Patent ID: 7100805
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: B65D

Abstract:
1. An air freshener for dispensing a spray of deodorant, comprising: a housing configured to be mounted on or adjacent a door, the housing including a holder configured to contain deodorant, the holder including a movable dispensing member, which upon movement dispenses a spray of deodorant from the holder; a sliding bar having an end contactable by the door so that a door movement results in a movement of the sliding bar; and a press member, coupled with the sliding bar, having a wedge-shaped surface that during movement of the sliding bar causes the dispensing member to move in a direction transverse to the movement of the sliding bar, wherein the sliding bar comprises a guide along which the press member can be moved in a direction transverse to the sliding bar, the press member operates a coupling piece between the press member and the dispensing member, so that in operation a contact surface between the press member and the coupling piece in a first movement of the sliding bar extends substantially parallel to the guide in order to fix the press member transversely to the guide in a position remote from the sliding bar, the contact surface in a second movement, opposite to the first movement, is oriented substantially transversely to the guide, so that the press member is moved towards the sliding bar, and the coupling piece comprises a round upper side which constitutes a contact surface for the wedge-shaped press member and the guide comprises guide pins which are received in a guide slot, the guide slot is continguous to a recess in which at least one guide pin can be received, in operation the guide pin in the first movement is fixed in the recess and in the second movement is pushed from the recess into the guide slot.