Scent masking device
OwnerEvan Marlowinventor
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Abstract
A scent masking device for masking a person's body scent while hunting or performing other outdoor activities related to tracking wildlife. The device includes a portable housing having a plurality of air vents, a power supply designed to provide electrical energy to a control panel, an ozone generator, and a fan. The ozone generator is designed to produce ozone when a charge is applied to a plurality of insulated electrode plates coated with trace amounts of conductive materials exposed to atmospheric gases. The fan is designed to expel the generated ozone through at least one of the plurality of air vents outward and away from the hunter, such that the hunter's scent is masked by the expelled ozone within the immediately surrounding region.
Claims15
A scent masking device, comprising:
- a portable housing having a plurality of air vents, and a power supply configured to provide electrical energy to a control panel, an ozone generator, and a fan;
- wherein the portable housing includes a front end, a back end, a top face, and a bottom face, wherein the portable housing is sized and proportioned to be removably attached to a waistband or a belt worn by a hunter;
- wherein the air vents are disposed between the front end and the back end of the portable housing proximal to the bottom face of the portable housing;
- wherein the back end of the portable housing is curved inward;
- wherein the control panel is disposed on the top face of the portable housing;
- wherein the control panel further includes a microcontroller operably connected to a plurality of buttons, the power supply, the ozone generator, and the fan;
- wherein the ozone generator comprises a transformer circuit operably connected to a plurality of insulated electrode plates coated with trace amounts of a conductive material such that the conductive material reacts with atmospheric gases to produce ozone when a charge is applied from the transformer circuit;
- wherein an adjustable strap disposed on the back end of the portable housing is configured to be removably attached to objects in the area immediately surrounding the hunter;
- the adjustable strap oriented perpendicularly to the portable housing;
- the adjustable strap defining an opening between the back end of the portable housing and the adjustable strap;
- the opening configured to encircle an object in the area immediately surrounding the hunter;
- wherein the back end of the portable housing further includes a belt clip configured to be removably attached to a belt or a band worn around a waist;
- wherein the belt clip is disposed at a top portion of the back end of the portable housing, proximal to the top face of the portable housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.