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App. No. 11/058,823

Articles, systems, and methods for dispensing volatile materials into the environment

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11/058,823
Abstract

Articles, systems and methods for dispensing multiple volatile materials into the environment, including but not limited to scents, are disclosed. Methods for providing volatile material-containing articles of manufacture are also disclosed.

Claims (10)

1 . A multiple scent-containing article which is capable of dispensing scents comprising:

a plurality of scent containing receptacles, and a single sealing mechanism which seals said receptacles when the article is not in use.

2 . The article of claim 1 further comprising a closed structure comprising a cover which has at least one opening therein configured for the emission of one of the scents at a given time.

3 . The article of claim 2 configured such that a user can manually select the scent to be emitted.

4 . The article of claim 1 comprising a blank section which does not have scents provided thereon or therein.

5 . The article of claim 1 wherein the scent containing receptacles comprise a perfume incorporated onto or into a suitable carrier.

6 . The article of claim 5 wherein the carrier is provided in a form selected from: a solid, a liquid, a gel, beads, encapsulates, wicks, a porous material impregnated with or containing the scent, and combination thereof.

7 . The article of claim 1 which has a configuration selected from the group consisting of: disc-shaped, oval, parallelepiped-shaped, rectangular, cube-shaped, cuboid-shaped, cylindrical-shaped, pyramid-shaped, spherical-shaped, or irregularly-shaped.

8 . The article of claim 1 further comprising a listing of scents contained in the article.

9 . The article of claim 8 wherein the listing of the scents comprises icons representing the scents.