US Patent Issued to APTARGROUP on March 17 for "Aerosol safety actuator" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,034, issued on March 17, was assigned to APTARGROUP INC..

"Aerosol safety actuator" was invented by Sean Cho (Elgin, Ill.), Gerald J. Marquardt (Elgin, Ill.) and Gregory A. Erickson (Wheaton, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator is disclosed for actuating an aerosol valve for dispensing an aerosol product from an aerosol container. The actuator comprises an actuator button being rotatable relative to a base for movement between a locked rotational position stop and an unlocked rotational position stop. The actuator button is movable relative to the base for actuating the aerosol valve to dispense the aerosol product when ...