Air treating device

US5527493A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Dial Corporation · US

Inventors

• Mark W. McElfresh · Scottsdale, US
• Jim F. Warner · Chicago, US
• Young C. Park · Palisades Park, US
• Charles A. Curtiss · New York, US
• Martin Bogenstaerter · Munich, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 26, 1995
• Grant date: Jun 18, 1996
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S261/65
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An air-treating article for dispensing a volatilizable material, such as air freshener fragrance, into the atmosphere of an enclosed area, such as an automobile interior. The device includes a housing and a reservoir of the volatilizable material therein, and also includes a dual-configured, articulating attachment clip which enables attachment of the device at a high-air-flow station, such as the forced air vent grille of the automobile, or at a low-air-flow station, such as the sun visor of the vehicle. The device enables use of the consistent delivery rates of a low-density polyethylene membranes while at the same producing a higher delivery rate than normally achieved with such membranes.