Valve actuating assembly for pressurized containers

Claim 1

A VALVE ACTUATING ASSEMBLY FOR A PRESSURIZED CONTAINER HAVING A RECESSED BOTTOM AND EQUIPPED WITH A VALVE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A VALVE BUTTON ADAPTED TO DISCHARGE THE CONTENTS OF SAID CONTAINER ALONG THE DIRECTION OF THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE CONTAINER WHEN DEPRESSED, SAID VALVE ACTUATING ASSEMBLY COMPRISING (A) AN ANCHOR RING TO BE DISPOSED AROUND THE VALVE ASSEMBLY OF SAID CONTAINER AND SECURED TO THE VALVE CUP (B) A SLING RING TO BE SECURED TO THE LOWER EXTREMITY OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID SLING RING HAVING A TRANSVERSE STRAP DISPOSED ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF SAID CONTAINER WHEN ASSEMBLED THEREWITH FOR GRIPPING BY INSERTING THE FINGERS AROUND IT (C) A TRIGGER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING (1) AN ACTUATOR ARM WITH A CENTRAL OPENING HINGED TO ONE EDGE OF SAID ANCHOR RING AND EXTENDING THEREACROSS SAID ACTUATOR ARM BEARING ON THE VALVE BUTTON OF SAID CONTAINER VALVE ASSEMBLY WHEN DEPRESSED AND HAVING AN OPENING LONGITUDINALLY MATCHING THE VALVE OPENING IN THE VALVE BUTTON (2) A STRAP CONNECTING THE FREE END OF SAID ACTUATOR ARM WITH SAID SLING RING WHEREBY THE VALVE BUTTON IS DEPRESSED OR TILTED WHEN SAID STRAP IS PULLED TOWARD THE BOTTOM OF SAID, CONTAINER, SAID STRAP HAVING A COMPENSATING SECTION LOCATED NEAR THE ACTUATOR ARM COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF HINGES AND HORIZONTAL LINKAGE DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN WHEREBY THE STRAP WHEN NOT IN USE IS MAINTAINED CLOSELY ALONGSIDE THE CONTAINER AND YET IS LONG ENOUGH TO PERMIT INSERTION OF A FINGER BETWEEN THE STRAP AND CONTAINER AND A TRIGGER SECTION LOCATED NEAR THE SLING RING, AND (D) AN OVERCAP MOUNTED ON SAID ACTUATOR RING, SAID OVERCAP HAVING A CENTRAL OPENING MATCHING THE OPENING IN THE ACTUATOR ARM AND THE VALVE BUTTON TO PERMIT THE UNRESTRICTED PASSAGE OF A SPRAY AND A CUTOUT IN ITS WALL HAVING CONNECTED AXIAL AND RADIAL PORTIONS, SAID OVERCAP BEING ROTATABLE OVER SAID ACTUATOR ARM MAY BE MADE TO EXTEND THROUGH THE AXIAL PORTION OF SAID CUTOUT WHEN THE VALVE OF SAID CONTAINER VALVE ASSEMBLY IS TO BE ACTUATED AND THROUGH THE RADIAL PORTION THEREOF TO LOCK THE ACTUATOR ARM IN A POSITION WHEREBY IT CANNOT BE MOVED TO ACTUATE THE VALVE OF SAID CONTAINER VALVE ASSEMBLY.