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US 4,071,173 AGranted
Cover enclosing flat sided button for actuation prevention
AssigneeVCA Corporation
InventorPaul F. Horan
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Abstract
An actuator assembly for a dispensing device including a cap body piece for engagement with a threaded container neck having a series of tabs therein, an operable dispensing button with a discharge orifice, the button having a series of flat sides and one rounded side for receipt within the series of tabs, a cover piece enclosing the button which exposes a portion of the button for finger engagement, and a guide slot in the cover piece to prevent relative movement between the button and the cover.
Claims8
An actuator assembly for a dispensing device comprising, in combination:
- a. a cap body piece having means for attachment to a container and a series of tab means projecting upwardly from said cap body piece;
- b. an operable dispensing button and means movably mounting said button on said cap body piece for both turning and axial movement, said button having a series of flat sides and one curved side, said flat sides being arranged to be received within said tab means when properly positioned;
- c. cover means enclosing said button adapted to expose a portion of the button for finger engagement;
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- d. guide means on said button and said cover piece for preventing relative turning therebetween while enabling relative axial movement to be had.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.