Abstract: A replaceable air freshener unit adapted to be adhered to an automobile window to suffuse the interior of the vehicle with a pleasing or stimulating aroma. The unit is constituted by a bipartite rectangular frame and a transparent film chip having artwork thereon, the film chip being mounted behind the back section of the frame. The rear surface of the chip is coated with a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive whereby the unit may be attached to the window at an appropriate site. The front section of the frame is impregnated with a volatile fragrance that is thematically related to the artwork and slowly released into the atmosphere. When the fragrance is exhausted, the unit may readily be detached from the window and replaced.

Abstract: A method for the fabrication of a continuous action reservoir type air freshening device is described. The device is characterized by the use of an evaporation rate controlling porous membrane which is in intimate contact and completely covers the exposed surface of an erodible gel-type of solid perfume composition. The fragranced gel is enclosed in a container, one end of which is open and over which is affixed the porous membrane. One side of this membrane is exposed to the atmosphere; the other side intimately contacts the solid reservoir consisting of the fragrance gel. Transmission of the volatile fragrance and carrier agents to the surrounding environment through the porous membrane matrix occurs as a function of an evaporative process. The membrane permits only a limited penetration, if any by the gel solution, i.e. in the liquid state, but is sufficiently permeable to the gel solution to establish physical attachment between the solidified gel and the membrane.

Abstract: An apparatus for freshening air within confined spaces such as the driver or passenger compartment of vehicles, or rooms within buildings, includes a housing which has an elongated cylindrical rear section adapted to plug into a standard cigarette lighter socket of the type commonly found in vehicles. An electric motor within the front section of the housing contains a propeller fastened to its shaft, the motor being powered through electrical contacts protruding through the rear section of the housing and contacting complementary contacts within the socket. A perforated dome-shaped cover removably fastenable to the larger diameter front section of the housing containing the propeller has a concave interior space adapted to hold a disposable scent producing an odor absorbing perforated disc.

Abstract: A self-contained battery-powered room deodorizer including a housing having an inlet portion through which ambient air is drawn into the housing by means of a battery powered fan. The air is passed about a quantity of vaporizable material contained within the housing, and then discharged therefrom into the ambient air carrying the vaporized portion of the product therewith. A replaceable deodorizing material containing cartridge is positionable within the housing, and provides a support well for supporting a replaceable battery, such that the deodorizing material and battery may be separately replaced when either of these items has become expended.

Abstract: A device for both instant and continuous dispensing of an air-treating composition. The device has a pressurized vessel with a valve stem, an actuator-overcap, and an absorbent member adjacent to vented actuator-overcap walls. The actuator-overcap, which is preferably a single integrally-molded piece, has an actuator button and a channel member engaged with the stem and terminating in a spray orifice. The channel member and/or the valve stem have outlets for directing liquid onto the absorbent member, and the spray orifice, outlets and liquid passageway are configured such that the rate of discharge onto the absorbent member exceeds the rate of spray discharge into the air, preferably by more than 2:1.

Abstract: A room deodorizer for fragrance dispenser comprises a support at least partially enclosing a fleece-like tampon or wick impregnated with the material to be dispensed and formed on one end with a synthetic resin cap which can be pierced by a pin on the support.

Abstract: An aroma-generating unit adapted to periodically discharge into the atmosphere bursts of aromatic vapor, the non-aromatic intervals between the bursts having a duration sufficient to avoid desensitizing the olfactory response of those exposed to the unit. The unit includes a hollow case whose upper wall has a vent therein and whose side wall has a slot to receive a replaceable cartridge provided with a porous mat impregnated with an aromatic liquid. When fully inserted, the cartridge is disposed below the vent and serves to define an air-confined chamber within the case. Disposed in this chamber is an electrical heater that is periodically energized by power pulses to heat and expand the confined air and to produce a positive pressure in the chamber forcing the heated air through the impregnated mat to rapidly volatilize the liquid and to produce bursts of aroma which are discharged into the atmosphere through the vent, which bursts are separated by relatively long, non-aromatic intervals.

Abstract: A light responsive, battery operated fragrance device is described. The device establishes an air stream over a fragrant material when an artificial light source such as a room lamp is energized. It includes a swivel light gathering body and a photo transistor mounted thereto which can be aimed at the artificial light source and provides directional discrimination and screening of other light sources. The unactuated device provides a limited flow of convection air current which maintains a relatively low level of fragrance dispersion in a room therefor. Upon actuation forced air flowing through the device causes a rapid increase in the level of fragrance dispersion in the room.

