The present invention relates to a device for preparing and applying custom blended products and, more particularly, to a spray bottle—blender assembly.
Consumers purchase spray bottles with pre-made products that have many ingredients sourced from natural elements and plant materials. Most of these spray solutions consist of ingredients that can be harvested from plant material by a consumer. The process is time consuming and multiple tools are required to harvest these elements for consumer use. Moreover, the shipping costs, both from a monetary and an environmental standpoint, are excessive to obtain the products. For example, outdoorsmen and women and hunters spend billions of dollars per year purchasing spray bottles with pre-made liquid cover scents. The currently available cover scents are generic scents, not specific to the hunter's exact surroundings.
As can be seen, there is a need for an inexpensive, portable, customizable means of preparing a naturally based spray solution, such as a cover scent.
The present invention provides a spray bottle—blender assembly that enables consumers to create their own natural spray solutions for a wide range of uses, at home or onsite, organically, and more cheaply than commercially available products. Moreover, the inventive spray bottle—blender assembly may be used to create aesthetically pleasing scents for the home or other surroundings. The spray bottle—blender assembly is believed to save individuals money in an eco-friendly way.
In one aspect of the present invention, a handheld comminutor—spray bottle assembly comprises a bottle body having an externally threaded mouth; a mating comminutor comprising a comminutor body having a first internally threaded rim, said comminutor body housing a power source and a motor electrically communicating with the power source, a shaft coupled to the motor, and comminutor blades joined to the shaft, extending from the comminutor body, and fluidly isolated from the motor; and a mating sprayer assembly, comprising a spray bottle cap having a second internally threaded rim and a seal ring; a spray bottle head having an inlet, an outlet, and an activation lever, said spray bottle head being joined with the spray bottle cap, a siphon straw coupled with the inlet and an elongated filter housing threadedly coupled with the inlet around the siphon straw, and a filter housed around the filter housing and removably secured with a filter housing cap secures a filter to the filter housing. The first internally threaded rim is couplable with the externally threaded mouth of the bottle body and the motor is operative to rotate the shaft, thereby rotating the comminutor blades. The second internally threaded rim is couplable with the externally threaded mouth of the bottle body.
In another aspect of the present invention, a method of producing a scent composition comprises containing biomatter with a diluent liquid in a bottle in an upright position; coupling the bottle with a comminuting chamber; inverting the bottle coupled with the comminuting chamber; comminuting said biomatter in said diluent liquid to produce a scent composition; returning the bottle to an upright position; decoupling the comminuting chamber from the bottle; coupling the bottle with a scent dispenser comprising a sprayer head having a siphon straw with a filter, a lever, and an outlet; and actuating the lever to dispense the scent composition through the outlet.
These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings, description, and claims.
The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.
The terms “blender”, “grinder”, and “comminutor” are used interchangeably herein to refer to an apparatus that comminutes biomatter in a diluent liquid using blades.
Broadly, one embodiment of the present invention is a combined handheld blender—spray bottle assembly.
In some embodiments, the inventive assembly may include the blender or grinder, the bottle body, and the spray head, detachably combined into a single device.
In some embodiments, the bottle body may be alternately assembled with the blender or the spray head, according to use. A hunter may prepare the cover scent before leaving the car and carry the spray bottle without the blender component.
In some embodiments, capsules containing pre-formulated scents may be placed in the bottle.
The inventive assembly may have a variety of uses, including but not limited to production and application of insect repellent, animal repellants, foliar plant sprays, skin care compositions, scent sprays, cooking compositions, cleaning products, fungicides, bactericides, and combinations thereof.
A method of using the spray bottle—blender assembly may include the following. The user may pick local leaves, flowers, and other elements, and place them into the plastic bottle with water. The user may attach the blender to the bottle and blend the ingredients. Once the ingredients are blended, the user may detach the blender and carry the bottle with the spray top attached to spray themselves and surroundings with self-made scent. The self-made scent masks a non-locally sourced scent, such as the user's cleansers and body odor.
The materials of manufacture and the dimensions are not particularly limited. For example, the assembly may include a small heavy-duty plastic bottle, spray head, and siphon straw. The assembly may also include a small handheld blender, such as a single cup measure.
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It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application number 63/201,269, filed Apr. 21, 2021, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
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63201269 | Apr 2021 | US |