Patent ID: 6165419
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: A61L,F24F

Abstract:
A scented air register system comprising, in combination:a vent cover assembly including a frame with a plurality of walls, the vent cover assembly having a front side, the walls including a pair of planar rectangular elongated side walls and a pair of planar rectangular short end walls, the frame further including a peripheral flange coupled to a top edge of the walls of the frame and extending outwardly from the top edge in a common plane, the vent cover assembly further including a plurality of louvers each having a planar rectangular configuration with ends being coupled to the side walls and extending between the side walls of the frame, the louvers being oriented at an acute angle with respect to the common plane of the peripheral flange, the louvers lying in parallel planes to each other, wherein a portion of each of three adjacent louvers have a square cut out such that the three louvers adjacent to the cut out terminate at a length of about 1/4 of the distance between the side walls;a scenting container for scenting air moving through the vent cover assembly, the scenting container including a planar square bottom wall with a matrix of apertures formed therein, a peripheral side wall integrally coupled to a periphery of the bottom wall and extending perpendicularly from the bottom wall to define an interior space, the peripheral side wall having an open top and an upper peripheral edge, the upper peripheral edge of the peripheral side wall being positioned in the cut out of the vent cover assembly and being mounted on the terminations of the three louvers; anda lid assembly including a peripheral lid support with a square configuration, the peripheral lid support being defined by four interconnected bars having a cross-section similar to that of the peripheral side wall of the scenting container, a first one of the bars of the peripheral lid support of the lid assembly being pivotally mounted on the upper peripheral edge of the scenting container such that the peripheral lid support is pivotable between an operational orientation with the peripheral lid support located adjacent the upper peripheral edge of the scenting container and a refill orientation with the peripheral lid support being pivoted away from the upper peripheral edge of the scenting container through the common plane for permitting refilling of the interior space of the scenting container with a scenting material from the front side of the vent cover assembly, a second one of the bars of the peripheral lid support opposite of the first bar having a latch for releasably engaging the upper peripheral edge of the scenting container, the peripheral lid support further including a plurality of louver sections mounted between a third and fourth one of the bars thereof such that the louver sections are alignable with the louvers of the vent cover assembly when the lid assembly is in a closed position and further allow access to the scenting container when the lid assembly is in the refill orientation.