US 4,354,621 A · Child resistant assembly for aerosol dispensers

Abstract

A child resistant assembly is disclosed for use with an aerosol container having a valve. The assembly comprises an actuator button having a terminal orifice connected through a valve stem to the valve for enabling discharge of the aerosol product from the terminal orifice upon opening the valve. An overcap is rotatably secured to the aerosol container and includes a finger actuator movably mounted relative to the overcap. A non-symmetrical aperture is disposed in either the actuator button or the finger actuator for cooperation with a non-symmetrical member in the other of the actuator button and the finger actuator. The non-symmetrical member enters the non-symmetrical aperture for transferring the finger movement of the operator to open the valve only upon a selected orientation of the finger actuator relative to the actuator button.

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Dependent claims

A child resistant assembly for use with an aerosol container having a tilt valve for discharging an aerosol product upon tilting the valve, comprising in combination:

an actuator button having a terminal orifice;
a valve stem connecting said actuator button with the tilt valve for enabling discharge of the aerosol product from said terminal orifice upon tilting the valve;
an overcap secured to the aerosol container for at least partially covering said actuator button;
a finger actuator movably mounted relative to said overcap;
an aperture disposed in one of said actuator button and said finger actuator for cooperation with non-symmetrical means on the other of said actuator button and said finger actuator;
and
means for rotationally mounting said finger actuator relative to said actuator button for enabling said non-symmetrical means to enter said aperture and to transfer the finger movement of the operator to tilt the valve only upon selected orientation of said finger actuator relative to said actuator button.

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A child resistant assembly for use with an aerosol container having a tilt valve for discharging aerosol product upon tilting the valve and for inhibiting discharge of the aerosol product upon a vertical depression of the valve, the improvement comprising in combination:

an actuator button having a terminal orifice;
a valve stem connecting said actuator button with the valve for discharging the aerosol product through said terminal orifice upon tilting the valve;
an overcap rotatably secured to said aerosol container for at least partially covering said actuator button;
a finger actuator pivotably mounted to said overcap with the axis of said pivot being displaced from the axis of the valve;
a non-symmetrical aperture disposed in one of said actuator button and said finger actuator for cooperation with non-symmetrical means in the other of said actuator button and said finger actuator;
said non-symmetrical means entering said non-symmetrical aperture to transfer the finger movement of the operator to tilt the valve only upon selected orientation of said finger actuator relative to said actuator button;
and
said non-symmetrical means being prevented from entering said non-symmetrical aperture for transferring the finger movement of the operator to vertically depress the valve upon non-selected orientation of said finger actuator relative to said actuator button.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Child resistant assembly for aerosol dispensers

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Abstract

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