Dispenser

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9603352-B2
Application number	US-201414230992-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2014
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Mar 28, 2017
Grant date	Mar 28, 2017

Abstract

Volatile material dispensers are disclosed that include a substrate having a first wall portion with a first grasping portion and a second wall portion with a second grasping portion. The first wall portion and the second wall portion are substantially coplanar in a first state. The volatile material dispensers may further include at least one hinge joining the first wall portion and the second wall portion along a central axis and an insect control active. At least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion is moveable about the central axis to form a configuration in which the first and the second wall portions are substantially not coplanar in a second state. The first grasping portion and the second grasping portion are coaxial with the central axis in the first state and the second state.

First claim

I claim:

1. A volatile material dispenser, comprising:
a substrate comprising a first wall portion with a first grasping portion and a second wall portion with a second grasping portion, wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are directly joined by at least one hinge having a length, a portion of which extends along a central axis of the substrate, and are substantially coplanar with respect to one another in a first state; and
an insect control active,
wherein at least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion are moveable to form a configuration in which the first wall portion and the second wall portion are substantially not coplanar with respect to one another in a second state, and
wherein a portion of at least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion spans the central axis.

2. The volatile material dispenser of claim 1 , wherein a portion of the first wall portion, the second wall portion, and the at least one hinge are between the first grasping portion and the second grasping portion.

3. The volatile material dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are offset by at least ten degrees in the second state.

4. The volatile material dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the first wall portion has a first curvilinear side and the second wall portion has a second curvilinear side.

5. The volatile material dispenser of claim 4 , wherein the first curvilinear side and the second curvilinear side are directly joined in the first state.

6. A volatile material dispenser, comprising:
a substrate comprising a first wall portion with a first grasping portion and a second wall portion with a second grasping portion, wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are joined by at least one hinge having a length, a portion of which extends along a central axis of the substrate, and are substantially coplanar with respect to one another in a first state; and
an insect control active,
wherein at least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion are moveable to form a configuration in which the first wall portion and the second wall portion are substantially not coplanar with respect to one another in a second state,
wherein a portion of at least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion spans the central axis, and
wherein a portion of the first wall portion, the second wall portion, and the at least one hinge are between the first grasping portion and the second grasping portion along the central axis.

7. The volatile material dispenser of claim 6 , wherein at least 1% of the surface area of each of the first wall portion and the second wall portion spans the central axis.

8. The volatile material dispenser of claim 6 , where the at least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion are moveable by pivoting about the central axis.

9. The volatile material dispenser of claim 8 , where the at least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion are moveable by pivoting in opposite directions about the central axis.

10. A volatile material dispenser, comprising:
a substrate comprising a first wall portion with a first grasping portion and a second wall portion with a second grasping portion, wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion are substantially coplanar with respect to one another in a first state;
at least one hinge directly joining the first wall portion and the second wall portion along a central axis of the substrate; and
an insect control active,
wherein at least one of the first wall portion and the second wall portion is moveable about the central axis to form a configuration in which the first and the second wall portions are substantially not coplanar with respect to one another in a second state, and
wherein the first grasping portion and the second grasping portion are coaxial with the central axis in the first state and the second state and are separated by the at least one hinge.

11. The volatile material dispenser of claim 10 , wherein the first wall portion and the second wall portion form a substantially not coplanar configuration in the second state when a user twists the substrate by means of the first and second grasping portions.

12. The volatile material dispenser of claim 10 , wherein the substrate comprises a porous substrate.

13. The volatile material dispenser of claim 12 , wherein the porous substrate comprises a cellulosic material, a plastic, a polymer, a fabric, a non-woven substrate, and combinations thereof.

14. The volatile material dispenser of claim 10 , wherein the substrate comprises paper-board.

15. The volatile material dispenser of claim 10 , wherein the insect control active comprises a pyrethroid.

16. The volatile material dispenser of claim 15 , wherein the pyrethroid comprises transfluthrin or metofluthrin.

17. The volatile material dispenser of claim 10 further comprising a carrier.

18. The volatile material dispenser of claim 17 , wherein the carrier comprises a fragrance.

19. The volatile material dispenser of claim 10 further comprising an aperture centered along the central axis for hanging the volatile material dispenser.

20. The volatile material dispenser of claim 10 , wherein the at least one hinge further comprises a plurality of hinges.

Assignees

• Johnson & Son Inc S C
• Johnson & Son Inc S C

Inventors

• Davis Brian T

Classifications

• A01M1/2027

  without heating · CPC title

• Y10T428/16

  Two dimensionally sectional layer · CPC title

• A01M1/2055

  Holders or dispensers for solid, gelified or impregnated insecticide, e.g. volatile blocks or impregnated pads · CPC title

• A01M1/2022

  Poisoning or narcotising insects by vaporising an insecticide · CPC title

• A01M29/00

  Scaring or repelling devices, e.g. bird-scaring apparatus · CPC title