Fluid sprinkling – spraying – and diffusing – Slow diffusers – With wick or absorbent means removing liquid from holder
Reexamination Certificate
2002-01-28
2004-06-08
Nguyen, Dinh Q. (Department: 3752)
Fluid sprinkling, spraying, and diffusing
Slow diffusers
With wick or absorbent means removing liquid from holder
C239S145000, C239S276000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06745950
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a scent emitting system and more particularly pertains to allowing the dispersal of a scent to attract animals in a safe and convenient manner.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of scent emitting devices of known designs and configurations is known in the prior art. More specifically, scent emitting devices of known designs and configurations previously devised and utilized for the purpose of dispersing scents through conventional methods and apparatuses are known to consist basically of familiar, expected, and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which has been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
By way of example, note:
U.S. Pat. Documents
D228,911
October 1973
Gatter
D268,695
April 1983
Kolf
D301912
June 1989
Ward
2,738,224
March 1956
Turner et al.
239/57
2,763,395
September 1956
Meek
239/58
3,046,192
July 1962
Bilyeu
3,515,302
June 1970
Curran
239/57
3,667,785
June 1972
Kapeker
285/921
3,770,199
November 1973
Hoek et al.
239/54
4,523,870
June 1985
Spector
239/55
5,161,646
November 1992
Aurich et al.
5,263,274
November 1993
Speed
5,307,584
May 1994
Jarvis
5,465,521
November 1995
Baker et al.
5,544,812
August 1996
Torres
5,622,314
April 1997
Eason
5,746,019
May 1998
Fisher
5,832,648
November 1998
Malone
6,241,161
Jun. 5, 2001
Corbett
Foreign Patent Documents
0 294 175
December 1988
EP
744369
February 1956
GB
2 251 601
July 1992
GB
WO 90/07430
July 1990
WO
In recent years cover-up and attractant scents have been developed and perfected. Many hunters use both attractant or cover-up scents depending on their particular situation. However, there are few devices that are compact, durable and easy to use. There are wicks you dip and hang, very messy. There are bottles with wicks you pull out then roll back into the bottle, takes time. Neither of these devices allow the user to insert the device into the ground. Bow hunters particularly need to use scent as they require to get close to their game. Many hunters also would like to own a scent emitting device which is compact, easily transportable, and adaptable to be attached to a variety of structures, to be inserted into the ground or attached to their bow, etc. However, most scent emitting devices may not be compact and easily transportable, nor adaptable to be inserted into the ground. A scent emitting device which is both compact and versatile would therefore be desirable. A scent emitting device which is easily transportable and adaptable to be inserted into the ground or attach to a bow quiver would further be desirable. The present invention achieves these goals through a compact, durable, telescopic scent emitting device with a wick and uniquely designed hang-on device.
Various forms of scent dispensing devices are known. U.S. Design Pat. No. 228,911 issued on Oct. 30, 1973, to Adelaide L. Gatter describes an insect repellant container or similar article in the shape of a four-sided elongated rectangular box with a plurality of openings along at least two of the sides. U.S. Design Pat. No. 268,695 issued on Apr. 19, 1983, to John W. Kolf describes a deer scent dispenser with two flat surfaces with a scented fluffy material in front and two apertures for attachment by a strap. U.S. Design Pat. No. 301,912 issued on Jun. 27, 1989, to Lynwood W. Ward describes a deer scent holder in the shape of a capped tube with the cap having an aperture for attachment to a strap. U.S. Pat. No. 3,046,192 issued on Jul. 24, 1962, to Archie E. Bilyeu describes heated compositions of scents contained in an open fuel case covered by a cloth cover for attracting wild game and the method for their use by heating. U.S. Pat. No. 5,161,646 issued on Nov. 10, 1992, to Charles C. Aurich, et al. describes a device for dispensing animal attractant scents having a case in which are housed a power source and a bottle containing a supply of liquid animal attractant scent. The power source heats a wick containing a heat generating resistor. U.S. Pat. No. 5,263,274 issued on Nov. 23, 1993, to Kenneth D. Speed describes a game luring scent diffusing device that includes a supply container and a collection container suspended from the supply container by an elongated porous wick extending between the containers. U.S. Pat. No. 5,307,584 issued on May 3, 1994, to Robert Jarvis describes a deer scent dispenser comprising a cylindrical container that is provided with a bottom reservoir for liquid deer scent. The container has plastic screen walls which contain a wick.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,465,521 issued on Nov. 14, 1995, to Jeffrey L. Baker et al. describes a device including a plurality of scent cartridges stored within a container sealed by a cap. The cap includes a depending hook for extracting an individual scent cartridge from the container. U.S. Pat. No. 5,622,314 issued on Apr. 22, 1997, to Donald J. Eason describes a game scent diffusion device in the shape of an inverted T-shaped member adapted to be disposed in a bottle of liquid game scent and exposed when the bottle is hung from a tree. U.S. Pat. No. 5,746,019 issued on May 5, 1998, to Jeffrey J. Fisher describes a hunter's scenting system having a frangible vial containing scented liquid disposed within a flexible sheath member and having a wick member with a first end disposed adjacent to the vial and a second end extending below the sheath member. U.S. Pat. No. 5,832,648 issued on Nov. 10, 1998, to Richard E. Malone describes a jar-like container having a scented liquid therein and a ringed cap with an attachment of a plurality of elongated members that are configured to retain the container thereon when the cap is removed from the opening of the container. This arrangement permits the container to be suspended below the cap and a wick that is also attached to the cap to be in communication with air currents flowing over the wick.
United Kingdom Patent No. 744,369 published on Feb. 8, 1956, for Hugh W. B. Baker describes vaporizing attachments for bottles or like containers for liquids. Each attachment comprises a cap for the bottle and a wick support attachable to the cap so that the cap can be detached from the bottle and lifted to raise and expose a desired portion of the wick, whereby the liquid contents of the bottle can be vaporized. United Kingdom Patent No. 2,251,601 published on Jul. 15, 1992, for George M. Mowbray describes a disposable scent holder for an automobile window comprising two sheets of transparent plastic material sealed together to define a volume for scent. European Patent No. 294,175 published on Dec. 7, 1988 for John M. Cook describes a plate-like carrier having a surface to which a hollow tube containing a scent package can be affixed, and with the longitudinal axis of the tube being substantially parallel to the surface of the carrier. PCT Patent No. WO 90/07430, published on Jul. 12, 1990, for Aubrey W. Richardson describes a dispenser for dispensing a liquid including an elongated case having a body and a cap which includes a clip for carrying the dispenser in a shirt pocket. The case includes a reservoir for holding cologne or the like and a roller-ball applicator.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not describe a scent emitting system that allows allowing the dispersal of a scent to attract animals in a safe and convenient manner.
In this respect, the scent emitting system according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in doing so provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of allowing the dispersal of a scent to attract animals in a safe and convenient manner.
Therefore, it can be appreciated that there exists a continuing need for a new and improved scent emitting system which can be used for allowing the dispersal of a scent to attract animals in a safe and convenient manner. In this regard, t
Dutkiewicz Edward P.
Nguyen Dinh Q.
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