Sprayhead for a spray device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9714131-B2
Application number	US-201214366143-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2012
Priority date	Dec 22, 2011
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

A sprayhead for use with an aerosol container, the sprayhead including a chassis capable of firm attachment to the container; a rotatable circular collar; a spray channel and associated actuator button; and an over-cap; the rotatable circular collar being rotatable between a first and second position, wherein, when the rotatable circular collar is in the first position, a holding feature of the rotatable circular collar interacts with a holding feature of the chassis and wherein the rotatable circular collar further includes a projection that interacts with a non-rotating feature of the overcap to produce an audible signal when the rotatable circular collar is rotated between its first and second position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sprayhead for use with a pressurized aerosol container, said sprayhead comprising:
a chassis capable of firm attachment to the pressurized aerosol container;
a rotatable circular collar located largely around and in close proximity to the chassis;
a spray channel and associated actuator button, said spray channel being designed to pass through a central aperture in the chassis; and
an over-cap sitting over the chassis and the spray channel, the over-cap having an inner surface that includes a non-rotating feature

wherein the rotatable circular collar is rotatable between a first position in which the sprayhead is inoperable and a second position in which the sprayhead is operable, and wherein in the first position, a first holding feature of the rotatable circular collar interacts with a first holding feature of the chassis providing rotational resistance to movement between the first position and the second position, and wherein a second holding feature of the rotatable circular collar interacts with a second holding feature on the chassis when the rotatable circular collar is in the second position; the rotatable circular collar further comprising a raised section sitting over the chassis, and a projection which interacts with the non-rotating feature of the over-cap to produce an audible signal when the rotatable circular collar is rotated to and from the first position and to and from the second position.

2. The sprayhead according to claim 1 , wherein the first holding feature of the rotatable circular collar interacts with the first holding feature on the chassis when the rotatable circular collar is in the first position and the second holding feature of the rotatable circular collar interacts with the second holding feature on the chassis when the rotatable circular collar is in the second position.

3. The sprayhead according to claim 2 , wherein the first holding feature of the rotatable circular collar is a first radial projection that extends radially inward from the rotatable circular collar and the second holding feature of the rotatable circular collar is a second radial projection that extends radially inward from the rotatable circular collar.

4. The sprayhead according to claim 3 , wherein the first holding feature on the chassis and the second holding feature on the chassis are radial indents.

5. The sprayhead according to claim 1 , wherein the projection from the rotatable circular collar which interacts with the non-rotatable feature of the over-cap to produce audible signals does so when the rotatable circular collar is rotated from the first position to an intermediate position, between the first position and the second position, and when the rotatable circular collar is rotated from said intermediate position to the second position.

6. The sprayhead according to claim 1 , wherein the first holding feature of the rotatable circular collar and the second holding feature of the rotatable circular collar are part of the raised section sitting over the chassis.

7. A sprayhead according to claim 1 , wherein the over-cap sits over the chassis, said over-cap defining an orifice suitable for a spray to be discharged therefrom.

8. The sprayhead according to claim 7 , wherein the rotatable circular collar has one or more locking features that interact with one or more locking features on the spray channel to prevent depression of the actuator button and thereby operation of the sprayhead when the rotatable circular collar is in the first position.

9. The sprayhead according to claim 8 , wherein the one or more locking features on the rotatable circular collar are upstanding from a bridge spanning a diameter of the rotatable circular collar and the one or more locking features on the spray channel protrude radially outward from an upright segment of the spray channel.

Assignees

• Conopco Inc

Inventors

• Arora Amit
• Betts Kassie Terra-Lynn
• Bilton Simon Lewis
• Butler Joseph
• Jones Christopher John
• Kouyoumjian Garen

Classifications

• B65D2215/04

  requiring the combination of different actions in succession · CPC title

• B65D83/22 Primary

  with means to disable actuation (closures with means for discouraging unauthorized opening or removal thereof B65D50/00) · CPC title

• B65D83/206

  comprising cantilevered actuating elements, e.g. levers pivoting about living hinges · CPC title

• B65D83/205

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic

• B65D83/752

  Operations & Transport · mapped topic