Method and apparatus for dispersing Aerosol agents

• US 20060216214A1
• Filed: 03/17/2005
• Published: 09/28/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rid Odor Enterprises, L.P.
• Original Assignee: Rid Odor Enterprises, L.P.
• Inventors: Brown, Robert C., Brown, Justin R.
• Application Number:
  US11/082,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20060216214A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 422/124
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 3/0007 Adding substances other than water to the air, e.g. perfume, oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: B60H 3/0014 characterised by the location of the substance adding device

Abstract

The present invention includes a device, method and system for positioning an agent delivery device wherein the agent delivery device includes a pivotable container holder with a generally planar base, one or more supports extending generally perpendicular from the generally planar base, a container holding portion having a container aperture for fitting frictionally a container and one or more stops extending from the base, wherein the one or more stops restrict the movement of the container.

Claims

1. A method of deodorizing an enclosure comprising the steps of:

inserting a container comprising a deodorizer into a container holder having a container holding portion connected to one or more supports extending generally perpendicular from a generally planar base and one or more stops extending from the generally planar base, wherein the one or more stops restrict the movement of the container;

adjusting the container holder for maximum dispersion of the deodorizer; and

activating the container to dispense the deodorizer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more supports further comprises one or more apertures and the container holding portion further comprises one or more tangentially extending tabs, wherein the one or more aperture receive pivotably the one or more tangentially extending tabs.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the container holding portion comprises a container aperture formed by a cylindrical wall and a container holder bottom connected to the cylindrical wall at a lower end thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the container aperture is marginally larger than the container.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more pins connect pivotably the container holding portion and the one or more supports.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of adjusting the container holder comprises contacting the one or more stops and a portion of the container holder, whereby the angle of the container holding portion relative to the generally planar base is adjusted, contacting the one or more stops and at least a portion of the container, whereby the angle of the container relative to the generally planar base is adjusted, rotating the container within the container holding portion or a combination thereof.

7. A pivotable container holder comprising:

a generally planar base;

one or more supports extending generally perpendicular from the generally planar base;

a container holding portion comprising a container aperture for fitting frictionally a container, wherein the container holder portion is attached pivotably to one or more of the one or more supports; and

one or more stops extending from the generally planar base, wherein the one or more stops restrict the movement of the container.

8. The container holder of claim 7, wherein the generally planar base is larger than the container holding portion.

9. The container holder of claim 7, wherein the container is an aerosol container, a pump container, a spray container, a pressurized container, a container and fan combination, a container holding a solid, a container holding a liquid, a container holding a gel or a combination thereof.

10. The container holder of claim 7, wherein the one or more supports further comprise one or more apertures and the container holding portion further comprises one or more tangentially extending tabs, wherein the one or more apertures receive pivotably the one or more tangentially extending tabs.

11. The container holder of claim 7, wherein the container aperture is formed by a cylindrical wall.

12. The container holder of claim 11, further comprising a container holder bottom connected to the cylindrical wall at a lower end thereof.

13. The container holder of claim 12, wherein the container holder bottom of the container holding portion comprises one or more holes pass through the floor for drainage.

14. The container holder of claim 7, wherein the one or more stops have a individual profile that are triangular, round, square, oval, rectangular, polygonal or a combination thereof.

15. The container holder of claim 7, wherein the one or more stops position the container at one or more different angles between the container and the generally planar base.

16. The container holder of claim 15, wherein the angle formed between the generally planar base and the container holding portion is between about 0 and 90 degrees.

17. The container holder of claim 7, wherein the one or more stops contact at least a portion of the container holding portion or the container, thereby restricting the angle formed between the container and the generally planar base.

18. A method of delivering an agent into an enclosure comprising the steps of:

inserting a container into a container holder having a container holding portion connected to one or more supports extending generally perpendicular from a generally planar base and one or more stops extending from the generally planar base, wherein the one or more stops restrict the movement of the container;

adjusting the container to the desired position; and

activating the container, whereby the agent is dispersed.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the one or more supports further comprises one or more apertures and the container holding portion further comprises one or more tangentially extending tabs, wherein the one or more aperture receive pivotably the one or more tangentially extending tabs.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the enclosure comprises a car, a house, a building, an office, a closet, a room, an attic, a crawl space, a cab, a tool box, a refrigerator, a freezer, a trailer, a mobile home, a bathroom, a bedroom, a garage, a warehouse, a storage unit, a clubhouse, a pantry, a laundry, a shed, a kitchen, a toy box, trunk or a combination thereof.