US 11,912,493 B2
De-icer scraper cap
Thomas G. Kalagher, Torrington, CT (US); Joseph K. Mathews, Milford, CT (US); and Robert Pivetz, Sherman, CT (US)
Assigned to PRESTONE PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Danbury, CT (US)
Filed by PRESTONE PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Danbury, CT (US)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2017, as Appl. No. 15/719,271.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/464,821, filed on Feb. 28, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2018/0244461 A1, Aug. 30, 2018
Int. Cl. B65D 83/14 (2006.01); B65D 83/20 (2006.01); A47L 1/16 (2006.01); B65D 83/22 (2006.01); B60S 3/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 83/753 (2013.01) [A47L 1/16 (2013.01); B60S 3/047 (2013.01); B65D 83/205 (2013.01); B65D 83/226 (2013.01); B65D 83/228 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A de-icer dispenser cap for use with a spray can, the de-icer dispenser cap comprising:
a shell including a downwardly extending sidewall formed to include an opening and a tunnel having a sidewall extending radially inward from the opening,
a mount ring having an downwardly extending annular skirt that is spaced radially inwardly from the sidewall of the shell, the mount ring is configured to hold the de-icer dispenser cap on the spray can the skirt of the mount ring formed to include an opening,
a scraper extending from the shell, and
a fluid-delivery controller including a button wall positioned radially inwardly from the mount ring, a button grip coupled to the button wall, and a nozzle configured to extend through the opening in the skirt of the mount ring and into the tunnel of the shell, a bridge extending between the shell and the fluid-delivery controller to couple the fluid delivery controller to the shell and to allow the fluid-delivery controller to move relative to the shell, the bridge is attached to the shell at a first pivot point outside of the mount ring and attached to the fluid-delivery controller at a second pivot point inside the mount ring, the bridge extending through the opening in the mount ring, the fluid-delivery controller configured to dispense pressurized fluid from the spray can through the nozzle at the selection of a user, wherein the shell, the scraper, and the fluid-delivery controller are unitary, and
a frangible web extending from the fluid-delivery controller to the shell opposite from the bridge, and wherein the frangible web is configured to break away when the fluid-delivery controller is depressed for the first time relative to the shell.