Aromatic package

• US 4,961,493 A
• Filed: 12/13/1989
• Issued: 10/09/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Nisshinbo Industries, Inc. (Kawasaki Heavy Industries Limited)
• Inventors: Kaihatsu, Noboru
• Primary Examiner(s): PRICE, WILLIAM
• Application Number:
  US07/449,761
• Time in Patent Office: 300 Days
• Field of Search: 206/0.5, 206/524.1, 206/524.2, 206/524.3, 206/484.1, 206/439
• US Class Current: 206/.5
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/02 Scent flasks, e.g. with evaporator
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 2800/87 Application Devices; Containers; Packaging
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 8/02 characterised by special physical form
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/12 Apparatus, e.g. holders, therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 11/00 Preparations for care of the teeth, of the oral cavity or of dentures; Dentifrices, e.g. toothpastes; Mouth rinses
• CPC Class Codes: A61Q 13/00 Formulations or additives for perfume preparations essential oils or perfumes per se C11B9/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 77/003 Articles enclosed in rigid or semi-rigid containers, the whole being wrapped

Abstract

An aromatic package comprises a liquid or gel type aromatic and a sack made of a gas-permeable but liquid-impermeable film and hermetically receiving the aromatic. In another form of the aromatic package of the invention, the above-mentioned aromatic package is received in a gas-permeable case which in turn is hermetically sealed in a gas-impermeable packaging member. In use, the packaging member is broken and the case is placed in, for example, a house room or compartment of a motor vehicle, so that the fragrance or aroma is released and floats on the air.

Claims

1. An aromatic package for creating an aroma comprising:

an aromatic substance for creating an aroma as said substance evaporates, said aromatic substance comprising a liquid solvent, and an aromatic agent dissolved in said solvent so that a solution of said solvent and said agent is formed;

a sealed sack for containing said aromatic substance, said sack comprising a gas-permeable and liquid-impermeable polyurethane film 30 to 500 microns thick adapted to hold said substance and sealed to prevent the loss of said substance in nongaseous form from said sack when said sack is held in any position, while allowing the aroma created by said substance to permeate through said film; and

a case for holding said sack containing said aromatic substance, said case having a multiplicity of pores so that the aroma permeating through said film is released from said case.

2. The aromatic package as defined in claim 1 further comprising a gas-impermeable seal enclosing said case so that the aroma released by said case does not reach the air surrounding the seal.

3. The aromatic package as defined in claim 1 wherein said aromatic substance further comprises a gelling agent to gel said solution.

4. The aromatic package as defined in claim 1 wherein said sack does not comprise an absorbent material for absorbing said aromatic substance.

5. The aromatic package as defined in claim 1 wherein said substance contains approximately one milliliter of said aromatic agent for each five square centimeters of surface area of said sack.

6. The aromatic package as defined in claim 1 wherein said liquid solvent comprises nearly equal parts water and ethanol.