Safety can conversion apparatus

An improved safety dispensing container including a container body having a hollow interior for receiving fluid contents, the upper surface of said container body being provided with an opening through which said fluid contents may be poured, said opening being located proximate to one edge of said upper surface of said container body, said container further including means defining a flat normally horizontal region from a point substantially proximate to said opening in said container and extending substantially to that end of said container body located opposite to said opening, said flat normally horizontal region being elevated above said opening whereby an open region is defined between that portion of said body immediately proximate to said opening, the rising portion of said elevated flat normally horizontal region, and a line extending from said horizontal region across said opening, said elevated flat horizontal region being adapted to serve as a seat for the recessed bottom portion of another similar container positioned in stacked relation above said safety dispensing container, said recessed bottom portion of said safety dispensing container being cooperatively adapted to seat on said elevated flat normally horizontal region of still another similar container positioned in stacked relation beneath said safety dispensing container, said improved safety dispensing container further including safety closure means, said safety closure means comprising:

• pour spout means, said pour spout means secured in said opening;
• safety cap means, said safety cap means adapted to seat on the outer end of said pour spout means in closing relation to said pour spout means whereby a substantially fluid-and-vapor-tight seal results when said safety cap means is in a closed position;
• operating handle means;
• pivot support means, said pivot support means secured to the upper end of said container body proximate to said opening;
• said pivot support means supporting siad operating handle means for pivotal movement thereof;
• link means, said link means connecting said safety cap means to said operating handle means whereby pivotal movement of said operating handle means is effective to selectively move said safety cap means from a closed position to an open position relative to said pour spout mens;
• said operating handle means being pivotally connected on one side and extending over and across said spout's outer end opening, whereby said operating handle makes supporting and stabilizing contact with a bottom of a stacked Jerry can when said safety cap is in its closed position;
• spring means, said spring means cooperating with said link means to bias said link means to a default position wherein said safety cap means is securely seated on said pour spout means in said closed position;
• said safety closure means being designed to fit completely within said open region when in said closed position, whereby said handle means, said link means, said pour spout means, and said safety cap means will not interfere with said recessed bottom portion of another similar container positioned in said stacked relation above said given safety dispensing container.