Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Including supply holder for material – Resilient holder wall
Reexamination Certificate
2002-10-22
2004-06-01
Mar, Michael (Department: 3752)
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Including supply holder for material
Resilient holder wall
C239S289000, C043S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06742723
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to devices for dispensing a scent for use when hunting animals. More specifically, the present invention relates to a scent dispensing device mounted to an archery bow, additionally acting as a stabilizer to resist the torque and dampen the vibration and shock imparted to the bow when an arrow is released. The present invention may also serve as a wind direction detector upon release of the atomized fluid.
The use of scents by hunters to increase their chances of hunting success is well known. Various scents have been used to attract game and to mask the scent of the hunter so that the hunted animal is not alerted to the presence of the hunter and is instead drawn towards the hunter. The particular choice of scent, of course, depends upon the type of animal being hunted and may include, among others, musk, deer urine, raccoon urine, fox urine, acorn scent, pine scent, and skunk scent.
Prior forms of scent dispensers comprise a pad, sponge, wick, or like element that is treated or saturated with a liquid scent, and rely passively on evaporation and diffusion to disperse the scent into the air. This saturated pad type of scent dispenser is exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 5,746,019 [Fisher] and U.S. Pat. No. 6,158,668 [Burgeson]. A disadvantage of this type of scent dispenser is that the rate of scent dispersal cannot be controlled when the device is in use. Some devices include the ability to retract the saturated pad into a sealed container to prevent the evaporation and dispersion of the scent, or to cover the openings in the container through which the scent is dispersed. However, none of the prior art devices enables the scent to be dispersed more rapidly than is provided for by the natural evaporation of the liquid scent and diffusion of the vaporized scent, based on the environmental conditions, i.e., current outdoor temperature, wind, and humidity conditions.
Another disadvantage of the saturated pad type of scent dispenser is that the scent may not be readily changed in the field. Since a used saturated pad will retain some residual scent, changing scents requires the changing of saturated pads, which exposes the hunter to the risk of coming into contact with the liquid scent, so that the hunter's skin and clothing may become contaminated with an undesirable scent. Additionally, retention of residual scent means that used saturated pads must be either disposed of, which can be wasteful, or used for the same scent, which may require the hunter to keep a set of saturated pads with one for each different scent used. Yet another disadvantage of this type of scent dispenser is that the scent dispenser is often a separate device that the hunter must transport into a remote hunting location, along with all of the other hunting equipment and paraphernalia that a hunter may already need to transport.
Various prior devices include scent dispensers in combination with other functions, in order to limit the number of separate devices a hunter must transport. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,156,496 [Stinson] teaches a saturated pad type scent dispenser incorporated into an archery bow mounted arrow quiver, and U.S. Pat. No. 4,245,612 [Finlay] teaches a saturated pad type scent dispenser incorporated into an archery bow stabilizer. In each of these patents, scent dispensing is a secondary function of the device and the simple saturated pad method suffers from the same disadvantages as the dedicated saturated pad scent dispensers discussed previously. More specifically, the disadvantages lie in the reliance on evaporation and diffusion to disperse the scent and the lack of ease of changing scents without exposing the hunter to contact with the scent.
Variations on the saturated pad type of scent dispenser are exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 4,802,626 [Forbes, et al.], which patent discloses a scent impregnated plastic material, and U.S. Des. Pat. No. 324,730 [Salter, et al.], which shows an electrically stimulated scent impregnated material. While these devices overcome some of the difficulties in changing scents, they still passively rely on diffusion to disperse the scent and cannot control the rate at which the scent is emitted.
It should be noted that not one of the earlier devices actively disburses an atomized spray of scent into the air. In addition, none of the earlier devices provides for quick and simple changing of the scent being dispensed. In addition, many of the earlier devices are not compact and lightweight for transporting by a hunter to a remote hunting location, and are not adapted to be mounted to an archery bow or other hunting environment venue.
The use of stabilizers in connection with archery bows is known in the art. When an arrow is launched from a bow, the arrow is subjected to a sudden propulsive force, and consequently the bow is subjected to a sudden and equal reactive force transmitted through the bow string. Often, this propulsive force is accompanied by a vertical or lateral torque that may cause the arrow to deviate from its desired flight path. A stabilizer attached to the bow and extending forwardly therefrom will resist the torque which is imparted to the bow when an arrow is launched, and will therefore assist the hunter in keeping the arrow on its desired flight path. The stabilizer may also absorb the shock and vibration occurring when the arrow is launched from the bow.
An example of such stabilizers is found in U.S. Pat. No. 4,245,612 [Finlay], previously cited, which patent discloses an archery bow mounted stabilizer containing a saturated pad type scent dispenser. Disadvantages of this stabilizer design include that it is not easily removable from the bow in the field without tools and that it relies upon a flexible coupling to provide damping of the shock and vibration occurring when an arrow is launched.
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a scent dispenser for hunting capable of disbursing scent into the air at the will of the hunter at a rate that is not dependant only upon evaporation and diffusion of a liquid scent. Additionally, it is an object of the present invention to provide a scent dispenser that enables the hunter to refrain from disbursing scent into the air when so desired. It is a further object of the present invention to provide a scent dispenser which is changeable to enable a hunter to disperse multiple scents without being exposed to contamination by the scent and without having to dispose of any previously used parts of the scent dispenser.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a scent dispenser for mounting on an archery bow which serves as a stabilizer to resist the torque and to dampen the shock and vibration imparted to the bow upon launching of an arrow, regardless of the angle at which the bow is held by the hunter. It is yet a further object of the present invention to provide a scent dispenser for mounting as a stabilizer on an archery bow that is compact and lightweight for ease of transporting by a hunter to a remote hunting location.
Other objects will appear hereinafter.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention overcomes the disadvantages inherent in the types of hunting scent dispensers which have been previously known and used. Additionally, the present invention functions as an archery bow stabilizer, resulting in a combination of features not found in the prior art. The present invention provides an atomizing scent dispenser capable of being mounted on an archery bow or another mounting surface. The present invention is comprised of both a scent dispensing portion and a mounting portion.
The scent dispensing portion operates in a similar manner to a perfume atomizer. A squeeze bulb mounted to the dispenser body of the dispensing portion may be squeezed by the hunter to direct a pressurized air stream through the dispensing portion towards an atomizer body. The atomizer body serves as an aspirator, drawing liquid s
Bui Thach H
Mar Michael
Piltch, Esq. Sanford J.
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