USPatent applicationPatented

Fragrance sampler

Granted 17 Jan 2012 · 1 office action

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29/332,251
filed 11 Feb 2009
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Patent
US D652499
granted 17 Jan 2012

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the dock of the fragrance sampler, the dock removed for ease of illustration;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the dock of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the dock of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the dock of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the dock of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the dock of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the dock of FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a scent module of the fragrance sampler, the scent module removed for ease of illustration;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the scent module of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the scent module of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 11 is a left side view of the scent module of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 12 is a right side view of the scent module of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 13 is a top view of the scent module of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the scent module of FIG. 8 ;

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the fragrance sampler which is comprised of a plurality of scent modules loaded into a dock, with the dock being mounted to a shelf;

FIG. 16 is a front view of the scent modules and dock of FIG. 15 ; and,

FIG. 17 is a left side view of the fragrance sampler with the scent modules loaded in the dock.

The broken lines appearing in FIGS. 1-17 define the bounds of the claimed design and/or disclose environment related to the claimed design, and therefore form no part of the claimed design.

In an exemplary embodiment the nature of this product is as a device for holding a plurality of scented compositions, and providing a mechanism by which users can sample individual fragrances. The dock of the device may be mounted on a retail shelf, such as a front edge or the like, with individual scent modules being removably mounted in apertures provided in the dock.

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/366

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Examiner
Sandra Snapp
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