Flexible barrier member useful in aerosol dispensers

摘要

A barrier for use in a pressurized container (22) comprising a unitary flexible and expandable member (11) having an outer wall segment (12) terminating in a sealing flange (16) and an inner wall segment (14) joined to the outer wall segment (12) through a fold (15) and a central piston region (20) emerging from the terminus of the inner wall segment (14) distal to the fold (15); the barrier (10) being sufficiently thick and rigid to be freestanding before incorporation into a pressurized container (22). The outer and (12) inner wall (14) segments are oppositely-directed frustoconial shapes forming a small acute angle with each other. The outer (12) and inner (14) wall segments expand outwardly to progressively conform to the container inner wall surface (23) as product is evacuated from the container (22). The outer wall segment (12) may be thicker and more rigid than the inner wall segment (14). The barrier is nestable with like barriers.