US 12,011,519 B2
Air scenting appliance for a vehicle
Nathan Sward, Wauwatosa, WI (US); Matthew Ansley, Muskego, WI (US); Richard Weening, Seattle, WA (US); and Juan Moncada, Seattle, WA (US)
Assigned to Prolitec Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed by Prolitec Inc., Seattle, WA (US)
Filed on Mar. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/128,091.
Application 18/128,091 is a continuation of application No. 17/714,927, filed on Apr. 6, 2022, granted, now 11,660,366.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/173,475, filed on Apr. 11, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0277715 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61L 9/00 (2006.01); A61L 9/14 (2006.01); B01D 47/02 (2006.01); B60H 3/00 (2006.01); F02M 45/10 (2006.01)
CPC A61L 9/14 (2013.01) [B60H 3/0007 (2013.01); A61L 2209/11 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An air scenting appliance, comprising:
a form factor configured to be insertably received in a cup holder of a vehicle, and including:
a housing comprising a rigid material and containing one or more functional components of the air scenting appliance; and
a sleeve comprising a compressible and/or an elastically deformable material, the sleeve being separate and distinct from the housing and surrounding at least a lower portion of the housing to assist in fitting the air scenting appliance within the cup holder.