Dispenser
AssigneeS.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
InventorsPaul E. Furner, Jeffrey L. Harwig, William G. Parsons
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Abstract
Dispensing devices are disclosed that include a base, a reservoir that has a volatile active, and a housing. The housing includes a horizontal component and a vertical wall extending upwardly from the horizontal component. The horizontal component and the vertical wall define an interior volume of the housing. An activator is operatively connected to the reservoir. When the activator is activated, the volatile active is released from the reservoir into the interior volume of the housing to create a first quantity of volatile active having a first emanation rate and a second quantity of volatile active having a second emanation rate.
Claims19
A dispensing device, comprising:
- a base;
- a reservoir disposed within the base and comprising a volatile active;
- a housing disposed on the base, the housing comprising a horizontal component and a vertical wall extending upwardly from the horizontal component, the horizontal component and the vertical wall defining an interior volume of the housing;
- and
- an activator operatively connected to the reservoir,
- wherein the vertical wall comprises a substrate permeable to the volatile active, and
- wherein when the activator is activated, the volatile active is released from the reservoir into the interior volume of the housing to create a first quantity of volatile active having a first emanation rate and a second quantity of volatile active having a second emanation rate.
A dispensing device, comprising:
- a base;
- a reservoir disposed within the base and comprising a volatile active;
- a housing disposed on the base, the housing comprising a horizontal component and a vertical wall extending upwardly from the horizontal component, the horizontal component and the vertical wall defining an interior volume of the housing;
- and
- an activator operatively connecting the housing to the reservoir,
- wherein downward displacement of the housing releases the volatile active from the reservoir into the interior volume to create a first quantity of volatile active having a first emanation rate and a second quantity of volatile active having a second emanation rate.
A dispensing device, comprising:
- a base;
- a reservoir disposed within the base and comprising a volatile active;
- a housing disposed on the base, the housing comprising a horizontal component and a vertical wall extending upwardly from the horizontal component, the horizontal component and the vertical wall defining an interior volume of the housing;
- and
- an activator operatively connected to the reservoir,
- wherein the vertical wall comprises a substrate permeable to the volatile active, and
- wherein when the activator is activated, the volatile active is released from the reservoir into the interior volume of the housing to create a first quantity of the volatile active having a first emanation rate, a second quantity of the volatile active having a second emanation rate, and a third quantity of the volatile active having a third emanation rate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.