Abstract: A device for perfuming ambient air or closed locals comprises a chamber having at least one polymer wall allowing the diffusion of active odoriferous substance vapors into the environning medium, the polymer wall being covered with a thin layer of paper coated with a polymer sheet to which adheres a protection sheet which is impervious to the active substance vapors. Such a device has the advantage of providing for the preservation of the active substance without any loss during prolonged periods of time before use.

Abstract: An adjustable fragrance dispenser for an appliance has a mounting base, a fragrance cartridge selectively attachable to the base and a reciprocal slide having a pair of spaced shutters for selectively closing dispensing openings on corresponding walls of the cartridge. One of the shutters is spaced further from the base than the other to provide for removal and replacement of the cartridge.

Abstract: A reversible fragrance emitting unit adapted to rest on a table or other flat surface in either an upright position in which the rate of fragrance emission is low, or in an upside down position in which the emission rate is high, the unit having the same attractive outward appearance in either state. The unit consists of a fenestrated open-ended shell having a decorative form whose inlet and outlet ends are attached to inlet and outlet boxes of like dimensions, both having bottom walls. The inlet box has an open top, whereas the outlet box is closed by a top wall to define an internal chamber which extends through the shell between the bottom wall of the inlet box and the top wall of the outlet box.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a container fabricated of plastic and including a tubular sidewall defining a hollow interior and having upper and lower margins, an elongated flat section having parallel side edges extending substantially between the upper and lower margins, and an arcuate section extending from and between the side edges of the flat section, together with upper and lower closure members extending in telescopic relation over the sidewall upper and lower margins and closing the upper and lower ends of the sidewall, which closure members are rotatable relative to the sidewall between arcuately spaced first and second positions, and valve means including respective apertures in the sidewall upper and lower margins and in the closure members, which apertures are substantially in register, and thereby open, when the closure members are in the first position and which apertures are substantially out of register, and thereby closed, when the closure members are in the second position.

Abstract: The electrical device for evaporating of active substances, preferably insecticides, contained in carrier tablets, has a housing (10) provided with a magazine (22,24,32) for receiving a variety of carrier tablets (18). A transporting member movably disposed on the housing such as a rotatably cage (32), through movement thereof will transport the stored carrier tablets from the storage position in the magazine into the space between the heating panel (16) and the protective grating (26). In the new device, the carrier tablets need be touched only at major intervals by the operator's fingers.

Abstract: A humidification device for a stringed musical instrument includes a bag of porous synthetic plastic material which permits water vapor and not water droplets to pass therethrough, the bag having releasable sealing means for opening and closing the bag, a water-absorbing material in the bag, and attachment means carrying the bag and attachable to at least a pair of strings of the instrument to position the bag adjacent or in the instrument body.

Abstract: A device for dispensing air-treating vapors having a frame, two relatively movable support members mounted in the frame, having facing, substantially parallel support surfaces and being relatively movable within the frame to adjust the spacing between the surfaces, and a flexible, generally flat dispensing pouch sandwiched between the support surfaces and having an inner storage container of flowable air-treating composition which is burstable by sandwiching pressure exerted through the support surfaces to release the composition for dispensing through apertures in the support members. The support surfaces squeeze and support the dispensing pouch to hold the released composition in contact with a good part of the inner surface of the dispensing pouch.

Abstract: A disc-playing aroma generator whose appearance and function are analogous to those of a phono disc record player, the user when playing a selected aromatic disc enjoying an olfactory rather than an auditory experience. Each aromatic disc houses a supply of a liquid fragrance whereby when the disc is inserted in the player, an aromatic vapor is then discharged into the atmosphere. The disc is formed by a circular sheet of absorbent material impregnated with the liquid fragrance and sandwiched between a pair of annular plastic films which are peripherally joined to create a central zone exposing the impregnated sheet. In the player, heated air under positive pressure is forced through the central zone to volatilize the liquid to produce a vapor which is discharged through vents in the casing of the player.

Abstract: A pet repellent device for use outdoors consisting of a refillable vented container is disclosed. The container, which is secured to the ground around shrubs and grass areas, is vented to allow the vapors from the liquid repellent in the container to flow into the air in the area that is desired to keep free of pets. The pets smell the repelling vapors, which are harmless, and completely avoid the area.

