With Support For Porous Or Apertured Encasing Means Patents (Class 239/57)
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Patent number: 11471548Abstract: A composition for an air freshener system including a 100% natural mixture of essential oil and one or more diluents that is adapted to have a longevity of between fifteen to forty days and include a flash point for the blend that is high enough that the blend remains effective for the desired period of time and slows the consumption of the essential oil and provides a consistent weight loss over the course of the air freshener system's consumption of the oil mixture.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Aeron Lifestyle Technology, Inc.Inventors: Joseph Pieper, Monica Herr Hadley
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Patent number: 11452961Abstract: An air cleaner is provided that may include a case including a first suction inlet, the case having a cylindrical or cone shape; a fan housing provided inside of the case, the fan housing accommodating a fan therein; a filter provided at a suction side of the fan, the filter filtering foreign materials in air which is suctioned through the first suction inlet; and a housing suction flow path formed between an outer surface of the fan housing and an inner surface of the case, the housing suction flow path allowing air which is suctioned through the first suction inlet to flow toward and through the filter. The housing suction flow path may include a first flow path inlet having a predetermined first width, and a second flow path inlet through which air having passed through the first flow path inlet flows, the second flow path inlet having a second width greater than the first width.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Yeongcheol Mun, Hyunpil Ha, Soonki Jung, Jaekyun Park, Soohyun Bae
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Patent number: 11400178Abstract: An example embodiment of a volatile substance diffuser comprises a housing defining a housing axis; and a component carrying a volatile substance. The component defines an air passageway there through. The component is secured to an inner surface of the housing. The air passageway defines an air passageway axis and the housing axis and the air passageway axis are approximately parallel. In an example embodiment, the volatile substance diffuser further comprises a clip secured to the housing and configured to removably secure the volatile substance diffuser to a slat of an air vent (e.g., an automobile air vent, building air vent, and/or the like).Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Energizer Group LimitedInventor: Christopher A. Bourne
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Patent number: 11382999Abstract: An aroma diffuser structure includes a base, a holding member, a frame, an adjusting member, and an aroma diffuser. The holding member is mounted on the base and has a screw hole. The frame is mounted on the holding member and has an upper portion provided with a first magnetic member. The adjusting member has an external threaded section extending through the frame and screwed through the screw hole of the holding member. The aroma diffuser has a plurality of air vents. The aroma diffuser is rotatable on the adjusting member and has a top provided with a rotation shaft which is provided with a second magnetic member magnetically attracted with the first magnetic member.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Inventor: Chin-Tan Chang
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Patent number: 11260141Abstract: A deodorizing attachment for a fan includes a plate having an adhesive backing and a plurality of open-faced cups being disposed upon a face opposite the backing. Each cup has a mesh cover with each cup being configured to removably secure a unit of an air freshener.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventor: Yalonda Clardy
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Patent number: 11213023Abstract: A volatile material dispensing system (100) includes a base (104) and a refill (102) attached to the base (104). The refill (102) includes a substrate (108) having a volatile material thereon. The dispensing system (100) further includes a cover (106). In an inactive state, the refill (102) is compressed within the cover (106) and the cover (106) is attached to the base (104) and in an active state, the cover (106) is removed from the base and the refill (102) automatically expands such that the volatile material is released from the substrate (108) and into the ambient environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2013Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Hai Yan Cao, Amos Chen, Shumao Han, Joanna Jia, Salvador Munoz, Deliang Shi
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Patent number: 11052168Abstract: An air germicidal treatment device and system for removing or eliminating unwanted pathogens or bacteria in an airstream is shown. The device or system has a removable irradiation chamber that divides an interior area of the device into an air pre-chamber area, an air post-chamber area and an irradiation area therebetween. The removable irradiation chamber is generally trapezoidal in shape and has end walls that are inclined with respect to an interior divider wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: AEROBIOTIX, INC.Inventor: David Louis Kirschman
