on the base cap;
- the operating cap being connectable to the aerosol valve and rotatable relative to the base cap between an unlocked position for actuating the aerosol valve and a locked position wherein operation of the aerosol valve is prevented;
- wherein the operating cap is configured with at least two fins rotatably positionable over at least two blocking surfaces formed as cutouts within a cylindrical side wall of the base cap or at least two slots formed as cutouts within the cylindrical side wall of the base cap;
- wherein rotation of the operating cap to the locked position, positions the at least two fins over the at least two blocking surfaces of the base cap and thereby prevents tilting of the operating cap;
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- wherein rotation of the operating cap to the unlocked position, positions the at least two fins over the at least two slots of the base cap and thereby allows tilting of the operating cap sufficiently to open the aerosol valve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.