US 12,269,668 B2
Aerosol can activator
Christopher Packard Heatley, McHenry, IL (US)
Assigned to SEYMOUR OF SYCAMORE INC., Sycamore, IL (US)
Filed by SEYMOUR OF SYCAMORE INC., Sycamore, IL (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/079,526.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/298,695, filed on Jan. 12, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0219739 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. B65D 83/28 (2006.01); B65D 83/20 (2006.01)
CPC B65D 83/202 (2013.01) [B65D 83/28 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aerosol spray can activator comprising:
a two-part housing comprising a first side and a second side, where each of the first side and the second side has a can holder portion and a handle portion such that connecting the first side with the second side forms a sleeve and a separate hollow handle;
a trigger comprising a front side, a back side, a bottom end and a top end, where the bottom end is pivotally attached to one of the first and second sides such that the back side and the bottom end are fully contained within the hollow handle to allow the back side of the trigger to move rotationally within the hollow handle and where the front side protrudes out of the hollow handle;
a spring positioned within the hollow handle, where a first end of the spring is engaged with the back side of the trigger and a second end of the spring is engaged with an inside portion of one of the handle portions, and wherein the spring is separate from the trigger;
a snap fitting positioned on an inside portion of the housing;
a nozzle elbow having a distal end and a proximal end, where the proximal end accepts an aerosol spray can valve stem; and
a spray head positioned in the distal end, where the spray head comprises an outlet opening, wherein the back side of the trigger faces away from the outlet opening.