US 5,077,102 A · Scented artificial flower

Abstract

A scented artificial flower including a flower cup formed of petals, at least one stamen having a filament portion supporting an anther portion, said stamen being integral with an ovary portion, said integral stamen and ovary portion being formed of wick material, a supporting stem which may include a wick, and a perfume container connected to the supporting stem, whereby scented liquid in said perfume container may be moved to the anther portion, filament portion and ovary portion by capillary action, by pressure and by gravity either separately or by combining two or more forces, the scent being disbursed to the atmosphere through said integral stamen and ovary portion. By forming the petals of an absorbent material, the scented liquid is also transmitted from the ovary to the juxtaposed petals to further enhance the dispersion of the scented fluid.

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Dependent claims

A scented artificial flower comprising:

a flower cup means formed of petal means;
at least one integral stamen means including a filament portion and an anther portion extending from and integral with an ovary portion, said integral stamen means and said ovary portion being formed of wick material and located within said flower cup means;
and
a stem means connecting said flower cup means and a perfume container means, said stem means supporting said flower cup means, said integral stamen means and said ovary portion, and a sepal portion, said perfume container means containing scented liquid means;
whereby
said scented liquid means is moved by capillary action through said stem means to said stamen means to be disbursed through said ovary portion, said filament portion and said anther portion to the surrounding atmosphere to thereby simulate a scented flower.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Scented artificial flower

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Scented artificial flower

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Abstract

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