Overcap for use with a cleaning device

• US 6,758,412 B2
• Filed: 09/14/2001
• Issued: 07/06/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: SC Johnson & Son Incorporated
• Original Assignee: SC Johnson & Son Incorporated
• Inventors: Fahy, Cathal, Frosch, Tracey A., Zach, Steven A., Miller, Allen D., Aberegg, Dale
• Primary Examiner(s): Ganey, Steven J.
• Application Number:
  US09/951,413
• Publication Number:
  US 20030052204A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,026 Days
• Field of Search: 239/288.5, 239/337, 239/578, 239/601, 239/532, 222/402.1, 222/402.13, 222/402.15, 222/174
• US Class Current: 239/337
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 83/203 comprising an extension rod located between the aerosol container and the hand grip setting-out line markings on playing courts A63C19/065; marking-out on finished paving by spraying from aerosol containers E01C23/227

Abstract

An overcap for use with a spray canister includes a peripheral wall adapted to attach to the spray canister, a cantilevered lever arm hingedly attached to the peripheral wall, and a nozzle within the cantilevered lever arm. The nozzle includes a stem socket adapted to receive a valve stem of the spray canister and adapted to provide a fan-shaped spray.

Claims

1. An overcap for use with a spray canister having a valve stem, said overcap comprising:

a top surface having an alignment recess for receiving an alignment protrusion of a housing for said spray canister;

a peripheral wall depending from said top surface and adapted to attach to the spray canister;

a cantilevered pivoting lever arm secured within said peripheral wall; and

a nozzle disposed within said lever arm, said nozzle including a stem socket adapted to receive the valve stem of the spray canister.

2. An overcap according to claim 1, wherein said nozzle is adapted to provide a fan-shaped spray.

3. An overcap according to claim 1, wherein said top surface, peripheral wall, lever arm, and nozzle are integral.

4. An overcap according to claim 1, wherein said lever arm comprises a pad at a free end adapted to receive an actuator rod, whereby a movement of the actuator rod causes said lever arm to be pivoted with respect to said peripheral wall.

5. An overcap according to claim 1, further comprising a hinge disposed between said lever arm and said peripheral wall, whereby said lever arm can pivot about said hinge.

6. An overcap according to claim 1, wherein said nozzle includes a rectangular orifice having a length in a direction along a length of said lever arm, whereby a fan-shaped spray that is wider in a direction transverse to the length of said lever arm is produced.

7. An overcap according to claim 6, wherein said nozzle is tilted with respect to said lever arm, whereby a spray is produced which is angled with respect to said lever arm.

8. An overcap according to claim 1, wherein said lever arm is hingedly attached to said peripheral wall.

9. An overcap according to claim 1, wherein said peripheral wall includes an extension, and said lever arm is hingedly attached to said extension.

10. An overcap according to claim 1, further comprising a top surface having a cutout portion and a recess, said lever arm being separated from the cutout portion, wherein the cutout portion extends into the recess.

11. An overcap according to claim 10, wherein a top surface of said lever arm is below a plane of said top surface of said overcap.

12. An overcap for use with a spray canister, said overcap comprising:

a cap housing including a generally continuous cylindrical wall depending from a top surface having an alignment recess for receiving an alignment protrusion of a housing for said spray canister;

a lever arm pivotally secured within said cap housing;

means for producing a fan-shaped spray; and

means for securing said overcap to the spray canister.

13. An overcap according to claim 12, wherein said lever arm is cantilevered to said cylindrical wall.

14. An overcap according to claim 12, wherein said lever arm is hingedly attached to said cylindrical wall.

15. An overcap according to claim 12, wherein said cylindrical wall includes an extension, and said lever arm is hingedly attached to said extension.

16. An overcap according to claim 12, wherein said top surface further comprises a cutout portion, said lever arm is separated from said cutout portion, and said cutout portion extends into the recess.

17. An overcap according to claim 16, wherein a top surface of said lever arm is below a plane of said top surface of said cap housing.

18. An overcap comprising:

a substantially planar top having an alignment recess therein for receiving an alignment protrusion of a housing for a spray canister to which said overcap is attachable;

a peripheral wall depending from said top, said peripheral wall adapted to attach to a spray canister;

a cantilevered lever arm hingedly attached to said peripheral wall, said cantilevered lever arm traversing a span of said top of said overcap and terminating at a free end in said recess of the top of said overcap, whereby the free end of said cantilevered lever arm can move with respect to the plane of the top; and

a nozzle disposed within said cantilevered lever arm, said nozzle including a stem socket adapted to receive a valve stem of the spray canister.

19. An overcap according to claim 18, wherein said nozzle is adapted to provide a fan-shaped spray.