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US 4,908,252 AGranted
Pleasant-feeling fragrance sampler containing microcapsules
AssigneeArcade, Inc.
InventorsDavid W. Carnahan, Edward I. Rabin
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AssigneeArcade, Inc.
InventorsDavid W. Carnahan, Edward I. Rabin
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A fragrance sampler for delivering and dispensing perfumes is disclosed. The sampler includes a sheet of synthetic pile fabric or other fabric with similar tactile properties having embedded therein microcapsules containing a fragrance oil. The fabric material, preferably made of a base sheet of polyethylene having segments of polyethylene fiber or strand aligned perpendicular thereto and prepared by means of a flocking process, provides a velvet-like texture that is pleasant to the touch, inviting the user to apply perfume by gently rubbing it on the skin. Microcapsules embedded in the fabric pile are ruptured by such rubbing, releasing a sample of the perfume. The sampler may be sealed by an impermeable film and may be removably connected to advertising material, such as brochures.
A product dispenser comprising a sheet of fabric material presenting a resilient, compressible surface that is pleasant to the human touch and having rupturable uncoated microcapsules containing a product for application to the human skin embedded therein.
A fragrance sampler comprising a sheet of fabric material presenting a resilient, compressible surface that is pleasant to the human touch and having rupturable uncoated microcapsules containing a fragrance oil embedded therein.
A fragrance sampler as defined in claimed 3 wherein said synthetic pile fabric comprises a base sheet of polyethylene having short segments of polyethylene fiber disposed generally perpendicular to the base sheet, the segments having one of their ends bonded to the base sheet.
A fragrance sampler comprising a sheet of fabric material presenting a resilient, compressible surface that is pleasant to the human touch and having embedded therein rupturable, uncoated microcapsules containing a fragrance oil, said microcapsules being embedded by contacting said fabric with an aqueous microcapsule-containing slurry and drying the resulting impregnated fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.