Container for a device for dispensing a volatile liquid

US7032831B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC. · US

Inventors

• Tyler D. Duston · Evanston, US
• Kishen Gohil · Greenfield, US
• Colin Brown · Milwaukee, US
• Guy Naish · Bicester, GB
• Kara L. Kotary · Racine, US
• Marygrace G. Horner · Racine, US
• Mary Beth Adams · Antioch, US
• Ralph Schwarz · Ingolstadt, DE
• Padma Prabodh Varanasi · Racine, US
• Ann Weeks · Racine, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 21, 2003
• Grant date: Apr 25, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 10, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61L9/122
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A container for a volatile liquid in a liquid dispensing device comprises a body and a neck extending from the body to define an opening. A retention structure is integral with the container body and is adapted to be releasably engaged with two opposing sidewalls of a housing of the dispensing device. The sidewalls are spaced apart in a first direction, and the retention structure is inhibits motion of the container in two opposing directions generally transverse to the first direction. The retention structure may be located on a side of the container body. A capillary member extends from inside the container to an exterior of the container. The volatile liquid migrates along the capillary member from the reservoir to the exterior of the container where it is evaporated from the surface of the capillary member by forced airflow generated by a motorized fan mounted in the housing.