Aerosol safety cap with two piece finger entry
AssigneeShell Oil Company
InventorVictor F. Anderson
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Abstract
An aerosol safety cap of the finger entry type is provided, having an additional safety feature in that there are two separate parts of the safety cap, one of which is rotatable relative to the other and must be rotated to a predetermined position in order to provide finger access to the valve actuating mechanism in the interior of the safety cap.
Claims6
An aerosol safety cap comprising:
- a generally bowl-shaped lower member disposed in an inverted position and having a lower rim-like portion adapted for securement to the upper end of an aerosol container;
- a generally cup-shaped upper member disposed in an inverted position and having a lower rim-like portion which supportingly engages the top wall of said lower member in a rotatable relationship therewith, whereby said upper member may be rotated about a vertical axis relative to said lower member;
- said lower member having a central opening in the top wall thereof to permit a valve actuator associated with the aerosol container to extend upward into the interior of said upper member, and said upper member having a window formed in one sidewall thereof to permit a dispensing nozzle associated with the valve actuator to dispense aerosol spray into the surrounding atmosphere;
- each of said members having a circumferential portion which is radially enlarged, said radially enlarged portions cooperating in a first rotational alignment position of said upper member relative to said lower member so as to provide a finger passageway to the valve actuator;
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- said lower member on one side of its enlarged portion having a radial extension of the top wall thereof, said extension effectively blocking finger entry into the enlarged portion of said upper member when said upper member occupies a second rotational alignment position relative to said lower member.
An aerosol safety cap comprising a lower member and an upper member, said lower member including a horizontally extending platform portion, said upper member including a finger passageway portion, said upper member being rotatably supported upon said lower member for rotation about a vertical axis relative to said lower member between first and second rotational alignment positions, the configuration of said members being such that in the first position of said upper member said two members cooperatively provide a downwardly opening finger passageway for access to the interior of the safety cap, but in the second position of said upper member, the horizontally extending platform portion of the lower member blocks finger access to the finger passageway portion of the upper member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.