Adaptor fitting for blowing up inflatable devices

Claim 2

A compressed gas device for inflating tires and other inflatable articles, comprising in combination: a. a pressurized aerosol container having a valve-mounting cup and a depressible valve part carried by said cup; b. a combined actuator-inflator fitting for transferring pressurized gas from the container to the article to be inflated; c. said fitting comprising a tubular, double-ended member; d. means providing a recess at one end of said tubular member to receive a valve stem, having a valve pin therein, of the inflatable article; e. means including a socket at the other end of said tubular member engageable with the valve part of the aerosol container; f. at least one radially extending, integrally formed web member positioned within said tubular member intermediate said recess and said socket; g. imperforate extension means projecting axially from each end of said web member, one of said extension means adapted to engage said valve stem, the other of said extension means adapted to engage said valve part to actuate the same for releasing pressurized gas from the container to the fitting; and h. cooperable means on the fitting and valve mounting cup for releasably frictionally mounting the fitting on the cup in an inoperative position when the fitting is not in use.

Claim 3

An inflating device as in claim 1 wherein: a. the pressurized container has a female-type discharge valve, and b. said tubular member having four webs disposed in its bore at approximately ninety degrees to each other.

Claim 4

An inflating device as in claim 2, wherein: a. the fitting comprises an essentially straight tube, b. said extension means which is engageable with the valve pin comprising a stud carried by said webs.

Claim 5

An inflating device as in claim 1, wherein: a. said cooperable means on the fitting comprises wall portions of the recess at one end of the double-ended member.

Claim 6

An inflating device as in claim 4, wherein: a. said cooperable means on the fitting comprises an internal projection on the inner wall of said recess, adapted for engagement with a spun-in portion of the valve-retainer cup of the container.

Claim 7

An inflating device as in claim 1, wherein: a. said cooperable mounting means comprises a detent nib in said recess, b. said mounting cup having a depression adapted to receive and to be engaged by said nib when the fitting is mounted in said inoperative position.

Claim 8

A compressed gas device for inflating tires and other inflatable articles, comprising in combination: a. a pressurized aerosol container having a valve-mounting cup and a depressible male type discharge valve part carried by said cup; b. a combined actuator-inflator fitting for transferring pressurized gas from the container to the article to be inflated; c. said fitting comprising an angular-shaped, tubular double-ended member; d. means providing a recess at one end of said tubular member to receive a valve stem, having a valve pin therein, of the inflatable article; e. means including a socket at the other end of said tubular member engageable with the valve part of the aerosol container in a frictional pit; F. a perforate, transverse end wall being provided within said angular-shaped, tubular member at the end of said recess; g. axially aligned projecting means on said end wall adapted to engage said valve part to actuate the same for releasing pressurized gas from the container to the fitting; h. a projecting tab at the recess end of the fitting for engagement with an inwardly facing annular wall provided on the container for frictionally mounting the fitting on the valve mounting cup in an inoperative position when the fitting is not in use; and i. external positioning means intermediate the ends of the fitting for engagement with the actuator stem of the container valve in said inoperative position.

Claim 9

A compressed gas device for inflating tires and other inflatable articles, comprising in combination: a. a pressurized aerosol container having a valve-mounting cup and a depressible male type discharge valve part carried by said cup; b. a combined actuator-inflator fitting for transferring pressurized gas from the container to the article to be inflated; c. said fitting comprising an angular-shaped, tubular double-ended member; d. means providing a recess at one end of said tubular member to receive a valve stem, having a valve pin therein, of the inflatable article; e. means including a socket at the other end of said tubular member engageable with the valve part of the aerosol container in a frictional pit; F. a perforate, transverse end wall being provided within said angular-shaped, tubular member at the end of said recess; g. axially aligned projecting means on said end wall adapted to engage said valve part to actuate the same for releasing pressurized gas from the container to the fitting; h. a projecting tab at the recess end of the fitting for engagement with an inwardly facing annular wall provided on the container for frictionally mounting the fitting on the valve mounting cup in an inoperative position when the fitting is not in use; and i. external positioning means intermediate the ends of the fitting for engagement with the actuator stem of the container valve in said inoperative position.

Claim 10

An inflating device as in claim 7, wherein: a. the positioner means comprises ribs adapted to engage opposite side portions of said actuator stem.

Claim 11

An inflating device as in claim 7, wherein: a. said projecting tab has a curved wall engageable with the annular wall of the container.