Abstract: Described is the use of homopolymers of (epsilon caprolactone) defined according to the structure: ##STR1## and, optionally, ##STR2## as controlled release materials for physiological or psychological diagnostic compositions, pheremones, insect repellent compositions, animal repellent compositions, and/or aroma augmenting or enhancing media for use in perfume compositions or perfumed articles or colognes; wherein n represents an integer of from about 500 up to about 1,200 with the proviso that the average "n" varies from about 600 up to about 800. Also described are mixtures of such homopolymers with other polymers such as polyethylene, polypropylene, mixtures of polyethylene and polyvinyl acetate, copolymers of ethylene and vinyl acetate, and the like, useful for controlled release of such physiological or psychological diagnostic compositions, pheremones, insect repellents, animal repellents and perfume materials into a gaseous environment surrounding the polymer matrix.

Abstract: Evaporator device for insecticides, perfumes and/or other volatile substances, having a housing containing ports, which has at least one receiving section in which a container for the active substances is inserted, and at least one opener associated with the container, while relative movement between the container and the opener can be performed for the opening of the container, and also, if desired, an element absorbing the active substances emerging from the container, an opening being provided in the casing (1,2) in the area of each receiving section (7), through which at least a portion of the wall (8) of the container (4) inserted in the receiving section (7) is exposed to the exterior.

Abstract: An aroma-dispensing cartridge and holder assembly attachable to an air vent in the interior of an automobile. When activated, the assembly functions to diffuse an aromatic vapor into the forced air stream emitted through the vent into the interior. The assembly is constituted by a holder provided with an array of parallel slots and a replaceable cartridge which is telescoped therein. The cartridge contains a porous pad impregnated with a liquid scent and includes a like array of slots. The inserted cartridge is axially shiftable relative to the holder from an inactive position in which the holder and cartridge slots are out of registration to effectively seal the pad, to an active position in which the slots lie in registration, as a consequence of which the forced air stream from the vent passes through the porous pad to volatilize the liquid scent.

Abstract: An apparatus for evaporating a solution in constant proportions of the ingredients, including:(a) a solution container having a neck that extends upward from the center;(b) an impregnation member to be impregnated with the solution which is made of a water-absorbing material;(c) an impregnation member support;(d) a cylindrical tubular member that is fitted over a cylindrical tube that projects upward from the center of said support to thereby define an enclosed space;(e) a feed pipe inserted through the hole made in the center of said support, the lower part of said pipe being immersed in the solution in the container and the upper part thereof being within said cylindrical tubular member; and(f) a hole or slit made in the container and the impregnation support member so as to provide a passage that communicates the atmosphere with the space formed in the container by mounting the impregnation member support on the container,the impregnation member support being in the form of a supporting plate from the cent

Abstract: Vaporizer device for volatile active substances such as perfumes, insecticides and other volatiles comprising an upper part having openings therein and a lower part with an absorptive slab thereon, the lower part having a capsule filled with absorptive material disposed therein and which may be removed and replaced as desired and means for maintaining the upper and lower parts in operative relationship.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an air freshening device comprising an upright housing including, adjacent the bottom thereof, an air inlet and, adjacent the top thereof, an air discharge, a fan in said housing intermediate the air inlet and the air discharge means for causing air flow through the housing, a filter, structure for removably supporting the filter in the housing intermediate the air inlet and the fan in the path of the totality of the air flow through the housing, a sleeve assembly within the housing for introducing into the air flow downstream of the filter a substance to be dispensed, which sleeve assembly is operable to releasably support the filter and includes relatively rotatable inner and outer sleeves, one of the sleeves defining an interior chamber, openings in the sleeves for affording valved access to the interior chamber in response to relative rotation between the sleeves, a coupling for releasably connecting the sleeve assembly and the housing, and a package of the substance to be dispensed lo

Abstract: A device (10) for dispensing a scent is disclosed which includes a container (12) having a first end (13) with an opening (16) therein and a second closed end (14). The scent is held in an absorbent body of material (20) which is disposed within the interior of the container (12). Retaining means (25) releasably holds the scent-holding body (20) within the container (12). A cover (30) is provided which can be secured upon either end (13, 14) of the container (12) in a manner enclosing that portion of the container. A sealing ring (40) and sealing disc (44) prevent the scent from being released when the cover (30) encloses the opening end (13) of the container (12).

Abstract: A device for long-term evaporation of liquid perfumes, particularly for placing in the pockets of garments and handbags and equipped with a stand, comprising a flat, plate-like basic member which encloses a perfume carrier and which has at least one wall having an evaporation region made porous for evaporation purposes. The basic member is provided with a reserve perfume chamber which communicates with the evaporation chamber through at least one channel for the passage of perfume. A cover member is mounted on the basic member and movable thereon in the manner of a slide from a sealing position, in which the porous evaporation region is covered, to at least one evaporating position.

