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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wilhelmus Johannes Maas, Someren, NL;
Emile Bernard Steijns, Lierop, NL;
Assignee:
AFA Products, Inc., Forest City, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B67D / ; B67D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
22215314 ; 222380 ; 2223831 ;
Abstract
The child lock nozzle cap assembly is mounted at the forward end of a body of a trigger sprayer and includes: a nozzle cap; first locking structure associated with the nozzle cap; and, second locking structure associated with a trigger of the trigger sprayer and cooperating with the first locking structure to lock the nozzle cap against rotation until and unless either the first locking structure is moved out of engagement with the second locking structure or the trigger is moved to move the second locking structure out of engagement with the first locking structure.