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Patent number: 10980908Abstract: A pouch filled with a fragrance material has a proximal end of a strap joined thereto. A first fastener is appended on a rear face of the strap, at or near the proximal end. A second fastener is appended on the rear face of the strap at or near the distal end of the strap. Preferably, a third fastener is on or appended to a rear face of the pouch. The second fastener, such as a male snap fastener, is removably joinable to either the first fastener to form a loop in the strap or to the third fastener so that the rear face of the strap faces the rear face of the pouch. The pouch may be suspended from a mounting structure, such as a neck of a rear-view mirror of an automobile, by the strap in either configuration.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Brandywine Product Group International, Inc.Inventors: Kyle Brandenburg, Kimberly Gobel
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Patent number: 10940279Abstract: An aromatherapy device may define a plurality of wells arranged in an array to be filled with fluid as scented pairs such that two adjacent wells may be positioned beneath nostrils of a user while resting a portion of the device against the upper lip. The wells may be formed in respective cylinders positioned between the portion of the device that is designed to rest against the lip. There may be a plurality of wells that face a first direction and that face an opposite second direction. The wells may be similar shaped and sized so as to receive similarly viscous fluids therein having different scents associate therewith. The viscosity of the fluids should be high enough to resist the pull of gravity and preclude the fluid from flowing out of the well when the device is positioned upside down and some of the wells are, at least temporarily, downwardly facing.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2018Date of Patent: March 9, 2021Inventor: Jennifer K. Keener
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Patent number: 10920792Abstract: An air circulator includes an airflow guiding housing and a power assembly. The power assembly is disposed in said airflow guiding housing which sequentially has a purifying chamber and a guiding chamber from bottom to top. The power assembly is operated to drive air to flow into the purifying chamber through an air inlet formed on a bottom peripheral side of the airflow guiding housing radially and deliver along an airflow channel inside the airflow guiding housing. The airflow channel further has an airflow turning portion in the purifying chamber to drive the air in the purifying chamber to turn from a radial direction to and an upward direction to flow into the guiding chamber and discharge out through an air outlet formed on top of the airflow guiding channel upwardly, outwardly and helically.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Comefresh Electronic Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yongrui Xiao
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Patent number: 10694736Abstract: A pre-baited consumer bait station for rodents which is gnaw resistant and has other design features to make the bait station resistant to rodenticide access by children, dogs, other pets, domestic animals, and nontarget wildlife. An injection molded translucent cover is permanently locked to a base about the cover's edges and center by elastic actuated hooks which engage receptacles on the base. The cover forms a labyrinth joint with a peripheral wall of the base. Double walls on exterior portions of the peripheral wall strengthen the walls where they form part of a closely confining bait receptacle which surrounds a bait block on portions of all sides. Circuitous internal passageways limit access to the bait. An interior wall extends to support the cover center.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2017Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: OMS Investments, Inc.Inventors: James R. Walsh, Daniel C. Johnson
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Patent number: 10640050Abstract: A holding device for an air freshener includes a hanging member and a base member. The hanging member includes a rack and a belt. The rack includes two separate hooks arranged in parallel with a reinforcing beam in between. The hooks have their front ends extended downward into two columns, and bended perpendicularly forward and joined into a bottom ring. A top ring is perpendicularly welded to the columns above the bottom ring. The belt has a ring and two belt pieces, and each belt piece is extended from the ring and a buckle at an outer end of the belt piece. The base member includes a cup and an L-shaped seat with a planar element and a wall element. The planar element has a central through opening, and the cup is joined to the planar element from below and exposed by the through opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Inventor: Fu-Zong Shin
