JEWELRY STYLE, PENCIL-SHAPED PERFUME OR SANITIZER HOLDER

Abstract

An effluent dispenser has a canister body with a dispensing end for dispensing the effluent, a holding body having a hollowed interior which the canister is supported interiorly therein and a holder surface that is adorned with jewelry features, including precious stones. The holder has an end cap that conceals the dispensing end of the canister, so that the dispenser has the overall appearance of a piece of jewelry.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is generally directed to containers and, more particularly, to a jewelry style, pencil-shaped container capable of holding a perfume or sanitizer dispenser in an obscured, casually in-discernable manner.

Nowadays, the population at large has become exposed and much more aware of the spread of germs and viruses and that they are the main cause of many illnesses. Thus, persons use hand sanitizer in an attempt to curtail the spread of the illness-causing germs. The use of hand sanitizer has become very common to prevent the spread of germs and viruses into a person. This is especially true of persons in the medical community. Such persons are exposed to germs and viruses daily. It is imperative for their hands to remain as germ free as possible, especially when treating patients.

It is common to see nowadays people who carry sanitizer and sometimes perfume dispensers about their body including by dangling them from their belts or having them connected to their pocketbooks and in many other ways. Still, there is a sizable segment of the population which would like to have handy sanitizer and perhaps perfume dispensers, but in a more concealed, unobvious and in-discernable manner.

Hand sanitizer holders are the subject of different patent literature including as reflected in U.S. Pat. Nos. D 846,300; US 2007/0075091; and US 2007/0034645, the contents of which patents and patent applications are incorporated by reference herein.

The instant inventor has been issued U.S. Design Pat. No. D 791,638, directed to a pencil pendant, which is a decorative type of piece of jewelry that can be worn by being held by a necklace or chain about one's body or otherwise attached to the body and appear to be purely decorative in nature.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a holder for sanitizers and/or perfumes that appears to the casual observer to be a piece of jewelry and which has the overall appearance of the pencil shape jewelry.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide a sanitizer dispenser holder that is easy to use and manufacture and that has a simple physical construction.

The foregoing and other objects of the invention are realized in accordance with preferred embodiments of the invention by an effluent dispenser, comprising: a canister body with a dispensing end for dispensing the effluent; a holding body having a hollowed interior which the canister is supported interiorly therein; and a holder surface that is adorned with jewelry features, including precious stones and the holder having an end cap that conceals the dispensing end of the canister so that the dispenser has the overall appearance of a piece of jewelry.

In other preferred embodiments, the end cap is held to the canister holder by friction or is threadedly securable to the canister holder. The jewelry style effluent dispenser may include a tethering chord extending between the holder and the end cap, configured to allow the end cap to dangle from the holder, when the end cap is removed to expose the dispensing end of the canister body. The effluent is a perfumed fluid or a sanitizing fluid and the like.

A holding chain may be provided by which the dispenser is able to be supported on a wrist or around the neck of a wearer of the dispenser. The canister holder may have a polygonal cross-sectional shape and the end cap may be dimensioned to house within an interior thereof the dispensing end of the canister body. The end cap may have a pointed end that imparts to the dispenser a sharpened pencil shape and look and an outer surface that is decorated with precious stones, e.g., diamonds.

The dispenser may have a lengthwise dimension, with the end cap attached thereto, measuring from 3 to 6 inches. The cross sectional dimension may be in the range from one to two inches. The jewelry style effluent dispenser may be constructed to dispense the effluent as an aerosol fluid.

Other features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the invention which refers to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective of a jewelry style, pencil-shaped sanitizer and perfume holder according to the invention.

FIGS. 2 and 3 show elevational side views of the sanitizer holder of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a top view of FIG. 1.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the sanitizer holder of FIG. 1.

FIG. 6 provides an elevational view, with an optional necklace or chain attached thereto.

FIG. 7 is a perspective showing the sanitizer of FIG. 1 with the cover thereof removed and in a slightly different jewelry package.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show elevational side views of the sanitizer of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a top view of FIG. 7.

FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the sanitizer holder of FIG. 7.

FIG. 12 shows the sanitizer holder of FIG. 7 with a necklace component.

FIG. 13 shows the sanitizer holder of the present invention with additional features explicated.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

FIG. 1 illustrates a precious stone decorated sanitizer/perfume holder or container 10 having a main body 12 that is polygonal in shape, but which can be round, square or any geometric shape. The body 12 includes a first ring feature 14, a second ring feature 16 and a proximate cap 18 that preferably is decorated all around its outer surface with precious stones 19. The precious stones 19 can be actual diamonds, faux diamonds or any other type of precious stones. The handle 20 enables a necklace, chain or any type of string-like component to be threaded therethrough for supporting the sanitizer/perfume holder 10 about one's neck, or dangling from an arm or affixed to an article of clothing such as to a pocketbook or belt and the like.

