Handle support and operating assembly for aerosol spray cans
OwnerEdward Leeinventor
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Abstract
A handle attachment snap engages over the top of an aerosol can and includes a trigger adapted to depress the spray button. The device fits most sizes of cans and adaptor rings may be provided to ensure a firmer support for smaller cans. The handle attachment and associated aerosol can may be secured to and elevated on a pole or other elongated support and operated remotely for spraying of trees, buildings, and the like. A partially rotatable shroud is provided which, when in one position, enables the trigger to be operated in order to dispense the contents of the can through the spray nozzle and when in the other position, prevents the trigger from being depressed and also shrouds the nozzle if the can is improperly placed within the assembly.
Claims10
A handle support and operating assembly for aerosol spray cans which include a substantially domed top portion, an upstanding lip between said top portion and the remainder of the can, a cylindrical spray button assembly situated centrally within said domed top portion and a spray button and dispenser extending upwardly from said spray button assembly;
- said handle support and operating assembly comprising in combination a centrally apertured, top portion engaging component and a handle extending downwardly from one side thereof, means to snap engage said component with said cylindrical spray button assembly, a trigger pivotally mounted in said handle and having an actuating end and a spray button engaging end, and a shroud surrounding the aperture in said top portion engaging component and extending upwardly from said component with said spray button and dispenser being surrounded by said shroud when said assembly is engaged upon the spray can, said shroud being moveable from a trigger operating position to a trigger locked position and vice versa, said spray button engaging end of said trigger, when said shroud is in said trigger operating position, being engageable with said spray button to depress same when said trigger is actuated by said operating end, said shroud being cylindrical and mounted for partial rotation upon said component and surrounding said aperture, the wall of said shroud having a slot therein selectively engageable by the spray button engaging end of said trigger, and a dispenser slot formed in said shroud diametrically opposite to said first mentioned slot whereby, when in said trigger operating position, said spray button engaging end of said trigger can depress said spray button and dispenser and the contents of the can are thereby dispensed through said dispenser slot, and when said shroud is in the trigger locked position, the upper edge of said shroud prevents said spray button engaging end of said trigger from depressing said spray button and dispenser and said spray button and dispenser is shrouded by the wall of said shroud and additional means to support the spray can within said component, said additional means including an annular bead formed around the inside of the lower edge of said component snap engaging over the said upstanding lip of said spray can.
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