Portable holder for pressurized containers

Claim 2

A portable holder and control device for a pressurized fluid container having a valve at one end thereof adapted to control discharge of fluid from said container and a bead surrounding said container, comprising a member having two parts, means fastening said parts together, said parts forming a hollow handle extending in one direction, flexible substantially semi-circular arms integral with respective ones of said parts and facing each other, said arms extending substantially at right angles to the length of said handle, locating means on each said arm adapted to locate against said bead, said locating means comprising a pair of spaced ridges adapted to straddle said bead, a clamping device for flexing said arms toward each other whereby to grip said container, an actuating lever mainly in said handle, and means on said member pivotally supporting said lever, said lever having a first portion extending in cooperative relation with said valve and a second portion extending along said handle.

Claim 3

A portable holder and control device for a pressurized fluid container having a valve at one end thereof adapted to control discharge of fluid from said container and a bead surrounding said container, comprising a member having two parts, means fastening said parts together, said parts forming a hollow handle extending in one direction, flexible substantially semi-circular arms integral with respective ones of said parts and facing each other, said arms extending substantially at right angles to the length of said handle, locating means on said arms adapted to locate against said bead, a clamping device for flexing said arms toward each other whereby to grip said container, said clamping device comprising a pair of links, a first pivotal connection between adjacent ends of said links, and additional pivotal connections between the opposite ends of said links and respective free ends of said arms, said links being swingable to move said first pivoted connected over-center whereby to maintain said arms in inwardly flexed clamping positions; an actuating lever mainly in said handle, and means on said member pivotally supporting said lever, said lever having a first portion extending in cooperative relation with said valve and a second portion extending along said handle.

Claim 4

A portable holder and control device for a pressurized fluid container having a valve at one end thereof adapted to control discharge of fluid from said container and a bead surrounding said container, comprising a member having two parts, means fastening said parts together, said parts forming a hollow handle extending in one direction, flexible substantially semi-circular arms integral with respective ones of said parts and facing each other, said arms extending substantially at right angles to the length of said handle, locating means on said arms adapted to locate against said bead, a clamping device for flexing said arms toward each other whereby to grip said container, said clamping device comprising a pair of links, a first pivotal connection between adjacent ends of said links, and additional pivotal connections between the opposite ends of said links and respective free ends of said arms, said links being swingable to move said first pivoted connected over-center whereby to maintain said arms in inwardly flexed clamping positions; an actuating lever mainly in said handle, and means on said member pivotally supporting said lever, said lever having a first portion extending in cooperative relation with said valve and a second portion extending along said handle.

Claim 5

A portable holder and control device according to claim 2 wherein one of said additional pivotal connections is freely separable from said respective arm.