Aerosol inhaler with flip-up nozzle

Claim 1

A dispenser for dispensing a composition confined under pressure in a container having metering valve means including a stem portion projecting from the top of the container which stem portion, when pushed toward the container, opens said valve for dispensing metered amount of the composition under pressure therein and, when released, closes said valve, said container having a body portion extending downward from said valve, said dispenser comprising a housing having a skirt portion extending downward for receiving and housing a container inserted therein and a dispensing head having a boss therein for engaging the stem portion of the metering valve means of such container, a nozzle in said boss, said dispensing head having an opening in one side thereof, a hood mounted in said opening in said head for pivotal movement between an open position and a close position, means on said hood for engaging the end of a container when said hood is closed for preventing said container from being pushed into said dispenser to open said valve means, an outer wall on said hood for forming a closure over said opeNing when said hood is closed, an inner wall on said hood, said hood, when open, having an opening in the rear wall thereof in alignment with said nozzle in said boss and a front, open wall, said hood, when open, forming a closed passageway between said opening in alignment with said nozzle and said open end of said hood for the passage of air drawn through said opening in said one side of said dispensing head and discharged through the open end of said hood with a metered amount of the composition sprayed into said hood through said nozzle, said inner wall of said hood, when said hood is opened, forming a divider between the air drawn into said dispensing hood opening and said air discharged through the open end of said hood with said metered amount of the composition sprayed.