Patent Application
20190283545
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(1) Field of the Invention
(2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98.
The disclosure and prior art relates to switch actuated scent releasing systems and more particularly pertains to a new switch actuated scent releasing system for releasing a scent when a driver sits in a driver's seat.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a vehicle that has an interior. A driver's seat is mounted on the interior. A dispensing unit is also mounted in the interior of the vehicle. The dispensing unit dispenses scented air into the interior of the vehicle when the dispensing unit is actuated. A switch is in communication with the dispensing unit and the driver's seat. The switch turns on the dispensing unit when a person sits on the driver's seat.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The dispensing unit 22 comprises a housing 24 that has a top wall 26, a bottom wall 28 and a perimeter wall 30 that is attached to and extends between the top wall 26 and the bottom wall 28. The perimeter wall 30 has at least one and may includes a plurality of intake apertures 32 that extend therein to intake air from outside of the housing 24. The housing 24 has an inlet aperture 34 that extends therein. The housing 24 also has at least one and may have a plurality of outlet apertures 36 that extend therein. The housing 24 is positioned under the bottom side 20 of the driver's seat 16.
A scent container 38 is included and contains a fluid scent therein. The scent container 38 is fluidly coupled to the inlet aperture 34. A pump 40 is in fluid communication with the intake apertures 32, the inlet aperture 34 and the outlet apertures 36. The pump 40 mixes the fluid scent with air from the intake apertures 34 to define an aerosolized scent that is dispensed from the outlet apertures 36. A power supply 42 is electrically coupled to the dispensing unit 22 and may comprise an electrical power system of the vehicle 12.
A switch 44 is in communication with the dispensing unit 22 and the driver's seat 16. The switch 44 turns on the dispensing unit 22 when a person sits on the driver's seat 16. The switch 44 comprises a pressure sensor 46 that is mounted on the driver's seat 16 wherein the pressure sensor 46 detects a threshold weight. The switch 44 turns on the dispensing unit 22 to dispense a burst of the scented air when the threshold weight is detected. The threshold weight is greater than 50.0 lbs and the burst may last between less than 0.1 seconds and up to 5.0 seconds.
In use, the dispensing unit 22 is positioned under the bottom side 20 of the driver's seat 16. The switch 44 is in communication with the driver's seat 16 such that when the person sits in the driver's seat 16 and the threshold weight is met the switch 44 actuates the dispensing unit 22. When actuated the pump 40 of the dispensing unit 22 takes in and mixes the fluid scent with the air from outside the housing to define the aerosolized scent that is then dispersed from each of the outlet apertures 36.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
