| CPC B60H 3/0007 (2013.01) [B60H 1/0025 (2013.01); B60H 1/00428 (2013.01); B60H 1/0065 (2013.01); B60H 1/2215 (2013.01); B60H 2003/0057 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |
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1. An air freshener device comprising:
a main housing including an interior chamber;
a cover removably attachable to a top of the main housing, and the cover including at least one air vent;
an electrically powered heater within the interior chamber;
a wax melt container for holding a fragrant wax material therein, and the wax melt container including a bottom, an open top and a side wall structure extending from the bottom to the open top, and the wax melt container further including a removable lid for covering the open top of the wax melt container, and the removable lid including at least one vent opening, and at least the bottom of the wax melt container being formed of a flexible and resilient material that is adapted to be depressed inwardly towards an interior of the wax melt container for urging release of the fragrant wax material after melting and re-hardening;
a support structure for removably supporting the wax melt container within the interior chamber of the main housing so that at least the bottom of the wax melt container is in heat receiving relation to the electrically powered heater to cause the fragrant wax material to melt and release an aroma upwardly towards the lid and through the at least one vent opening;
an electrically powered fan within the interior chamber of the main housing for creating an upward airflow through the interior chamber and out through the at least one air vent in the cover and causing the aroma released by the melting fragrant wax material to be carried upwardly in the airflow and out through the at least one air vent in the cover; and
the lid of the wax melt container having a closure mechanism for preventing the melted fragrant wax material from spilling out of the wax melt container.
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