Safety closure for aerosol can

Claim 1

A safety closure for an aerosol can having a top center valve and spray button, said closure comprising, in combination, an actuator adapted to fit over said spray button and an overcap adapted to be retained on the end of said can and to enclose all of said actuator except the central top portion thereof, said actuator and said overcap having cooperating disengageable locking means positioned on opposite sides of said overcap and disengageable by the hand of the user, said locking means comprising a pair of diametrically opposed resilient arms on said actuator, each of said arms having an outwardly protruding tab on its lower end, and a pair of slots in the wall of said overcap outwardly through which said tabs extend, each of said tabs having a lower element that is urged into engagement with the lower edge of the respective slot by the respective resilient arm for preventing downward movement of said actuator relative to said overcap, the span between the outer sides of said protruding tabs being greater than the span of a hand of a child of tender years.