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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Terrence R. Burke, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Lee M. White, Manchester, MO (US);
Jonathan D. Berger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Terrence R. Burke, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Lee M. White, Manchester, MO (US);
Jonathan D. Berger, St. Louis, MO (US);
Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
An adapter clamp that enables a delivery system to be connected to an aerosol can. The adapter clamp includes a pair of body members oriented in a side-by-side relationship having an arcuate cutout in an medial face that combine to form an aperture through which the delivery system contacts the aerosol can. Each body member has an arcuate neck with an outward protruding toe extending from a bottom surface thereof configured to be received in an annular recess of the aerosol can and engage a rim of the can. The adapter clamp also includes at least one connector slidably joining the body members such that the members are adapted to slide between a spread configuration wherein the members have a gap between the body members and a compressed configuration wherein the members substantially abut each other so that the toes may be inserted past the rim and into the recess of the aerosol can. The adapter clamp also includes at least one spring member configured to push the body members apart thereby biasing the members in the spread configuration.