The bottom of the holder 10 has an end cap 22 which like at the top end cap is preferably decorated, jewelry style, with surface features, e.g., diamond cut gold, precious stones as widely known and practiced in the jewelry field.

FIG. 2 provides an elevational view of the holder 10 of FIG. 1 and FIG. 3 is similarly an elevational view turned 90° relative to FIG. 2. FIG. 6 illustrates a necklace or chain 24 with a closure 25 that can come in different sizes depending on whether the jewelry style holder 10 is donned around one's neck, about one's wrist or connected to an article of clothing.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the end cap 22 has been removed, it exposes that the holder 10 holds within a sanitizer or perfume canister 30 that has an actuating head 32, facing downward. In FIG. 8, the canister 30 is illustrated to have a dispensing nozzle 34 in the actuating head 32. FIG. 10 shows a top end view of the holder 10 and FIG. 11 bottom end view thereof. In FIG. 12, the same holder 10 is shown with the optional chain 24, previously described.

Further details about the sanitizer/perfume holder are shown in FIG. 13 which shows the holder 10 in an exploded view with the bottom decorative cap 22 removed. Normally, with the end cap 22 connected magnetically or otherwise to the holder body 12, the overall appearance is that of a piece of jewelry. The jewelry can be dangled by the chain 24 which passes through the handle or hook 20, as previously described. In use, the person merely turns the piece of jewelry downside up, presses the actuator 32 and applies to her hands, face or any other body part either the aerosolized sanitizer liquid or a perfume or the like.

The canister 30 can be held inside the hollowed interior space of the holder 10 by frictionally engaging the interior wall of the holder. Alternatively, the base of the canister (not shown) may have a rim that is slightly larger in diameter and which connects, through a tongue/groove mechanism, with a similar feature provided on the interior surface wall of the holder 10.

While the invention has been described in relation to an aerosolized quantity of sanitizer liquid or perfume, it is not so limited and is applicable to the dispensing of other liquids, e.g., mouthwash, soap water and the like. Of importance, however, is that the overall package conveys the appearance of a piece of jewelry and thereby helps meet the desire of the carrier of the holder 10 to both have and simultaneously obscure that she is carrying a sanitizer dispenser.

In accordance with other embodiments, the first and second rings 14 and 16 may be threaded to one another (not shown) and the top of the holder 10 may be opened and the sanitizer dispenser inserted from the top so it protrudes at the bottom of the holder, which has a slightly narrower diameter so that the dispenser will not fall out when the end cap 22 is removed.

Although the present invention has been described in relation to particular embodiments thereof, many other variations and modifications and other uses will become apparent to those skilled in the art. It is preferred, therefore, that the present invention be limited not by the specific disclosure herein, but only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A jewelry style effluent dispenser, comprising: a canister body with a dispensing end for dispensing the effluent;a canister holder having a hollowed interior in which the canister is supported interiorly therein; andthe canister holder including an outer holder surface that is adorned with jewelry features, including precious stones; andan end cap that is removeably fixable to the canister holder, and constructed to conceal the dispensing end of the canister so that the dispenser has the overall appearance of a piece of jewelry.

2. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the dispenser has the appearance of a pencil or pen adorned with the precious stones.

3. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the end cap is magnetically held to the canister holder.

4. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the end cap is held to the canister holder by friction.

5. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the end cap is threadedly securable to the canister holder.

6. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the canister body is frictionally engaged with an interior surface inside the holder.

7. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, including a tethering chord extending between the holder and the end cap, configured to allow the end cap to dangle from the holder, when the end cap is removed to expose the dispensing end of the canister body.

8. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the effluent is a perfumed fluid.

9. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the effluent is a sanitizing fluid.

10. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, including a holding chain by which the dispenser is able to be supported on a wrist or around the neck of a wearer of the dispenser.

11. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the canister holder has a polygonal cross-sectional shape.

12. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 11, wherein the end cap is dimensioned to house within an interior thereof the dispensing end of the canister body.

13. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 11, wherein the end cap has a pointed end that imparts to the dispenser a sharpened pencil shape.

14. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 11, wherein the end cap has an outer surface that is decorated with precious stones.

15. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the precious stones are diamonds.

16. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the dispenser has a lengthwise dimension, with the end cap attached thereto, measuring from 3 to 6 inches.

17. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the holder has a cross sectional dimension in the range from one to two inches.

18. The jewelry style effluent dispenser of claim 1, wherein the canister body is constructed to dispense the effluent as an aerosol fluid.