Combination air freshener and security alarm

• US 10,366,598 B1
• Filed: 02/18/2017
• Issued: 07/30/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wilson Ekanyie Ashu
• Original Assignee: Wilson Ekanyie Ashu
• Inventors: Ashu, Wilson Ekanyie
• Primary Examiner(s): Ganey, Steven J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Greenlund, Joseph A
• Application Number:
  US15/436,783
• Time in Patent Office: 892 Days
• Field of Search: 239 67- 73, 239281, 239337, 340540-541
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2209/11 Apparatus for controlling air treatment
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2209/111 Sensor means, e.g. motion, brightness, scent, contaminant sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 2209/134 Distributing means, e.g. baffles, valves, manifolds, nozzles
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/12 Apparatus, e.g. holders, therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/125 emanating multiple odours
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/14 using sprayed or atomised substances including air-liquid contact processes
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1081 Arrangements for pumping several liquids or other fluent materials from several containers, e.g. for mixing them at the moment of pumping
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19604 involving reference image or background adaptation with time to compensate for changing conditions, e.g. reference image update on detection of light level change
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19619 Details of casing
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19695 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors start video recording or forwarding but do not generate an alarm themselves
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/103 using a light emitting and receiving device
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 19/00 Alarms responsive to two or more different undesired or abnormal conditions, e.g. burglary and fire, abnormal temperature and abnormal rate of flow
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence

Abstract

A combination air freshener and security alarm includes a housing having a touch-screen display that programs and controls a plurality of sensors, a cellular-transmission module and a fragrance-dispersal mechanism. Therefore, a user can designate which of a plurality of desired fragrances will be dispersed at select intervals. In addition, if the sensors detect any unusual noise, airborne contaminants, excessive heat or motion in the surrounding area, a distress signal is wirelessly transmitted to a remote electronic device.

Claims

1. A combination air freshener and security alarm comprising:

a housing having an exterior surface and an interior chamber;

a plurality of reservoirs within the interior chamber, each of said reservoirs containing a deodorizing liquid having a discrete fragrance;

a pump with a designated actuating plunger mounted on each of said reservoirs that, when depressed, disperses a predetermined amount of the deodorizing liquid through a nozzle;

a solenoid pin adjacent to said plunger that depresses and releases said plunger upon receipt of a predetermined command to deliver the liquid through the nozzle;

means for moving each of said reservoirs to align the nozzle on the select one of said reservoirs with a discharge port on the exterior surface of said housing, wherein said means for moving each of said reservoirs includes a motor;

a linkage driven by said motor, and a conveyor that moves the reservoirs along a guide track to align the nozzle on the select reservoir with the discharge port, and to position the plunger adjacent to said solenoid pin to dispense the desired fragrance;

at least one atmospheric sensor on the exterior surface of said housing for monitoring a predetermined parameter;

means for automatically transmitting a wireless distress signal to a remote electronic device in the event said sensor determines the predetermined parameter is outside a predefined range.

2. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said means for wirelessly transmitting a distress signal to a remote electronic device comprises:

a wireless telephone transmitter;

a controller in communication with said sensor and said wireless telephone transmitter, said controller instructing said wireless telephone transmitter to transmit the distress signal when the parameter is outside the predefined range.

3. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is a microphone that detects ambient noise.

4. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is a motion detector.

5. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is an ambient-air opacity detector for detecting airborne particles.

6. The combination according to claim 5 wherein said ambient-air opacity detector comprises:

a reflector positioned within the surrounding area;

a light on the exterior surface of said housing for projecting a light beam toward said reflector.

7. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is a temperature sensor.

8. The combination according to claim 1 further comprising a camera on the exterior surface of said housing for recording images of a surrounding area.

9. The combination according to claim 8 further comprising:

means for actuating said camera to record at least two images at spaced intervals;

means for comparing a first of said two images with a second of said two images;

means for transmitting a distress signal to the remote electronic device if said first of said two images differs from the second of said two images.

10. The combination according to claim 1 wherein said sensor is selected from the group consisting of:

a microphone that detects ambient noise;

a motion detector;

an ambient-air opacity detector for detecting airborne particles; and

a temperature sensor.