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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2012
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Kassie Terra-Lynn Betts, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Simon Lewis Bilton, Leamington Spa, GB;
Adrian Barclay Caroen, Fulking, GB;
Christopher John Jones, Tewkesbury, GB;
Garen Kouyoumjian, Leamington Spa, GB;
Conopco, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ (US);
Abstract
An actuator cap () for dispensing a fluid product, comprising a rotatable outer body (), a non-rotatable chassis (), an actuator button () and a spray channel assembly (), the latter comprising an outlet nozzle (); the outer body () being rotatable relative to the chassis () between a first position in which the actuator button () is incapable of depression and a second position in which the actuator button () is capable of depression, said depression causing release of fluid product from an associated container through the spray channel assembly (), the actuator cap () also comprises rotational tensioning means (and/or) between the outer body () and the chassis (), said rotational tensioning means (and/or) serving to ease rotation of the outer body () towards its second position when close thereto.