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A child-resistant overcap for a pressurized container, such as an aerosol can, having a valve with an axially protruding discharge nozzle which must be depressed to actuate the valve for discharging the contents of the container. The overcap includes a valve guard moveable between an outer position

A child-resistant overcap for a pressurized container, such as an aerosol can, having a valve with an axially protruding discharge nozzle which must be depressed to actuate the valve for discharging the contents of the container. The overcap includes a valve guard moveable between an outer position in which a portion of the guard overlies the nozzle for preventing actuation thereof and an inner position in which the nozzle can be depressed. The overcap includes a resilient portion of the guard which biases the guard toward outer position and which must be overcome in order to move the guard to inner position and which returns the guard to outer position when the guard is released.

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A child-resistant overcap for a pressurized container which includes a dispensing valve at the center top thereof, said container also having an annular assembly seam surrounding said valve and a tubular nozzle axially moveable to actuate said valve, said overcap comprising, in combination, (a) a ge

A child-resistant overcap for a pressurized container which includes a dispensing valve at the center top thereof, said container also having an annular assembly seam surrounding said valve and a tubular nozzle axially moveable to actuate said valve, said overcap comprising, in combination, (a) a generally cup-shaped body having (1) a depending skirt with a lip at its lower margin that is adapted to engage said seam for retaining said overcap on said container, (2) an axial opening that is adapted to receive said axially moveable nozzle and (3) a top having a finger depression extending across said top and intersecting said axial opening, (b) a valve guard unitary with said body and mountable in the finger depression for movement between a valve-guarding position and a valve-actuating position said valve guard including a valve actuator movable relative to said valve guard in all of its positions and being movable into actuating engagement with said nozzle only when said valve guard is in said valve actuating position, (c) co-operating means on said guard and said body for guiding said guard between such positions, and (d) resilient means formed integrally with said body and guard and biasing said guard toward such guarding position.