1. A security device for preventing opening of a media case that has two halves that are hinged together at one side of the case so that the case may be opened and closed, and which case has on the side thereof opposite its hinged side an elongated lock andor finger cavity that is spaced inwardly from opposite ends of the case, the security device comprising:
a pair of closure members hinged together for movement of the closure members between open and closed positions; the closure members in their closed position together defining an elongated aperture for receiving a media case to be secured with a close fit; the elongated aperture having two opposite, open ends adapted to allow the media case to project through both open ends of the elongated aperture;
a latch for locking the closure members in their closed position; the latch adapted to secure the closure members in the closed position until unlocked with a key; and
the closure members defining a protrusion that projects into the elongated aperture of the closure members where the protrusion is positioned to project into the elongated lock andor finger cavity of the media case, whereby the closure members may be closed around a middle region of the media case when closed with the protrusion projecting into the elongated lock andor finger cavity to prevent the security device from being slid off the media case.
2. The security device of claim 1, wherein the closure members each have a hinge end portion terminating at an inturned hinge ear portion that forms the protrusion that projects into the elongated lock andor finger cavity to secure the security device from being slid off the media case.
3. The security device of claim 2, wherein the hinge end portions have laterally spaced-apart sections defining a gap therebetween.
4. The security device of claim 1, further comprising latch end portions projecting from the ends of the closure members opposite the hinged connection of the closure members.
5. The security device of claim 4, wherein the latch end portions of the closure members overlap one another when the closure members are in their closed position.
6. The security device of claim 4, wherein the latch includes a spring clip carried by one of the latch end portions for engaging a catch carried by the other of the latch end portions to prevent separation of the latch end portions when the closure members are in their closed position, the spring clip including a resiliently biased finger movable between a release position permitting separation of the latch end portions and a latching position for engaging the catch.
7. The security device of claim 6, wherein the catch is disposed in an inward position that prevents the spring clip from engaging the catch until the catch is moved to an outer position; the catch being movable to the outer position by the insertion of the media case in the closure member carrying the catch.
8. The security device of claim 6, wherein the resiliently biased finger is made of a magnetically attractable material and is disposed such that placement of a magnet outwardly adjacent the latch end portions will under magnetic force move the resiliently biased finger from its latching position to its release position.
9. The security device of claim 8, in combination with a key for unlocking the security device.
10. The security device of claim 9, wherein the key includes a magnet.
11. The security device of claim 6, wherein one end of the spring clip is curved; the closure member that carries the spring clip defining a latch opening that extends through the closure member and provides access to the curved end of the spring clip from outside of the security device; and the curved portion of the spring clip blocking the latch opening.
12. The security device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the closure members defines a recess adapted to receive an electronic article surveillance tag.
13. The security device of claim 1, wherein the latch has an inward position wherein at least a portion of the latch extends into the elongated aperture of the closure members; the inward position of the latch prevents the latch from securing the closure members until latch is moved to an outer position; the latch being movable to the outer position by the insertion of the media case in one of the closure members.
14. A releasable security device for preventing opening of a media case having two halves that are hinged together at one side of the case so that the case may be opened and closed, and which case has on the side thereof opposite its hinged side an elongated lock andor finger cavity that is spaced inwardly from opposite ends of the case, the security device comprising first and second closure members movable between open and closed configurations; in the closed configuration, the first and second closure members defining a substantially rectangular aperture for receiving the media case to be secured with a close fit, the rectangular aperture having two opposite, open ends adapted to allow the media case to project through both open ends of the elongated aperture; the closure members including an internal protrusion extending within the elongated lock andor finger cavity of the media case when the closure members are closed about the media case to prevent the security device from being slid off the media case, and a latch opposite the side including the internal protrusion.
15. The security device of claim 14, wherein the closure members are hinged together with a hinge; the hinge defining the internal protrusion.
16. The security device of claim 14, wherein the latch has an inward position that prevents the latch from engaging until the latch is moved to an outer position; the latch being movable to the outer position by the insertion of the media case in one of the closure members.
17. The security device of claim 14, wherein the latch includes a resiliently biased, cantilevered finger made of a magnetically attractable material; the latch being disposed such that placement of a magnet outwardly adjacent the latch will under magnetic force move the resiliently biased finger from its latching position to its release position.
18. The security device of claim 17, in combination with a key for unlocking the security device; the key having a magnet.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An aerosol valve actuator comprising a plastic cap and a plastic base, said base having means for attachment to an aerosol container andor an aerosol valve mounting cup, a side wall with a product dispensing opening therein, a centrally located tube with a bottom region for engagement with an aerosol valve stem, and a product conduit extending between said bottom region and said base side wall product dispensing opening; said conduit being at least in part flexible and expandable; said cap having a top wall and a side wall having a product dispensing opening therein, said cap being movable on the base between a first, valve actuating, position where the base and cap respective product dispensing openings are in alignment and a second, valve non-actuating, position where the base and cap product dispensing openings are out of alignment and the side wall of the cap blocks the base product dispensing opening; said conduit being expandable under the foaming action of a product in the conduit following dispensing of the product from the actuator and return of the cap to it second, valve non-actuating, position; whereby, post-actuation foaming out of the actuator is substantially eliminated.
2. The aerosol valve actuator of claim 1, wherein said product conduit is at least in part comprised of a softer plastic overmolded onto a harder plastic.
3. The aerosol valve actuator of claim 1, said cap being slidable up and down on the base and wherein said base sidewall has a plurality of inwardly flexible members and said cap has a plurality of ramps, said ramps flexing said side wall flexible members inwardly when the cap is manually depressed to slide downwardly on the base to a valve actuating position, and said inwardly flexed members acting against said ramps to slide the cap upwardly on the base to a valve non-actuating position when the cap is no longer manually depressed.
4. The aerosol valve actuator of claims 1, wherein said base is comprised of an upper portion and a lower portion connected together by tab hinge members that allow the upper portion to be depressed in relation to said lower portion to actuate the aerosol valve stem; said cap when manually depressed being slidable downwardly on the upper portion of the base to a position where the cap and base product dispensing openings are in alignment, and wherein said base upper portion can thereafter be depressed in relation to said base lower portion, upon further manual depression of the cap, to actuate the aerosol valve stem.
5. The aerosol valve actuator of claim 4, wherein said base lower portion has a central opening within which the base upper portion may telescope when depressed in relation to the base lower portion.
6. The aerosol valve actuator of claim 1, wherein said base has a top surface with a plurality of openings within which a plurality of protrusions extending downwardly from the underside of the cap top wall extend and lock into upon assembly of the base and the cap.
7. The aerosol valve actuator of claim 2, wherein said product conduit comprises a tubular portion of the softer plastic extending between said base side wall product dispensing opening and the top of said centrally located tube, and a wall portion of the softer plastic extending down said centrally located tube to form with said inner tube wall a further conduit portion.
8. The aerosol valve actuator of claim 1, wherein said base and cap respectively have interfitting sidewall slots and protrusions for aligning and stabilizing the cap and base with respect to each other upon assembly.
9. A method of forming an aerosol valve actuator, said actuator having an aerosol valve stem engaging portion, a product dispensing opening that can be opened and closed, and a flexible and expandable product conduit extending between said valve stem engaging portion and said product dispensing opening, comprising molding said product conduit at least in part of a first plastic material and molding the remainder of the actuator of a second plastic material, said first plastic material being softer than said second plastic material, further comprising first molding said remainder of the actuator and thereafter overmolding the first plastic material onto the second plastic material to form at least a part of the product conduit.