Aerosol can package

Claim 1

AN AEROSOL PACKAGE, COMPRISING: A FLUID-TIGHT CONTAINER HAVING A TUBULAR BODY MEMBER AND SUBSTANTIALLY RIGID UPPER AND LOWER END MEMBERS INTEGRAL THEREWITH; AN AMOUNT OF FLUID PRODUCT TO BE DISPENSED AND FLUID PRESSURE PRODUCING PROPELLANT WITHIN SAID CONTAINER TO PRODUCE A CONTAINER INTERNAL PRESSURE IN THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF 100 P.S.I.G.; A DISPENSING VALVE MOUNTED IN SAID UPPER END MEMBER FOR DISPENSING SAID FLUID PRODUCT; ONE OF SAID END MEMBERS CONTAINING A PORT FOR INTRODUCING SAID PROPELLANT INTO SAID CONTAINER; SWINGABLE MEANS WITHIN SAID CONTAINER NORMALLY OVERYING AND SEALING SAID PORT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF SAID CONTAINER INTERNAL PRESSURE, BUT BEING OPERATIVE TO SWING SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETELY AWAY FROM SAID PORT TO UNSEAL SAID PORT AND ALLOW INTRODUCTION OF PROPELLANT INTO SAID CONTAINER WHEN THE CONTAINER EXTERNAL PRESSURE EXCEEDS THE CONTAINER INTERNAL PRESSURE; SAID SWINGABLE MEANS INCLUDING A STRIP OF FLEXIBLE TAPE HAVING A THICKNESS IN THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF 0.005 INCH; SAID FLEXIBLE TAPE BEING FORMED OF MATERIAL WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM THE MATERIAL OF THE PORTED END MEMBER AND WHICH IS IMPERMEABLE TO SAID PROPELLANT AND SAID PRODUCT, SAID SWINGABLE MEANS ALSO INCLUDING AN ADHESIVE LAYER WHICH ATTACHES ONE END OF SAID FLEXIBLE TAPE TO SAID END MEMBER ADJACENT THE PORT WHILE LEAVING THE OTHER END OF SAID FLEXIBLE TAPE FREE TO SWING AWAY FROM SAID PORT WHEN THE PRESSURE OUTSIDE SAID CONTAINER EXCEEDS THE PRESSURE INSIDE IT.