Lever-actuated dispenser for pressurized package

Claim 1

IN A LEVER-ACTUATED DISPENSER CAP FOR A PRESSURIZED CONTAINER HAVING A DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY FORMED IN THE TOP THEREOF WITH AN ANNULAR RECESS DEFINED BY SPACED UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS SURROUNDING SAID DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY AND A VALVE NORMALLY CLOSING SAID DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY, THE IMPROVEMENT WHICH COMPRISES A SPLIT, ONE-PIECE MOLDED BODY, SAID BODY CONTAINING AN ELONGATED SLOT EXTENDING DIAMETRICALLY ACROSS THE TOP THEREOF, SAID SLOT HAVING AN OPEN END EXTENDING THROUGH ONE SIDE OF THE BODY AND BEING CLOSED AT THE OTHER END THEREOF, A LEVER FLEXIBLE HINGED TO THE BODY AT THE CLOSED END OF THE SLOT AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY ACROSS THE BODY THROUGH SAID SLOT, SAID LEVER HAVING A DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY FORMED THEREIN AND HAVING A FREE END EXTENDING AT LEAST TO THE OPEN END OF THE SLOT, SAID FREE END BEING MOVABLE VERTICALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE BODY, A VALVE-ACTUATING PLUNGER CARRIED BY THE LEVER IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY IN THE CONTAINER, SAID PLUNGER BEING HOLLOW AND FORMING A DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY COMMUNICATING WITH THE DISCHARGE PASSAGEWAY IN THE LEVER, AND MEANS FOR ATTACHING THE BODY TO THE CONTAINER, SAID MEANS INCLUDING AN ARCUATELY-SHAPED RIB CARRIED BY THE BODY AND EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SLOT AND PROJECTIONS FORMED ON SAID RIB, SAID RIB AND PROJECTIONS BEING SHAPED TO FIT INTO THE ANNULAR RECESS IN THE TOP OF THE CONTAINER AND TO ENGAGE WITH THE SIDE WALLS THEREOF.