Abstract: An aroma-generating lamp structure including an electric bulb mounted on a base and enclosed by a shell which is at least partially translucent, whereby the shell functions as a light shade, the shell being spring-mounted on the base and therefore being depressible. Socketed on the base is a bottle filled with a liquid scent, the bottle being coupled to a pump having an actuating head which cooperates with the shell so that when the shell is depressed, liquid is sprayed onto an absorbent pad disposed within the shell in the proximity of the bulb. Heat from the bulb vaporizes the liquid to generate an aroma which is exuded through vents in the shell.

Abstract: A device for producing a pleasant or fragrant scent in a room or automobile, for example. The device includes a housing that encloses a container of a fragrant liquid. At least part of the container is made of a substantially transparent material that can also be pierced by a needle or sharp pin. The container includes a reservoir part that is visible through an opening formed in the housing, so that a user may check the amount of liquid remaining in the container. The container further includes a chamber part that may be pierced so that the liquid seeps from it, and a pad or layer of material absorbs the seepage. An adjustable window formed on the housing controls the amount of the liquid that evaporates from the absorbent layer.

Abstract: A cup-shaped retainer is provided with a side wall having a mounting rim portion joined to one end thereof and a bottom wall joined to an opposite end of the side wall and having a mounting aperture sized to threadably receive a mounting screw. The side wall of the retainer is externally sized to permit insertion thereof inwardly through an access opening formed in a vehicle body or door panel or the like and the retainer is interiorly sized to removably receive a disposable cartridge filled with a corrosion inhibiting material. The mounting screw is fitted with a sealing disc or cover and may be inserted successively through the cartridge and the mounting aperture to puncture the cartridge to permit escape of its contents, to clamp the sealing disc in surface engagement with the outer surface of the vehicle body panel peripherally bounding the access opening and to effect deformation of the mounting rim portion of the retainer into clamping engagement with the vehicle body panel peripherally of the aperture.

Abstract: A deodorant dispensing package having two rates of discharge of deodorant. The package is provided with air circulation ports for a low, continuous release of deodorant and a manual pump for a high, forced rate of deodorant discharge for sudden odors. The package is formed of two telescoping housing members with an internal wall portion that divides the housing into inner and outer compartments. The housing contains a deodorant reservoir and the inner and outer compartments are each provided with vent ports communicating externally of the housing. The inner and outer compartments also communicate through an interior port in the internal wall and a deodorant discharge surface is located in the inner compartment between the inner port and the inner compartment external vent port. Air circulation through the vent ports is sufficient to provide the low rate of air freshener activity. The manual contraction and expansion of the telescoping housing members provides a high rate of deodorant discharge.

Abstract: A superior room air freshener is disclosed having a short distance of travel from point of entry to egress for the delivery of a volatile liquid refreshener. The device is battery operated and can be wall mounted or displayed on a table.

Abstract: A scented sticker attachable to an article of clothing or other surface, the sticker including an applique sheet which is profiled to simulate the appearance of an odoriferous object such as a fruit or flower. Secured to the rear of the sheet is a shallow dish containing a pad saturated with a volatile scent whose odor simulates the characteristic natural odor of the object pictured by the sheet, the scent being emitted through perforations in the sheet. The base of the dish has a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive thereon to facilitate attachment of the sticker.

Abstract: A carton for selectively diffusing an air freshener material to the atmosphere includes a first imperforate outer sleeve open at opposite longitudinal ends slidably receiving a second inner sleeve therethrough housing a cake of air freshener. The second sleeve includes a plurality of openings on the lower half of the sleeve which are selectively opened and closed by movement of the first imperforate sleeve relative to the second sleeve. The second, inner sleeve has a sealed closure at opposite ends including a panel extending beyond the side walls thereof for abutment with the upper and lower edges of the first outer sleeve to preclude disassembly of the first and second sleeves.

Abstract: A carton for releasing an active material, such as an air freshener, to the atmosphere includes an outer imperforate sleeve slidably receiving in nesting relation an inner sleeve housing an air freshener cake. The inner sleeve has a plurality of openings for exposing the cake of air freshener material to the atmosphere as the openings are selectively exposed by sliding the inner sleeve relative to the outer sleeve. The inner sleeve is slidable between a first position defined by abutment with the scaled closure of the outer sleeve and a second position intermediate the end containing the sealed closure of the outer sleeve and the opposite end thereof so as to selectively expose certain ones of the openings in the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve contains a sealed closure having a panel extending outwardly beyond the side panels thereof for contact with a pair of locking tabs on the bottom edge of the outer sleeve to preclude disassembly of the first and second sleeves.

