Finger-actuatable spray pump package with user-ready two-piece spray-through cap, pre-assembly cap, and method for making said package

摘要

A molded, unitary overcap structure for assembly on a finger-operable spray pump dispensing package is provided so that it can be subsequently modified to a two-piece, ready-to-use condition operatively engaged with a discharge tube of the pump. The actuator has a top surface and a periphery. The actuator defines an outlet, an inlet cavity, and an internal discharge passage extending between the outlet and the inlet cavity. The inlet cavity has a configuration and size for sealingly receiving the end of the discharge tube in a friction-fit engagement. A shell surrounds the periphery of the actuator. The shell has an open top providing access to the top surface of the actuator and has a notch adjacent the outlet to permit the discharge of product from the outlet as the actuator is depressed relative to the shell. A plurality of tabs each extends from the actuator to the shell. Each tab is connected to the shell with a frangible web to hold the actuator at an initial, as-molded position relative to the shell. Each frangible web is defined by a reduced cross section thickness of material at an end of the tab. Each tab decreases in width from a greater width dimension at the actuator to a lesser width dimension at the web. Each tab decreases in thickness from a greater thickness dimension at the actuator to a lesser thickness dimension at the web whereby each web can be broken substantially flush with a surface of the shell.