Actuator overcap for tilt valve

In a pressurized package of the type having a container with a tiltable axial valve stem extending upward therefrom, a stem extension with a spray orifice at its distal end, and an actuator-overcap having a fixed portion secured to the container and a tab portion movably secured to the fixed portion through a peripheral hinge, the improvement comprising:

• the extension having an upward-facing bearing surface;
• the hinge axially spaced from the bearing surface;
• the tab portion having a laterally-facing finger-contact surface axially adjacent to the hinge;
• and
• the tab portion having an overhang axially adjacent to the distal end, the overhang defining an opening exposing the spray orifice and including a downward-facing wedging surface adjacent to the opening, the wedging surface engageable with the bearing surface at a position radially opposite the hinge position,
• whereby radial depression of the finger-contact surface will tilt the extension toward the hinge position.