Patent Publication Number: US-2011061342-A1

Title: AirFromThere - Exotic air system

Description:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to an exotic-air system. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     It is generally believed that certain locations have a therapeutic effect because of some indigenous characteristic. Some say that the air from a particular place has special value, for instance because of its purity, dryness, or a special odor associated with the place. 
     Whereas such therapeutic value might be based only on a perception rooted in nostalgia, it is hard to say that a perception alone has no therapeutic value. For instance, millions of gallons of bottled water are sold annually to persons believing that water from somewhere else is better than water from the tap, regardless of any scientific proof to the contrary. 
     Furthermore there is an interest in being able to experience remote locations without having to go there. It is possible to see and hear the sites from, for example, the top of Mt. Everest, but beyond that there are no opportunities for further experiences, for instance scent. 
     OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION 
     It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an exotic-air system. 
     Another object is to provide a system that allows a person to experience a remote location, for example by scent, without having to go there. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     According to the invention air is trapped at an origin location in a container, and the container is sealed to hermetically confine the trapped air therein. The container is then provided with literature identifying the origin location at which the air was trapped and giving other information regarding this origin location. Then the container is shipped with the literature to a destination location remote from the origin location. Finally the container is opened and the trapped air is consumed, for instance by being breathed by the user. 
     In this manner it is possible to provide a person with air from a location of some therapeutic significance to the user. 
     According to the invention the air is trapped under superatmospheric pressure. It can be released through a closable valve so that the container can be used many times until it is empty. 
     Furthermore according to the invention the container and the literature are packaged together prior to shipping. A tamper-indicating seal can also be provided on the container. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING 
       The above and other objects, features, and advantages will become more readily apparent from the following description, reference being made to the accompanying drawing in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a side elevational view of the first step of the marketing system/method of this invention; 
         FIGS. 2 and 3  are similar views of second and third steps of the invention; and 
         FIG. 4  is a schematic illustration of another system for carrying out the invention. 
     
    
    
     SPECIFIC DESCRIPTION 
     As seen in  FIG. 1  a container  10  with a cover or cap  11  is opened at a predetermined location so that as shown by the arrows  12  local air can enter the container  10 . This is done in such a manner that substantially only the local air is in the bottle, either by purging the bottle with the local air, or even by pressurizing the air and filling the container  10  with pressurized air. 
     Then as seen in  FIG. 2 , the container  10  is closed by screwing on the cap  11  to hermetically confine and seal in the capture air, which as mentioned above may be under superatmospheric pressure. The container  10  is then supplied with literature  13  carrying written matter  14  describing the origins of the air in the container  10 . Here this is done by constituting the literature  13  as a label carrying the written matter  14  and affixed to the container  10 . The container  10  and literature  13  are then put in a package shown schematically at  15 , here a carton, and shipped out. 
     At the other end, far from where the air captured as shown in  FIG. 1 , the user removes the packaging  15 , takes off the cover  11 , and allows draws out the air as shown by arrows  16 , so that it can be breathed or otherwise consumed. 
     The air can be collected as shown in  FIG. 4  by flying a hot-air balloon  18  or other aircraft carrying a tank  19  under vacuum  19  provided with a remote-control valve  20  over a location  21  such as the North Pole or Paris, France, and opening the valve  20  at the appropriate time so the local air fills the tank  19 . The air is then transferred from the tank  19  to suitable labeled containers as shown in  FIGS. 1-3  for sale.