US 12,185,815 B2
Device for testing fragrances and the like
Alejandro García Echevarrieta, Barcelona (ES); David Panyella Costa, Barcelona (ES); and Jordi Vidal Tasa, Barcelona (ES)
Assigned to ANTONIO PUIG, S.A., L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (ES)
Appl. No. 17/611,050
Filed by ANTONIO PUIG, S.A., L'Hospitalet de Llobregat (ES)
PCT Filed May 24, 2019, PCT No. PCT/ES2019/070349
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 12, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/240051, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167723 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. A45D 34/02 (2006.01); A45D 34/00 (2006.01); A61L 9/12 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 34/02 (2013.01) [A61L 9/12 (2013.01); A45D 2034/007 (2013.01); A45D 2200/051 (2013.01); A61L 2209/13 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for testing fragrances, comprising:
a container adapted to contain a fragrance which has at least one opening;
a removable cover comprising a fluid-tight and impermeable coating and an inner absorbing or porous material, wherein the fluid-tight and impermeable coating and the inner absorbing or porous material is attachable to and detachable from the container upon attaching the cover to and detaching the cover from the container; and
an absorbing element having
(i) a first portion configured to be housed within the container and continuously in direct contact with the fragrance, and
(ii) a second portion configured to move away from the first portion upon removal of the cover from the container, and configured to be displaced out of the opening and to an outside the container when the cover is removed from the container, and the second portion projecting outwardly from the cover towards the first portion through the opening when the cover is attached to the container;
wherein the cover is configured to at least partially cover the second portion of the absorbing element, the cover comprising the fluid-tight and impermeable coating to insulate the fragrance inside of the container and the inner absorbing or porous material to allow the fragrance to be transmitted to the inner absorbing or porous material from the absorbing element such that an inner cavity of the cover acts as an olfaction point allowing a user to smell the fragrance from the inner cavity only after releasing the cover from the container.