Cap for mounting on an aerosol container

A cap for mounting on an aerosol container having a container body with a top end from which a discharge head is protruding upwardly, said cap comprising:

• a tubular body member having a lower part which is able to be engaged to an upper part of said container body,
• a top plate member having a periphery connected to an upper end portion of the tubular body member so as to close a top surface of the tubular body member,
• said top plate member having an aperture and a lid for closing the aperture, said lid having a fixed end which is connected to a margin of the aperture through a bendable line, such that the lid is able to turn from a first position in which the lid closes the aperture, to a second position in which the lid is protruding into the tubular body member so as to get in touch with a top face of the discharge head that is pressed generally downwardly, said top plate member also having a stopper for fixing the lid in the second position so as to keep the discharge head in such a pressed state, wherein the aperture is located generally above the discharge head when the cap is mounted on the container;
• and the lid is formed into a folding plate having the fixed end joined to the margin of the aperture through the bendable line, and being connected to a reminder of the margin of the aperture except the bendable line through a break line for keeping the folding plate in the first position;
• and in that the stopper is protruding downwardly from the reminder of the margin for engaging with the folding plate in the second position while an engagement device for engaging with the stopper is provided at a side portion of the folding plate adjoining the stopper, such that the stopper and the engagement device may engage each other to keep the folding plate in the second position.