Abstract: A fragrance dispenser for use with a light bulb and fragrance medium that emits a fragrance when heated. The fragrance dispenser includes a body member having an opening for receiving a portion of a light bulb and having a cavity for holding a fragrance medium so that when the fragrance medium is held in the cavity, the light bulb is energized, and at least a portion of the light bulb is received in the opening the body member, heat from the light bulb will be transferred through at least a portion of the body member to the fragrance medium held in the cavity in the body member to cause the fragrance medium to emit a fragrance. The fragrance dispenser additionally includes control structure for controlling the emissions of fragrance from the fragrance medium held in the cavity in the body member.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 17, 2000
Date of Patent:
July 3, 2001
Assignee:
BJM, Inc.
Inventors:
Gene William McAuley, Diann Looney McAuley