Actuator overcap for pressure package

Claim 1

AN ACTUATOR OVERCAP FOR DISCHARGING THE CONTENTS OF A PRESSURE PACKAGE IN A DIRECTION SUBSTANTIALLY LONGITUDINAL TO THE AXIS OF THE PACKAGE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION: (A) A CYLINDRICAL OVERCAP HAVING A TOP WALL, AND AN INTEGRAL DEPENDING SIDE WALL, A SERIES OF RADIAL RIBS DEPENDING FROM SAID TOP WALL AND INTEGRAL WITH SAID SAID WALL WITH AT LEAST SOME OF SAID RIBS, HAVING A PRIMARY ATTACHING MEANS IN THE SHAPE OF A CAVITY WHICH ACCOMMODATES THE VALVE CUP CURL AREA OF THE PACKAGE, SAID CAVITY HAVING OPPOSING LUGS WHICH ENGAGE THE UNDERCUT PORTIONS OF THE CUP SKIRT AND CRIMP AREA PRODUCING A GRIP-LIKE FORCE ON THE VALVE CUP CURL AREA FIXEDLY SECURING THE OVERCAP TO THE PACKAGE; AND, (B) AN ACCESSIBLE AND DEPRESSIBLE VALVE ACTUATOR SPRAY TIP ASSEMBLY SLIDABLY MOUNTED IN SAID OVERCAP COMPRISING A SPRAY TIP COMPONENT AND AN INTEGRAL ACTUATING ASSEMBLY WHEREIN SAID ACTUATING ASSEMBLY IS POSITIONED LATERAL TO THE VALVE STEM OF SAID PRESSURE PACKAGE.