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Patent number: 10517979Abstract: A fragrance dispenser comprises a ceramic outer shell containing a gel composition. The ceramic can be greenware, and can be impregnated with a fragrance, such as in the form of a volatile oil. The gel composition can contain fragrance or deodourisers that can diffuse out of the gel and infuse the surrounding ceramic, from which it can be released into the air. The ceramic cartridge can have indentations to allow it to be retained in a desired location; these can permit the attachment of a plastic mounting clip having a plurality of flexible arms that slot into the indentations to grip and hold the cartridge in place. This mounting clip could then be used to attach the cartridge to suitable surfaces such as a bathroom wall or the interior of a dispenser housing. Furthermore, the cartridge can have a locating recess on one or more of its sides, to receive a mounting post and thereby position the dispenser accurately and inhibit dislodgement.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: December 31, 2019Assignee: Vectair Systems LimitedInventors: Paul Wonnacott, Matthew Teeling
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Patent number: 10232683Abstract: An air freshener has a carrier with a pair of tabs defining a gap. A center tab extends from the pair of tabs and defines a longitudinal axis. Ai least one scented body is carried by one of the pair of tabs. The pair of tabs and the at least one scented body extend laterally with respect to the longitudinal axis of the center tab in opposite directions. The pair of tabs and the at least one scented body have a lateral width greater than a longitudinal depth.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: Energizer Brands II, LLCInventor: Raul Garcia
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Patent number: 10119531Abstract: An inflator having an enhanced cooling effect on its motor is disclosed, which includes a box composed a cover and a base, and a compressor unit installed in the box. The box is provided with airflow-guiding members cooperated with a cooling fan fitted at a rotating shaft of a motor used in the compressor unit to allow outside air to be quickly drawn into the interior of the box. Thereafter, the airflow can be guided by the airflow-guiding members to enter the interior of the motor to dissipate the heat generated by the rotor assembly in the motor and finally go out of the box. Therefore, heat is not easy to accumulate in the motor, so that maximum power output of the motor can be achieved, and the performance and service life of the motor can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Inventor: Wen-San Chou
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Patent number: 10098978Abstract: Wearable devices for dispensing insect repellents, fragrances, and/or other chemicals along the outside of the clothing of a human are disclosed. They are of the type that are clipped onto a belt or the like, and use a powered fan to dispense active. They are configured with fan rotor arrangements to minimize power use while still achieving acceptable air flow rates. These changes permit use of smaller batteries and more compact arrangements for battery positioning. This in turn permits a much more compact and lightweight construction to achieve the desired results. The devices are also provided with a rotatable clip structure to render use of the device more comfortable when the user is seated and to provide greater control over the direction of the dispensing. Further, they are provided with modified lids to facilitate active refill replacement.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventors: Saleh A. Saleh, David C. Belongia, Nitin Sharma, Paul E. Furner, Kwamena Gyakye degraft-Johnson, Raymund J. Alfaro, Donald J. Schumacher
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Patent number: 10077765Abstract: An inflator includes a box and a compressor unit installed in the box. The box is composed of a cover and a base, which are respectively provided with upper and lower airflow-guiding members, which can quickly guide the air current generated by a cooling fan of the compressor unit to enter the motor's housing via two openings of the housing and to flow out of the motor's housing via downstream through holes of the housing, thus dissipating the heat generated by a rotor assembly in the motor, so that heat is not easy to accumulate in the motor, so that maximum power output of the motor can be achieved, and the performance and service life of the motor can be increased.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Inventor: Wen-San Chou
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Patent number: 10010642Abstract: A dispenser includes a base holding a cartridge that includes a volatile material reservoir. The base includes a plurality of ribs that support a peripheral flange of the cartridge. The plurality of ribs support a portion of the peripheral flange having a permeable membrane disposed thereon. A first removable cover is attached to the base and has at least one aperture and a first regulating plate. The first cover may be removed and replaced by at least a second cover that has at least one aperture and a second, different regulating plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.Inventor: Nathan R. Westphal
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Patent number: 9987386Abstract: An inside plug (10) includes: an inside plug body (12) held at an opening; a liquid absorbent wick holding section (17); and a ring (18) which (i) is held by the liquid absorbent wick holding section (17), (ii) is located in an inner space of a container body (2) in a state where the inside plug body (12) is held at the opening, and (iii) is brought closer to a flat surface (15) by gravity in a case where a suction-type liquid container (1) has fallen sideways.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2014Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITEDInventors: Kaoru Tsurumi, Takahiro Okuie
