Bottle assembly with wick holder assembly

• US 6,619,560 B1
• Filed: 07/19/2002
• Issued: 09/16/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Candle Corporation of America (Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance Holding Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Blyth Incorporated (Luminex Home Décor & Fragrance Holding Corp.)
• Inventors: Chun, Yip Po
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaver, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ramana, Anuradha
• Application Number:
  US10/199,293
• Time in Patent Office: 424 Days
• Field of Search: 239/34, 239/43, 239/44, 239/50, 239/57, 239/47, 239/53, 239/55, 239/326, 392/395, 215/227, 215/228, 215/386, 220/694
• US Class Current: 239/44
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/037 comprising a wick
• CPC Class Codes: A61L 9/127 comprising a wick

Abstract

A bottle assembly is provided. The bottle assembly includes a bottle having a neck with a neck passage disposed therethrough, and a wick holder assembly disposed in the neck passage and having a wick holder passage disposed therethrough. The wick holder assembly includes at least two fingers, each of the fingers having an inner surface that defines part of the wick holder passage and an outer surface, and a clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers. The bottle assembly also includes a wick disposed in the wick holder passage with at least a part of the wick between the at least two fingers. The wick has an outer surface that abuts the inner surface of the wick holder passage with the clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers.

Claims

1. A bottle assembly comprising:

a bottle having a neck with a neck passage disposed therethrough;

a wick holder assembly disposed in the neck passage and having a wick holder passage disposed therethrough,

the wick holder assembly including at least two fingers, each of the fingers having an inner surface that defines part of the wick holder passage and an outer surface, and a clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers; and

a wick disposed in the wick holder passage with at least a part of the wick between the at least two fingers,

the wick having an outer surface that abuts the inner surface of the wick holder passage with the clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers.

2. The bottle assembly according to claim 1, wherein:

the wick holder assembly includes two fingers disposed opposite each other across the wick holder passage.

3. The bottle assembly according to claim 2, wherein:

the clip has an inner surface defining a clip passage therethrough, the inner surface of the clip abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers with the at least two fingers disposed in the clip passage.

4. The bottle assembly according to claim 3, wherein:

the clip comprises an annular ring.

5. The bottle assembly according to claim 3, wherein:

each of the at least two fingers has a recess defined in the outer surface thereof, and

the inner surface of the clip abutting the outer surface of the at least two fingers is disposed in the recess in each of the at least two fingers.

6. The bottle assembly according to claim 3, wherein:

the wick holder comprises a tube-like section having a first end and a second end, the tube-like passage defining the wick holder passage in part, and

the at least two fingers depending from the second end of the wick holder.

7. The bottle assembly according to claim 6, wherein:

the wick holder comprises a flange, the flange depending from the first end of the tube-like passage and having a rib attached thereto, and

the neck of the bottle has an outer surface with a groove defined therein, the rib disposed in the groove with the wick holder disposed in the neck passage.

8. The bottle assembly according to claim 7, wherein:

the wick holder comprises a skirt attached to the flange, the skirt having the rib defined thereon.

9. The bottle assembly according to claim 1, wherein:

the bottle comprises a reservoir, and

the wick has a first end depending from the wick holder outside the bottle and a second end disposed in the reservoir.

10. The bottle assembly according to claim 9, wherein:

a fragrance solution is disposed in the reservoir.

11. A bottle assembly comprising:

a bottle having a neck with a neck passage disposed therethrough,

a wick holder assembly disposed in the neck passage and having a wick holder passage disposed therethrough,

the wick holder assembly including at least two fingers, each of the fingers having an inner surface that defines part of the wick holder passage and an outer surface, and a clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers;

each of the at least two fingers having a section of lesser thickness disposed between two sections of greater thickness, the sections collectively defining a recess in each of the at least two fingers and the portion of the clip abutting the outer surface of the at least two fingers disposed in the recess in each of the at least two fingers; and

a wick disposed in the wick holder passage with at least a part of the wick between the at least two fingers,

the Wick having an outer surface that abuts the inner surface of the wick holder passage with the clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers.

12. A fragrance dispersal device comprising:

a bottle assembly including;

a bottle having a neck with a neck passage disposed therethrough;

a wick holder assembly disposed in the neck passage and having a wick holder passage disposed therethrough,

the wick holder assembly including at least two fingers, each of the fingers having an inner surface that defines part of the wick holder passage and an outer surface, and a clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers; and

a wick having a first end, a second end and an outer surface,

the wick disposed in the wick holder passage with the first end depending outside the bottle, at least a part of the wick between the at least two fingers and the outer surface abutting the inner surface of the wick holder passage with the clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers; and

a heater unit disposed adjacent the first end of the wick.

13. The fragrance dispersal device according to claim 12, wherein:

the bottle comprises a reservoir, and

the wick has the second end disposed in the reservoir.

14. The fragrance dispersal device according to claim 13, wherein:

a fragrance solution is disposed in the reservoir.

15. The fragrance dispersal device according to claim 12, further comprising:

a plug coupled to the heater unit.

16. The fragrance dispersal device according to claim 12, wherein:

the wick holder assembly includes two fingers disposed opposite each other across the wick holder passage, and

the clip comprises a ring having an inner surface defining a clip passage therethrough, the inner surface of the ring abutting the outer surfaces of the two fingers with the two fingers disposed in the clip passage.

17. A fragrance dispersal device comprising:

a bottle assembly including;

a bottle having a neck with a neck passage disposed therethrough;

a wick holder assembly disposed in the neck passage and having a wick holder passage disposed therethrough,

the wick holder assembly including at least two fingers, each of the fingers having an inner surface that defines part of the wick holder passage and an outer surface, and a clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers;

each of the two fingers having a section of lesser thickness disposed between two sections of greater thickness, the sections collectively defining a recess in each of the two fingers and the portion of the clip abutting the outer surface of the two fingers disposed in the recess in each of the two fingers; and

a wick having a first end, a second end and an outer surface,

the wick disposed in the wick holder passage with the first end depending outside the bottle, at least a part of the wick between the at least two fingers and the outer surface abutting the inner surface of the wick holder passage with the clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers; and

a heater unit disposed adjacent the first end of the wick.

18. The fragrance dispersal device according to claim 17, wherein:

the wick holder comprises a tube-like section having a first end and a second end, the tube-like passage defining the wick holder passage in part, and

the two fingers depend from the second end of the wick holder.

19. The fragrance dispersal device according to claim 18, wherein:

the wick holder comprises a flange, the flange depending from the first end of the tube-like passage and attached to a skirt having a rib defined thereon, and

the neck of the bottle has an outer surface with a groove defined therein, the rib disposed in the groove with the wick holder disposed in the neck passage.

20. An assembly comprising:

a wick holder assembly having a wick holder passage disposed therethrough,

the wick holder assembly including at least two fingers, each of the fingers having an inner surface that defines part of the wick holder passage and an outer surface, and a clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers; and

a wick disposed in the wick holder passage with at least a part of the wick between the at least two fingers,

the wick having an outer surface that abuts the inner surface of the wick holder passage with the clip disposed abutting the outer surfaces of the at least two fingers.