Abstract: The invention relates to an adapter (20) for a manually operated dispensing device (120) for a fluid that is/can be pressurized in a container.

Abstract: A product discharge assembly is provided for a container of fluent material. A finger-operable pump cartridge is disposed within a closure for mounting the pump cartridge and closure to the container. An actuator is mounted on the pump cartridge. A shroud is mounted around the closure. The actuator has a skirt with a flange extending from, and continuously around, the skirt. The shroud has a lip for engaging the actuator flange to inhibit removal of the actuator from the stem if the actuator is moved outwardly relative to the stem beyond a predetermined position. The actuator and closure may also include cooperating interengageable features accommodating rotation of the actuator relative to the closure between an actuatable position permitting reciprocation of the actuator and a releasably locked position preventing reciprocation of the actuator.

Abstract: An inverted aerosol dispensing device is disclosed comprising an aerosol container extending between a top portion and a bottom portion for containing an aerosol product and an aerosol propellant therein. An aerosol valve is located at the bottom portion of the aerosol container. The aerosol valve has a valve stem for displacing the aerosol valve from a biased closed position to an open position to discharge the aerosol product from the valve stem. An undercap is secured to the bottom portion of the aerosol container for supporting the aerosol container on a supporting surface. An actuator is movably mounted relative to the undercap for moving the valve stem upon displacement of the actuator for discharging the aerosol product from the valve stem in a generally downwardly direction through the undercap. The invention is particularly useful in the dispensing of viscous aerosol products.

Abstract: A finger-operable pump actuator is provided with a generally rigid body and a softer finger pad on top. The generally rigid body and the softer pad are preferably bi-injection molded together. The actuator may be bi-injection molded in a variety of aesthetically pleasing designs.

Abstract: A molded, unitary overcap structure for assembly on a finger-operable spray pump dispensing package is provided so that it can be subsequently modified to a two-piece, ready-to-use condition operatively engaged with a discharge tube of the pump. The actuator has a top surface and a periphery. The actuator defines an outlet, an inlet cavity, and an internal discharge passage extending between the outlet and the inlet cavity. The inlet cavity has a configuration and size for sealingly receiving the end of the discharge tube in a friction-fit engagement. A shell surrounds the periphery of the actuator. The shell has an open top providing access to the top surface of the actuator and has a notch adjacent the outlet to permit the discharge of product from the outlet as the actuator is depressed relative to the shell. A plurality of tabs each extends from the actuator to the shell. Each tab is connected to the shell with a frangible web to hold the actuator at an initial, as-molded position relative to the shell.

Abstract: An inverted aerosol dispensing device is disclosed comprising an aerosol container extending between a top portion and a bottom portion for containing an aerosol product and an aerosol propellant therein. An aerosol valve is located at the bottom portion of the aerosol container. The aerosol valve has a valve stem for displacing the aerosol valve from a biased closed position to an open position to discharge the aerosol product from the valve stem. An undercap is secured to the bottom portion of the aerosol container for supporting the aerosol container on a supporting surface. An actuator is movably mounted relative to the undercap for moving the valve stem upon displacement of the actuator for discharging the aerosol product from the valve stem in a generally downwardly direction through the undercap. The invention is particularly useful in the dispensing of viscous aerosol products.

Abstract: A system is provided for securing together a container having an opening and a finger-operable pump. One form of the system includes a mounting flange on the pump and a support structure in the container for receiving the flange in a snap-fit or press-fit engagement. In another form, the pump mounting flange is heat bonded to the container with a liner that includes at least two layers of a heat-weldable plastic around at least one interposed layer of substantially electrically conductive metal which can be heated with induction heating. The container can be threaded, and a threaded collar can be screwed onto the container. The collar can have an abutment surface for facing the pump actuator, and the collar can be screwed up or down on the container to establish a selected distance between the collar abutment surface and the pump actuator so as to define the stroke length of the pump.

Abstract: An apparatus and method is disclosed for an improved flexible eduction tube for discharging a liquid product from a container with a dispensing mechanism comprising a mixture of a flexible material with a dense filler material distributed within said flexible material to provide a specific gravity greater than the liquid product within the container for enabling an input aperture of the eduction tube to remain below the level of the liquid product within the container when the container is tipped from a vertical orientation. In another embodiment of the invention, the eduction tube comprises a flexible material and rigid means for providing a non-flexible eduction tube prior to insertion of the eduction tube within the container and for providing a flexible eduction tube upon contact with the liquid product within the container.

Abstract: A bladder for a game ball is formed from a composite film which is made from a mixture of polyurethane and polyvinylchloride.

Abstract: A water-repellent leather game ball is provided by applying a water-repellent material to one side of a plurality of leather panels, securing the leather panels together to form the ball so that said one side of the panels are inside of the ball, and applying a coating of water-repellent material to the outisde surface of the ball.

Abstract: A container package comprises a sheet of plastic material having a plurality of apertures therein and a like plurality of containers respectively received in said apertures. Each container comprises a plastic bottle having a laminated plastic and foil cover heat sealed thereover. Each container has a rim with a maximum diameter and a subjacent portion tapering downwardly and inwardly from said maximum diameter. The cover has an edge on said subjacent portion. The apertures in the carrier are initially elongated longitudinally of the carrier and are provided with scalloped margins. The margins are of lesser diameter than the upper ends of the containers, whereby the margins are stretched and deflected upwardly along said subjacent portion with the margins lying above the respective cover edges.