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Patent number: 9936684Abstract: A furniture piece including an insect control barrier comprising a plurality of insecticide strips is provided. The insecticide strips are strategically located on the furniture piece to intersect travel paths from a support surface to prime harborage or feeding locations on the furniture piece.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: Blockhouse Company, Inc.Inventor: Stephen Perko
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Patent number: 9726395Abstract: The present invention supports an airflow register accessory comprising an accessory having an outer and an inner surface and defining vents, a fastening mechanism located on the inner surface of the accessory, and a scented component located on the inner surface adjacent and accessorizing the vents. In a preferred embodiment, the accessory may be easily attached to and detached from the room-facing surface of an airflow register. Upon air flow from an HVAC system through the airflow register and airflow register accessory, a pleasant scent may be imparted to the room via release of scent from the scented component.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Inventor: Scott David Hammer
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Patent number: 9675724Abstract: A scent dispenser system used for dispensing scent from a liquid. The system includes a dispenser having an open volume. The system includes absorbent beads in the open volume of the dispenser, where the absorbent beads having the capability to absorb a liquid. The system includes aeration windows in the dispenser to receive a liquid and to allow air to pass through the dispenser and about the absorbent beads.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Inventor: Lee Winfield Ripka
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Patent number: 9521836Abstract: A scent-releasing apparatus is provided. The scent-releasing apparatus includes a scent-releasing material and a housing having a longitudinal axis and an interior space in which the scent-releasing material is contained. The housing includes a base and a cover coupled to the base so as to receive the base. The cover has an air inlet port and is longitudinally movable on the base between a first position at which the cover forms an air-tight seal of the interior space, and a second position at which the cover permits ambient airflow into the interior space via the air inlet port.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Bryan Bruce Willert, Derek Scranton Winters, Anne Linnea Winn Reilly, Roy Gene Mayo, Jr.
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Patent number: 9308287Abstract: A fragrancing system for a motor vehicle, having a housing, in which a replaceable fragrance storage container is inserted, which has an opening for dispensing a fragrance which is covered by a closure mechanism which frees the opening for dispensing of the fragrance when actuated by an actuator. In a fragrancing system which is of simple construction and nevertheless operates reliably, the housing is provided with a cover, which for introduction of the fragrance storage container is mounted so as to be pivotable about an axis of rotation into a housing interior, wherein when the fragrance storage container is introduced it is locked by the cover.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2014Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: MAHLE INTERNATONAL GmbHInventors: Walter Wolf, Eric Pitz, Tobias Baumann
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Patent number: 9289529Abstract: Animal scent lure systems and devices are provided in which scent element holder devices are employed to removably secure a scent element to an animal decoy, for example, to attract wild animals such as deer. For example, an animal lure device includes a scent element holder device for removably holding an animal scent element. The scent element holder device includes a first connecting element to connect the scent element holder device to a stationary object, a second connecting element for removably securing a scent element to the scent element holder device; and an extension arm element connecting the first and second connecting elements. The extension arm element is adapted to maintain the second connecting element offset from the stationary object (e.g., animal decoy) to which the first connecting element is attached.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2011Date of Patent: March 22, 2016Inventor: John T. Buck
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Patent number: 9272062Abstract: A combination air freshener and ornament has an ornament body and a support stand that serves dual purpose as a hanging hook when the ornament is in a hanging configuration and as a support stand when the ornament is in a standing display configuration. The support stand optionally has plugs at each end that removably engage with a receiving hole in the ornament body. The ornament body and/or the support stand are formed of fragranced polymer. One embodiment forms the ornament body in a gingerbread man configuration and the support stand in a candy cane configuration.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Brandywine Product Group International Inc.Inventors: Robert H. Heflin, III, Kyle Brandenburg
