Dispensing system for dispensing a product from a handheld container

US9061816B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. · US

Inventors

• Arnie M. Best · Pudong New District, CN
• Nancy L. Broen · Racine, US
• Douglas P. Gundlach · Racine, US
• Paul Katz · San Marino, US
• Brook Kennedy · Glen Ridge, US
• Boris Kontorovich · Brooklyn, US
• Hideaki Matsui · Yokohama, JP
• Leah Pelowski · Milwaukee, US
• Judith A. Rath · Milwaukee, US
• Matthew N. Thurin · Wauwatosa, US
• Richard Whitehall · New York, US
• Steven A. Zach · Waterford, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2011
• Grant date: Jun 23, 2015
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65D83/206
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An overcap for a container includes a body having a sidewall. An opening is provided in the sidewall. An actuation mechanism includes an actuator with an elongate button and a manifold. The elongate button extends through the opening in the sidewall. The actuation mechanism is actuable to open a valve of a container by movement of the elongate button in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the overcap.