Patent ID: 7682575

Claim:
A scent dispersing mat apparatus, comprising; a. a flexible closed cell foam mat having an upper surface and a bottom surface and a mat thickness; b. said upper surface having a plurality of blind holes or apertures therein, each of the blind holes having a depth smaller than the thickness of the said flexible closed cell foam mat, so that the depth of the blind holes is less than that required for contact with said bottom surface; c. a plurality of said blind holes being partially filled with liquid scent, to thereby provide a plurality of air spaces between said liquid scent and said upper surface; d. an impermeable polymeric material forming a sheet, said polymeric sheet covering and sealing said blind holes at said upper surface of said foam mat; e. attachment means, attaching said polymeric sheet to said upper surface of said flexible cell foam mat, thereby creating entrapped air spaces between said liquid scent and said polymeric sheet; f. said entrapped air becoming saturated with scent vapor by evaporation of said liquid scent; g. said polymeric sheet being perforated by one or more fine needles to create perforations, said perforations being adapted to provide for communication between entrapped air within said blind holes and ambient air; h. said perforations adapted to release scent saturated entrapped air when pressure is applied to the top surface of said mat, and said perforations adapted to draw ambient air into said blind holes when said pressure is released; whereby said perforations are sufficiently small such that, due to the elastic nature of said polymeric sheet, said perforations will instantly close when no force is being applied to said mat; and whereby exertion of force on said mat squeezes said flexible closed cell foam mat, increasing pressure of said scent saturated entrapped air and opening said perforations, thereby releasing said scent saturated air into the ambient; and whereby upon release of said force said mat recovers its shape and the shape of blind holes, reducing said entrapped air pressure and drawing ambient air into said blind holes.