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Patent number: 9125396Abstract: A scent dispenser system used for dispensing scent from a liquid. The system includes a dispenser having an open volume. The system includes absorbent beads in the open volume of the dispenser, where the absorbent beads having the capability to absorb a liquid. The system includes aeration windows in the dispenser to receive a liquid and to allow air to pass through the dispenser and about the absorbent beads.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Inventor: Lee Winfield Ripka
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Publication number: 20150144711Abstract: A fragrance discharge device for discharging at least one fragrance, having a housing through which air can flow, having at least one fragrance cartridge arranged therein, wherein a drawer is provided so it is displaceable in the housing, for accommodating and holding at least one fragrance cartridge, wherein the drawer can be pulled at least partially out of the housing to replace the at least one fragrance cartridge, wherein the fragrance cartridge is connectable to the drawer via a magnetic force.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: May 28, 2015Inventors: Thomas RAPPEL, Dieter SARTORIUS, Matthias UHLE
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Publication number: 20150140054Abstract: A scent delivery system in the form of a scent sampling card in which a fragrance/oil of a scented nature is encapsulated in the form of microscopic beads or scent of scented oil encased in a gelatinous or plastic cell wall, the encapsulation protects the microscopic beads and the scent or fragrance from escaping or migrating out of the card until its intended time of use, and holds both ply closed by bonding to both halves. The card comprises a two ply substrate which sandwiches the area of encapsulated fragrance within. The two ply substrate can be formed of paper stock, or paper stock and another substance, such as a laminate. Once the card is opened, the encapsulation is penetrated, and the capsules of fragrance and scent are ruptured or break open exposing and emitting the fragrance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: May 21, 2015Inventor: John DiGREGORIO
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Patent number: 9015989Abstract: An insect toxic bait dispenser has a top with multiple downwardly opening compartments in which toxic bait fluids may be retained by an underlying foil barrier. The top is supported on a base with posts positioned beneath the barrier. Base prongs extend into a top shaft with ledges at different heights, preventing part separation when the barrier is intact above the posts, and, when the top is closed on the base, piercing the foil seal and dispensing liquids into fluid retaining members held in base pockets. To use, a peripheral tear strip is removed from the base, permitting the top to descend on the base causing the posts to puncture the seal, compressing the fluid retaining members against the barrier to receive and dispense toxic bait liquid while retarding the rate of liquid evaporation. The top may be hinged to the base, or urged downwardly by a threaded cap.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2014Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Bell Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Paul R. Zeamer, James R. Walsh
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Patent number: 8984705Abstract: The present invention provides a fragrance dispenser assembly in the inside of an outer shell. The dispenser includes a bracket, a shelf and a fragrance dispensing unit located within an outer shell. The shelf may have a releasable attachment mechanism for the fragrance dispenser unit. The invention also includes the fragrance dispenser unit and a fragrance source.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Zenith Technologies, LLCInventor: Mark D. Bosses
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Publication number: 20150076248Abstract: A fragrance accessory kit includes a container defining an open interior and having a lid, and packets that are each formed of a vapor-permeable fabric and are sheet-like in geometry. The vapor-permeable fabric is secured about scented material within each of the packets, which are stacked within the container. A fragrance accessory system includes a fragrance accessory, including a packet formed of a vapor-permeable fabric secured about a portion of scented material. The consumer product can removably receive the fragrance accessory such that the portion of scented material provides a scent for the consumer product. A method of implementing a fragrance accessory includes securing scented material within a packet formed of a vapor-permeable fabric. The method further includes configuring the consumer product to removably receive the packet.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Rich Brands LLCInventors: Mark Douglas Grodsky, Carrie-Anne Moreau, Alicia Marie Thompson, Stephanie Ann Golden
