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US 12,685,303 B2Granted
Lighting element with insect repelling element
AssigneePIC Corporation
InventorEric Rubel
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a lighting element including an insect repelling element.
Claims19
A lighting element with volatile substance comprises:
- an electrical connector configured for connection to an external power source;
- a body extending from the electrical connector, the body including a plurality of openings formed in a side thereof;
- a heating element mounted in the body and electrically connected to the electrical connector;
- a volatile substance cartridge including a volatile substance, the volatile substance cartridge removably mounted in the body, the volatile substance cartridge including:
- a bottom;
- sidewalls extending upward from the bottom to form a cavity, where the cavity receives volatile substance;
- an open top;
- a wick extending from the cavity to the open top to transfer volatile substance from the cavity of the volatile substance cartridge,
- the volatile substance cartridge mounted in the body such that a top portion of the wick is adjacent to the heating element such that heat from the heating element vaporizes the volatile substance in the wick;
- a light source, mounted on a bottom surface of a bottom of the body and electrically connected to the electrical connector, the light source configured to emit light;
- and
- a plurality of vertical ribs extending away from the electrical connector and spaced laterally from each other such that a plurality of openings are provided between the plurality of vertical ribs.
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