Wd-40 Company

Wd-40 Manufacturing Company

Michael J Starzman

John W Freudenberg

Joseph K Dodd

Robert J Good

Benjamin Thomas Krupp

David Andrew Parrott

Sara Dawson Falcon

Kevin Victor Bates

Christopher Michael Howell

Robert G States, Iii

Joseph G Peschke

Paul Mierzwa

Ryan Paul Davidson

Jeffrey T Cole

Stephanie Lyn Barry

Wende L Oliverio

Michael John Utley

Erin Bala

Brandon Christopher Leedy

Ryan Andrew Lewis

Brandon Lee Ramsuer

Jayashree Cummaragunta

Robert Gerald States

David A Parrot

Aerosol actuator

The aerosol actuator includes a shroud. An actuation member situated within the shroud has a stem bore pocket adapted to receive the valve stem of the aerosol container. In high speed production, entrance of the stem into the pocket as the shroud is mounted on the aerosol container is facilitated by providing the pocket with a plurality of inwardly extending compressible ribs and a tab extending from the shroud which stabilizes the actuation member within the shroud. The tab is pivoted out of the path of movement of the actuation member upon initial depression of the actuation member by the user. To prevent accidental depression of the actuation member by a top load, the shroud wall is extended above the plane of the surface of the actuation member.

Child resistant aerosol actuator

The actuator includes a shroud adapted to be situated on an aerosol container over the stem and an actuation member mounted on and moveable within the shroud to depress the stem by the application of an external force applied to the top surface of the actuation member. The actuation member includes a nozzle and a conduit for connecting the stem and the nozzle. A hood is normally positioned to block the actuation member from being moved to depress the stem. A locking member normally intersects the path of movement of the hood to lock the hood in its blocking position. The locking member has two sections both of which must be simultaneously moved to a position remote from the path of hood movement such that the hood may be moved from its blocking position, allowing the actuation member to be moved to depress the stem.

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Jackson, WI, United States of America

Michael J Starzman