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Patent number: 8978999Abstract: A container for air freshening materials or other volatiles includes a receptacle or base and a cover that may be rotated from a closed position to multiple open positions while still engaged to the base to create vent passageway(s) between the cover and the base. A containment section of the base houses an air freshening material, such as a fragrance gel or potpourri, or a volatile, such as an insect repellant. The base further defines an alignment section adapted to rotationally and axially position the cover, an integrated sealing element, and an optional vent section. The alignment section includes a ramp and upper and lower locating elements coupled to the ramp. The alignment section engages at least one guide or a guide nub that extends from a depending arm of the cover. The guide or guide nub travels along the ramp from a first locating element when the cover is in a fully closed position to a second locating element when the cover is in a fully open position.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Assignee: Hayloft Enterprises, Inc.Inventors: Frank M. Lesniak, Kyle Brandenburg, John R. Hickman
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Patent number: 8944342Abstract: A Two-part, Wall-mountable Electrochemical Dispenser. The dispenser assembly consists of a disposable fluid storage reservoir and a non-disposable dispenser. The dispenser holds an electrochemical gas generator, its associated electronics, and a power source. The generator can be set for fluid delivery rates of between 1 mL/day and 50 mL/day. The system has a battery-determined operational life of about 2 years, assuming rates of up to 2 mL/day and 2 C-size batteries. The fluid storage reservoir is formed by two plastic shells separated by a plastic diaphragm. Gas produced by the generator acts on the diaphragm thereby displacing fluid that is then captured by an evaporation pad from which it can readily emanate into the environment. The reservoir can be removed and discarded after depletion of the liquid, and then replaced by another filled assembly. As needed, the refill holds an anti-theft coded card that prohibits the re-use of the refill.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2011Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: M&R Consulting Services, Inc.Inventors: Henri Maget, James Dikeman, Mark Johansson, Randy Houk
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Patent number: 8938905Abstract: A deer attracting device and/or a kit incorporating the same facilitates luring deer to a specific location. The device includes a base that is supported from below by an underlying ground surface and a lock that holds a visual lure in an upright position, extending away from the base, so that deer can easily see the visual lure. A scent carrier may be applied to the visual lure and is configured to entice deer to apply their own scent(s) to the visual lure by scent marking or licking the lure. This encourages other deer to do the same after being visually drawn close enough to the visual lure to detect the scent. Correspondingly, the deer maintain or replenish the scent of the lure mitigating the need for a human to artificially do the same. The visual lure is maintained in position on the base be a column within which a lower end of the visual lure is received, and a lock that maintains the visual lure within the column.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2010Date of Patent: January 27, 2015Assignee: Moore Outdoors Productions and ProductsInventor: Jeremy Frank Moore
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Patent number: 8931711Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a volatile material in a continuous manner is disclosed. The apparatus includes a delivery engine having a reservoir for containing a volatile material; a rupturable substrate secured to the reservoir; a rupture element positioned adjacent to the rupturable substrate; and a breathable membrane enclosing the reservoir, rupturable substrate and rupture element. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a housing having a notch for compressing the rupture element and breaching the rupturable substrate as it is inserted into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2010Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Jason John Olchovy, Scott Kendyl Stanley, James Douglas Still, Walter Sordo, Stefano Deflorian, Cedric Morhain
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Patent number: 8893985Abstract: A pump fragrance device includes a pump spray, an inner housing connected to a spray head, and an outer housing on the inner housing. On the inner housing, a junction piece connected to the spray head has an opening thereon. The inner housing's surface has an assembling piece to fit with the outer housing, which has an assembling structure to fit with the inner housing. The inner and outer housings form a fixing structure. The fixing structure is filled with a volatile carrier agent, at least a part of which is located in the spray path of the pump spray. When used, the pump spray sprays content onto a surface of the volatile carrier agent, thereby reducing the quantity of the volatile aromatic agent used. This prolongs the diffusion time of the volatile aromatic agent, thereby relieving users from the danger of the fragrance device being under high temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Aromate Industries Co., Ltd.Inventor: Henry Wu
