Patent Publication Number: US-2019192719-A1

Title: Fan Mountable Air Freshening Device

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to air freshening devices and more particularly pertains to a new air freshening device for releasing fragrance into circulated air. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of pads that is configured to couple to a fan. The pads are impregnated with a volatilizable substance. The pads are configured to release the volatilizable substance into air that is circulated by the fan. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric perspective view of a fan mountable air freshening device according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a bottom view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a side view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new air freshening device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the fan mountable air freshening device  10  generally a plurality of pads  12  that is configured to couple to a fan. The pads  12  are impregnated with a volatilizable substance  14 . The pads  12  are configured to release the volatilizable substance  14  into air that is circulated by the fan. 
     In one embodiment, the pads  12  are configured to be impregnated with the volatilizable substance  14 . A user is positioned to impregnate the pads  12  with a respective volatilizable substance  14  that selected from a plurality of compounds  16 . The plurality of compounds  16  can include fragrances, such as lavender, sea breeze, vanilla, cherry, pine, apple, cinnamon, rose, and lilac. The plurality of compounds  16  also can include compounds  16  having medicinal properties, such as menthol and  eucalyptus  oil, to improve the breathing of persons proximate to the fan. 
     The pads  12  are configured to couple to a blade of a ceiling fan. The pads  12  are configured to couple to a control chain of the ceiling fan. The pads  12  are substantially rectangularly shaped and comprise cloth which may be a non-woven polyester. Alternatively, the pads  12  are comprised of paper which may be card stock. 
     Each pad  12  comprises a plurality of connectors  18 . The connectors  18  are configured to couple to the fan to couple the pad  12  to the fan. In one embodiment, each connector  18  comprises a first fastener  20  and a second fastener  22 . The first fastener  20  is coupled to the pad  12 . The second fastener  22  is configured to couple to the fan. The second fastener  22  is complementary to the first fastener  20 . Each second fastener  22  is positioned to couple to a respective first fastener  20  to couple the pad  12  to the fan. 
     The second fastener  22  is configured to adhesively couple to the fan. The plurality of connectors  18  comprises two connectors  18  that are positioned singly proximate to opposing ends  24  of the pad  12 . The connectors  18  are positioned equally distant from opposing sides  26  of the pad  12 . Each second fastener  22  and the respective first fastener  20  comprise a hook and loop fastener  28 . 
     In use, the user is positioned to impregnate the pads  12  with the respective volatilizable substance  14  that is selected from the plurality of compounds  16 . Each second fastener  22  is positioned to couple to the respective first fastener  20  to couple the pad  12  to the fan. The pads  12  are configured to release the respective volatilizable substance  14  into the air that is circulated by the fan. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.