Patent ID: 8096486
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: A61L

Abstract:
1. An air freshener, comprising: a rotating box; a fixed base mounted on said rotating box which can rotate with respect to said fixed base; a perfume box filled with a liquid perfume, said perfume box can rotate together with said rotating box; and a fixing device, wherein said rotating box comprises a front cover and a rear base with a circular groove, said rotating box can receive and place therein a circular sheet of said fixed base such that the rotating box can rotate with respect to the fixed base, and has a shape of a front cover opposite to the opened side thereof which form a space for receiving a box body of said perfume box and inter-embed a convex-concave shape of the box body of said perfume box into said space for rotating the perfume box together with the rotating box, said fixed base comprises said circular sheet which matches with the circular groove of the rotating box, and has one or more than one air hole for exposing the perfume box when said rotating box is rotated with respect to the fixed base for adjusting the releasing area of perfume vapor, and has a clipping groove built thereon for mounting the fixing device, said perfume box has the box body suction-molded from a transparent plastic sheet with a protruding convex-concave shape which inter-matches with the shape of the front cover of the rotating box, and has a semi-permeable film which is sealed onto a plane of an edge of an opened end of the box body for preventing leak-out of perfume liquid and allowing diffuse-out of perfume vapor, said edge of the box body has an airtight aluminum foil with a long tail which is laminated over the semi-permeable film for preventing diffuse-out of the perfume vapor before use, when the perfume box is installed in the air freshener, said liquid perfume can be viewed through the box body of the perfume box from the direction outside the rotating box or the front cover and can be viewed through the air hole(s) and the semi-permeable film on the box body from the direction outside the circular sheet of the fixed base, and said fixing device comprises a fixing clip or a suction cup which can be embedded to the clipping groove of the circular sheet of the fixed base for fixing the air freshener onto a grille or a smooth surface, respectively, wherein said front cover of the rotating box has an opened side and a recessed step and a step surface around the periphery of the opened side for receiving and placing therein the rear base together with the edge of the box body of the perfume box, and has a shape opposite to the opened side which form a space for receiving said box body of said perfume box and inter-embed a protruding surface of the box body of the perfume box for rotating the perfume box together with the rotating box, said rear base of the rotating box has an inter-matching external shape with the recessed step and step surface of the front cover and has a circular groove for receiving and placing therein the circular sheet of the fixed base, and an air hole is provided on said circular groove for exposing said perfume box.