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Patent number: 8888014Abstract: A fragrance delivery system similar in appearance, or used in similar locations as a tassel assembly having a fragrance delivery arrangement is provided. The fragrance delivery system similar in appearance, or used in similar locations as a tassel includes an attachment component for hanging the fragrance delivery system similar in appearance, or used in similar locations a tassel, from a conventional supporting article, a head component having a decorative configuration and a skirt component connected to the head component. The skirt component includes a support member and may or may not include a skirt of various materials including strings, cloth, ribbons, wood, glass, plastic or other decorative elements suspended from the support member. A fragrance delivery arrangement is releasably connected to the head component and may or may not be at least partially concealed by the skirt.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2010Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: The A. I. Root CompanyInventors: Steven Woods, Rebecca Mengay
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Patent number: 8882998Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of perfumery and more precisely it concerns a device, and the consumer articles associated therewith, for dispensing an active composition into the surrounding space. The device includes an assembly containing a reservoir holding the active liquid to be diffused into the surroundings and a wick-/emitting member structure composed of a wick member and an emitting/diffusion member, the latter having an evaporative surface to be directly exposed to the surrounding space when the device is activated, the assembly being housed in a casing or carried by a supporting frame, the device further including a pivoting member fixed on the casing or on the supporting frame to allow a swinging motion of the assembly and thus forced evaporation of the active volatile whenever desired.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Firmenich SAInventors: Lyse Tranzeat, Guy Edmund Robinson, Nicholas O'Leary
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Patent number: 8881941Abstract: The present invention refers to an evaporator device for volatile substances provided with a closure system that facilitates the replacement of the refill or container of the volatile substance. The invention provides a safety closure system for the evaporator device, which makes difficult for children to get access to the tablet or container of the volatile substance. A closure member and a container are associated in such a manner that during the opening movement of the closure member, at least part of the container is extracted out of the chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2007Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignee: Zobele Holding S.p.A.Inventors: Stefano Deflorian, Walter Sordo, Franco Zobele
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Publication number: 20140230313Abstract: Exemplary embodiments provide dispensers and delivery devices that release their contents at sustained rates. An exemplary device may include one or more reservoirs for holding a solid, semisolid, liquid or gaseous substance that may be released outside the device. Exemplary devices enable sustained release of their contents over a predetermined period of time, for example, up to a month or more. Exemplary devices also enable release of the contents according to, for example, predetermined release rates and profiles customized for the use of the device. Each reservoir of the device may include one or more apertures through which the contents may be released outside the reservoir. Each aperture may be covered by one or more porous membranes to allow sustained release of the contents of the reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventor: Noel M. Elman
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Patent number: 8740110Abstract: An apparatus for delivering a volatile material in a continuous manner is disclosed. The apparatus includes a delivery engine having a reservoir for containing a volatile material; a rupturable substrate secured to the reservoir; a rupture element positioned adjacent to the rupturable substrate; and a breathable membrane enclosing the reservoir, rupturable substrate and rupture element. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a housing having a notch for compressing the rupture element and breaching the rupturable substrate as it is inserted into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2010Date of Patent: June 3, 2014Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Jason John Olchovy, Scott Kendyl Stanley, James Douglas Still, Walter Sordo, Stefano Deflorian, Cedric Morhain
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Patent number: 8720794Abstract: A system used for permeating or emitting a gas or a chemical at a constant, predictable and controllable rate uses an amorphous fluoropolymer material as a gateway. The system may comprise a tube assembly which holds a gas or liquid. The gas or liquid permeates though the fluoropolymer material to be released in precise quantity, resulting in known concentrations of the gas, when mixed with a flowing or carrier gas such as air or nitrogen.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2011Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignee: Real Sensors, Inc.Inventor: Ramesh Chand
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Publication number: 20140110497Abstract: An air freshener device includes a rigid body or insert having a front face with a protrusion, a rear opposite the front face with a cavity corresponding to the protrusion, and an annular perimeter lip circumscribing the front face. A scent material is interspersed within the body. A flexible cover or shell extends across the rear of the body and covers the cavity, and has an inward facing annular groove surrounding and receiving the annular perimeter lip.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 24, 2014Applicant: American Covers, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Irving, Nate Finlay