Abstract: A disk shaped air freshener includes opposed mating trays which define a cavity therebetween and which are engaged for rotation relative to each other. Windows are defined in both of the trays, and openings to the cavity are increased, decreased, or shut entirely by relative rotation of the trays to alter the alignment of the windows. One tray has an axial sleeve and the other has several cantilevered arms which fit through the sleeve and which engage a radial groove in the sleeve to the hold the trays together in relatively rotatable fashion. A scented element is confined within the cavity between the trays and is allowed to provide a freshening scent through openings defined by the aligned windows in the tray. An adhesive pad is centrally located on one of the trays at the axial center of the air freshener.

Abstract: A dispenser is designed to provide a visual indication whenever the remaining quantity of contents to be dispensed is less than a predetermined amount. The dispenser is particularly suitable for dispensing vaporizable material such as room deodorants or insecticides. The dispenser is made of lightweight plastic material and has internal space to hold the vaporizable material and air openings for permitting the material to slowly dissipate into the surroudning environment. It is designed, however, to be physically unstable in the absence of a predetermined weight of the vaporizable material. Thus, when the dispenser is full, or partially full, it will stand up, but when the vaporizable material is almost depleted, that is, below the predetermined weight, the dispenser will not stand and falls over, indicating to the user that either a refill is needed or the dispenser must be replaced. The dispenser includes a housing and a supporting base.

Abstract: A dispenser comprising a rectangular housing defining an air inlet chamber between the first partition and the top wall of the housing, a valved air inlet communicating with the air inlet chamber, a second partition defining an air outlet chamber between the second partition and the bottom wall of the housing and a central chamber between the first and second partitions, a valved air outlet communicating with the air outlet chamber, apertures in the first and second partitions for affording air flow from the air inlet chamber, at least one tray member, a support on the end walls for horizontally supporting the tray member in the central chamber and for facilitating at least partial withdrawal of the tray member, a holder on the tray member for removably holding a plurality of relatively thin rectangular envelopes which contain a substance to be dispensed and which are arranged in parallel vertical relation to each other to permit air flow past the envelopes from the air inlet chamber to the air outlet chamber

Abstract: A unitary composite puffy scented textile article and method of making the same. The textile article is shaped and formed to be both puffy and scented, e.g. in the shape of a heart to be used as a sachet, by steps including peripheral heating and fusing via a radio frequency generator followed by peripheral cutting, so that the article is characterized by a sealed and bonded periphery. The article includes, seriatim and in planar parallelism, a first layer of gas-permeable cloth, e.g. satin or taffeta, a plurality of planar plies of spongy, resilient filler, at least one fragrance pill, the pill being disposed between the plies, at least one sheet of a thermally activatable bonding agent, and a second layer of gas-permeable cloth, e.g. satin or taffeta. The layers, plies and sheets overlap and coincide in the finished article which is characterized by being a shaped textile article which is both puffy and scented, e.g.

Abstract: A dispenser for vapors characterized by an upstanding enclosure made of folded flexible sheet stock and having two upstanding opposed primary dispensing walls, one or more structural members within the enclosure to provide reinforcing dimensional stability between the primary walls and releasably holding a vaporizable composition, and air flow channels from one dispensing wall to the other. Preferred embodiments relate to variations in the structural member(s), the specific materials used, a barrier used to prevent loss of vaporizable composition by wicking and an impermeable film tightly wrapped therearound. The invention can be used for dispensing air fresheners, insecticides, and other air-treating vapors.

Abstract: A device for dispensing a thermally volatilizable substance in which a housing is formed with a linear open-ended, open top guide channel extending across the upper portion thereof. A window is formed in the floor of the channel and a heater is disposed below the window, providing a support for a member impregnated with the volatilizable substance. A grid spans the open top of the guide channel above the window in juxtaposition therewith to permit release of the substance, e.g. an insecticide, while a skid or runner-shaped element carried by said grid presses the member against the heater.The impregnated member is slidably introduced into the channel through end open end thereof and when the volatilizable substance is exhausted, the member is ejected from the channel by the insertion of a new member into the channel.

