Patent ID: 8050545

Claim:
A personal, portable scent delivery device comprising: a portable housing which is either a housing adapted to be worn by a user in close proximity to a nose of a user, or is a portable electronic device which is used by the user in close proximity to the nose of the user; and a means for selectively generating scent housed in said housing, wherein said scent travels by diffusion to the nose of the user; wherein the scent generating means comprises: one or more scent sources which are mounted in said housing and adapted to release scent; and a delivery means for selectively releasing scent from said scent sources and delivering said released scent to said user's nose by diffusion; and wherein: said scent source is a can mounted in said housing, said can having an open end which faces said user and a closed end, and said can housing one or more scent containers and having a port through which scent travels when said port is open, said port facing said open end of said can, a rotatable disk mounted against said open end of said can and closing said open end of said can, said disk having one opening which corresponds in size to said port of said scent container; and a motor which is mounted in said housing and connected to said disk and rotates said disk to align said opening in said disk with said port in said scent container to release scent from one of said containers and to close the other scent containers.