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Patent number: 8702015Abstract: A product dispenser (10, 110, 210, 310, 410, 510, 610, 710, 720, 730, 740, 750, 760, 780, 800, 810, 820, 830, 840, 850, and 860) for attachment to a surface such as an inner surface of a dryer releasably attaches a product (31, 131, 431, 531, 713, 733, 743, 753, 763, 787, 804, 815, 825, 834, 844, 854, 862) to the surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: April 22, 2014Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.Inventors: Gregory G. Griese, John E. Thomas, Jamie W. Lerbs, Steven E. Lentsch, Stephan M. Hubig, Terry J. Klos, Ronald B. Howes, Jr., Eric R. Balz
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Patent number: 8695891Abstract: A fragrance delivery device that includes a hollow vessel containing a first fragrance medium and further comprising a porous exterior surface with a porous wicking extension extending therefrom; and a reservoir containing a second fragrance medium, the second fragrance medium in fluid communication with the wicking extension.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 15, 2014Assignee: Takasago International CorporationInventors: Thomas Santini, Anthony Budraitis, Charles Steward, John Gick
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Patent number: 8677679Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention is directed to an ampoule for the storage and dispersion of a volatile liquid comprised of (a) an outer shell composed of an impermeable material and defining at least one opening; (b) a porous diffusion member defining an internal reservoir positioned inside said outer shell; (c) a volatile liquid contained within such internal reservoir; and (d) a film member adhered to the outer shell and covering the at least one opening; wherein the film member is disposed such that an air space is present between the porous diffusion member and the film member; and wherein the porous diffusion member is configured such that molecules of the volatile liquid can only enter into the air space via diffusion through the porous diffusion member. Such ampoules are particularly suited for the storage and dispersion of organic chemicals useful as bed bug attractants, such as a C8-C12 alkane.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2010Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: FMC CorporationInventors: Bruce C. Black, Shreya J. Shah, Linda A. Varanyak, Keith F. Woodruff
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Patent number: 8673235Abstract: A dispenser assembly for supporting a fragrance control unit comprising a canister and a controller or comprising a wafer support plate, fragrance wafers and a fan unit are disclosed. The controller includes a timer, a computer program for the dispersing rate, and a mechanism for activating a spray mechanism of the canister. An embodiment includes a back plate pivotally connected to a front sconce cover and having a tapered structure. Further embodiments include a sconce cover and back plate wherein studs in the sconce cover enter the back plate and the sconce cover is slid upwardly along the back plate and secured in place. Slits in the sconce cover and a top opening allows dispersion of the fragrance. Further embodiments include a sconce cover hinged to the back plate. The sconce cover includes logos and/or decorative designs, e.g. bronco, Southwestern pottery and floral arrangements with slits for dispersing the fragrance.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2010Date of Patent: March 18, 2014Assignee: Arizona Air-Scent, Inc.Inventor: Sam Habbel
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Patent number: 8666234Abstract: An aroma dispensing device includes a flexible film having opposite first and second sides, with the first side having a releasable agent to removably adhere the film to a surface. An aroma source is mounted to the second side of the film for dispensing a fragrance to an area adjacent the surface. The film adheres by static cling or an adhesive which does not leave a residue on the surface when the film is removed. The device may include an activator for actuating dispensement of the fragrance from the aroma source, as well as a power source for actuating a fan and providing power to the activator.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Inventors: Daryl A. Michael, Jennifer L. Michael
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Publication number: 20140048618Abstract: A dispensing system for dispensing a volatile material includes a first wall portion with an opening disposed therein, and a second wall portion hingedly connected to a first end of the first wall portion about a first fold line. The second wall portion further includes an aperture disposed therein. A third wall portion is hingedly connected to a second end of the first wall portion about a second fold line. The third wall portion includes a tab. The first, second, and third wall portions fold about the first and second fold lines to form a substantially planar structure in a first state. The tab on the third wall portion is adapted to be retained within the aperture of the second wall portion in a second state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2012Publication date: February 20, 2014Inventor: Edward J. Kunesh