Abstract: A frusto-pyramidal carton for holding an insert of air freshener material includes a bottom wall panel and a number of side wall panels which converge toward one another as they extend away from the bottom wall panel. A top wall panel connects the upper edges of the side wall panels. Air circulating openings are formed in the top wall panel and side wall panels. A cake of air freshener material is trapped between the bottom wall panel and a retaining panel which is slightly larger than the top wall panel but slightly smaller than the bottom wall panel. The retaining panel limits displacement of the air freshener material even if the carton is inverted.

Abstract: An aroma-dispensing cartridge and holder assembly for installation in an automobile interior or other location for charging the atmosphere thereof with a pleasing or stimulating fragrance. The holder is in the form of a receptacle that is attachable to the underside of an automobile dashboard, with its open mouth facing the front seat of the vehicle. The cartridge is constituted by a bottle which is receivable in the holder and is filled with a liquid scent, the bottle being closed by a stopper having a suction pump supported thereon. The pump includes a flexible pipe extending into the bottle to draw liquid therefrom and a spring-biased hollow plunger coupled to the pipe, the free end of the plunger projecting beyond the mouth of the holder and being coupled to an actuator head. The hollow plunger communicates with an internal head chamber occupied by an absorptive pad.

Abstract: A device for controlling pests on house plants comprises a convex cap having a chamber containing a pesticide, a stem for supporting the cap adjacent a plant, and a removeable closure for the chamber to afford air flow through the chamber to distribute the pesticide about the plant.

Abstract: A vapor-emitter capable of continuously and slowly emitting vapors, and repeatedly and rapidly expelling a boost of vapors, into the atmosphere surrounding the container, comprising a container having at least one slow release generator positioned therein, characterized in that the container is provided with at least one opening at two different locations, the slow release generator being part of or forming a substantially vapor-tight partition between the locations and being in contact with the atmosphere on both sides of the partition, and expelling means being provided for expelling vapor-containing air from the container.

Abstract: Fabric conditioning articles comprising a receptacle releasably containing a pH control agent or electrolyte, and fabric conditioning particles which have a coating of an agent which is insolubilized/made indispersible by the pH control agent or electrolyte. The pH control agent or electrolyte in such articles being separated from the fabric conditioning particles. Methods of using the articles are also provided.

Abstract: Fabrics are treated in machine drying apparatus to reduce static electricity carried by the fabrics, soften the fabrics and improve other fabric properties. A sponge impregnated with a heat softenable solid or semi-solid fabric-conditioning agent is placed within the dryer drum and the fabrics are tumbled in the dryer thereby causing some of the fabric-conditioning agent to be transferred to the fabric. When the dryer is heated, the heat of the dryer helps the fabric-conditioning agent to soften and assists in its distribution over the surface of fabric with which the impregnated sponge is brought into tumbling contact.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dispenser comprising a housing having opposed first and second end walls each having therein respective parts rupturable from the end walls to provide respective first and second apertures, a first valve member mounted on the housing for movement relative to the first end wall between positions operative, when the first end wall is ruptured, to open and close the first aperture, a second valve member mounted on the housing for movement relative to the second end wall between positions operative, when the second end wall is ruptured, to open and close the second aperture, a plurality of spaced legs extending integrally from the first valve member in a direction extending away from the housing and adapted to support the housing in upright position on a supporting surface, to facilitate manual movement of the first valve member, and to afford flow of air between the legs and through the apertures and the housing after rupture of the end walls and when the valve members are in the open posit

Abstract: A container holding a supply of a volatile liquid material to be poured therefrom includes an upper pouring spout-forming section over which, in the preferred form of the invention, is placed a removable attachment unit which appears to be a vertical cap-forming continuation of the top of the container. The attachment unit preferably has a compartment opening to the outside thereof and containing a liquid-absorbing material into which a portion of the liquid volatile material of the container is ultimately poured when the attachment is removed from the container. In a less preferred form of the invention, the dispensing unit-forming attachment is removably attached to and preferably forms a vertical continuation of the bottom of the container.

Abstract: A dispenser is provided for vaporizable materials such as deodorants and insecticides. The dispenser is adapted to create accentuated air flow over the materials either in the presence of ambient air flow or when the dispenser is moved through the air, for example, by being mounted on the back of a door. It dispenses far smaller quantities in the absence of air movement.The dispenser includes one or more material containers open at one end and mounted within a vented housing. The vents on the housing are positioned over a portion of the open end of the contained material, and are recessed in a concave area of the housing. The housing is spaced from the material container and has exit ports along its periphery. The containers preferably have a dividing partition passing part way down the material container to provide paths for the air to flow down one side and up on the other for better contact with the vaporizable material.