Patent ID: 8777127

Claim:
A scent sampler and air freshener comprising a first flexible panel formed from a sheet material and having an outer surface, an inner surface opposite said outer surface, and an opening distal from a circumference of said first panel extending through said first panel between said inner surface and said outer surface, a second flexible panel formed from a sheet material and having an outer surface and an inner surface opposite said outer surface, said first and second flexible panels being affixed together about their respective circumferences to form an envelope with an interior region whereat said first flexible panel and said second flexible panel are mutually separable for defining a chamber therein, said opening being in communication with said chamber, a scent emitting liquid, a wafer of compressible, resilient, absorbent material disposed within said chamber and infused with a quantity of said scent emitting liquid, said opening being in registration with an area of, and overlying, said wafer of compressible, resilient, absorbent material so that upon application of pressure to the front face of said envelope, said opening is brought into contact with said wafer and said wafer is compressed releasing a mist of scented vapor through said opening to the ambient atmosphere, and said resilient wafer urges said first flexible panel and said second flexible panel apart.