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US 6,439,435 B2Granted
Device and method for deodorizing shoes
AssigneeInnoscent Ltd.
InventorMelvyn Rosenberg
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Abstract
A deodorizer device for deodorizing shoes, includes a container containing deodorizer material, and a dispenser assembly at one end of the container for dispensing deodorizer material. The dispenser assembly includes a feed tube having one end located within the container and the opposite end communicating with one or more discharge openings for discharging deodorizer material laterally of the container. The dispenser assembly further includes an actuator attached at one end to the feed tube and configured to enable the actuator to be inserted into a shoe, when the container is inverted, to stably support the container in the inverted position, and to be pressed against the inner surface of the shoe bottom for discharging a quantity of deodorizer material from the discharge opening laterally into the shoe.
Claims16
A device for deodorizing shoes, comprising:
- a container containing a deodorizer material;
- and a dispenser assembly at one dispensing end of the container for dispensing the deodorizer material therefrom;
- said dispenser assembly including a feed tube having an inner region with one open end located within the container and an outer region with an opposite, dispensing end communicating with at least one discharge opening external of the container for discharging the deodorizer material laterally of the container;
- said dispenser assembly further including an actuator attached at one end to said feed tube;
- said actuator being in the form of a cap having a socket at a connecting end coaxial with, and dimensioned to receive said dispensing end of the feed tube and including a cylindrical wall formed with a slot for exposing the discharge opening with which the dispensing end of the feed tube communicates, the opposite, supporting end of said cap being dimensioned and configured to enable the container to stably rest in the inverted position within the shoe with said dispensing end of the container and said dispenser assembly disposed within the shoe, and the opposite end of the container extending outwardly of the shoe, to enable a quantity of the deodorizer material to be dispensed into the shoe by pressing against said opposite end of the container,
- wherein the deodorizer material is a liquid and the container additionally contains a pressurized gas,
- wherein the inner portion of said feed tube is integrally formed with a u-shaped extension such that the open end of the feed tube is near the dispensing end of the container, thereby enabling dispensation of substantially all of the deodorizer material when the container is inverted,
- wherein the dispenser assembly comprises an internal 360° dispensing valve capable of dispensing the deodorizer material when the container is inverted and which remains in a closed position until the actuator is pressed against the inner surface of a shoe bottom, and
- wherein the discharge opening is oriented to discharge the deodorizer material towards a shoe tip.
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A device for deodorizing shoes, comprising:
- a container containing a deodorizer material;
- and a dispenser assembly at one dispensing end of the container for dispensing the deodorizer material therefrom;
- said dispenser assembly including a feed tube having an inner region with one open end located within the container and an outer region with an opposite, dispensing end communicating with at least one discharge opening external of the container for discharging the deodorizer material laterally of the container;
- said dispenser assembly further including an actuator attached at one end to said feed tube;
- said actuator being in the form of a cap having a socket at a connecting end coaxial with, and dimensioned to receive said dispensing end of the feed tube and including a cylindrical wall formed with a slot for exposing the discharge opening with which the dispensing end of the feed tube communicates, the opposite, supporting end of said cap being dimensioned and configured to enable the container to stably rest in the inverted position within the shoe with said dispensing end of the container and said dispenser assembly disposed within the shoe, and the opposite end of the container extending outwardly of the shoe, to enable a quantity of the deodorizer material to be dispensed into the shoe by pressing against said opposite end of the container,
- wherein the deodorizer material is an unpressurized liquid or powder and the dispenser assembly comprises a manual pump which is pumped by the actuator when the actuator is pressed against the inner surface of a shoe bottom.
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A device for deodorizing shoes, comprising:
- a container containing a deodorizer material;
- and a dispenser assembly at one dispensing end of the container for dispensing the deodorizer material therefrom;
- said dispenser assembly including a feed tube having an inner region with one open end located within the container and an outer region with an opposite, dispensing end communicating with at least one discharge opening external of the container for discharging the deodorizer material laterally of the container;
- said dispenser assembly further including an actuator attached at one end to said feed tube;
- said actuator being in the form of a cap having a socket at a connecting end coaxial with, and dimensioned to receive said dispensing end of the feed tube and including a cylindrical wall formed with a slot for exposing the discharge opening with which the dispensing end of the feed tube communicates, the opposite, supporting end of said cap being dimensioned and configured to enable the container to stably rest in the inverted position within the shoe with said dispensing end of the container and said dispenser assembly disposed within the shoe, and the opposite end of the container extending outwardly of the shoe, to enable a quantity of the deodorizer material to be dispensed into the shoe by pressing against said opposite end of the container,
- wherein the deodorizer material is a liquid and the container additionally contains a pressurized gas,
- wherein the inner portion of said feed tube is integrally formed with a u-shaped extension such that the open end of the feed tube is near the dispensing end of the container, thereby enabling dispensation of substantially all of the deodorizer material when the container is inverted,
- wherein the dispenser assembly comprises as internal 360° dispensing valve capable of dispensing the deodorizer material when the container is inverted and which remains in a closed position until the actuator is pressed against the inner surface of a shoe bottom, and
- wherein the dispenser assembly comprises multiple discharge openings around the circumference of the dispenser assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.