Multi-orientation low profile dual outlet volatile dispenser
View Patent ↗The invention provides means within an improved vapor dispensing device to accommodate or compensate for multiple orientations of an outlet into which the device is to be inserted. Orientation compensation is accomplished by inverted and/or rotatable electrical adapters, universal contacts on a base member, enlarged passive dispersion channels, enlarged emanators, multiple emanators, baffles cooperating with an emanator, and/or sleeves encasing multiple wicks to allow for operation of the device in multiple orientations.
1. A vapor-dispensing device of the type configured to connect to an electrical receptacle having a first outlet and a second outlet, comprising:
a removable refill body containing a volatile material;
a first heating element at a first end of said device configured to heat said volatile material to provide substantially consistent dispersion of said volatile material and activated by said device being oriented in a first upright orientation; and
a second heating element at a second end of said device configured to heat said volatile material to provide substantially consistent dispersion of said volatile material and activated by said device being oriented in a second inverted orientation.
2. A vapor-dispensing device of the type configured to connect to an electrical receptacle having a first outlet and a second outlet, comprising:
a pair of prongs configured to connect to said first outlet or said second outlet wherein one prong is dimensionally distinct from the other prong; and
at least one emanator configured and disposed with respect to an axis of said device to substantially consistently dispense a volatile material independent of whether said device is in a first upright orientation or in a second inverted orientation.
3. The device of claim 2 , wherein said at least one emanator is disposed along the vertical length of a side portion of said device.
4. The device of claim 2 , wherein said at least one emanator is disposed along substantially the full length of the periphery of said device.
5. The device of claim 2 , wherein said at least one emanator includes a first emanator disposed along a top portion of said device and a second emanator disposed along a bottom portion of said device.
6. A vapor-dispensing device of the type configured to be inserted into an electrical receptacle, comprising:
an outlet body having at least one pair of polar electrical prongs and at least one electrical receptacle;
a base member removably attachable to said outlet body in an upright orientation when said outlet body is in an upright orientation and when said outlet body is in an inverted orientation;
a reservoir removably attachable to said base member.
7. An improved vapor-dispensing device of the type configured to be inserted into and mimic a polar electrical receptacle, the improvement comprising:
an adapter configured to receive a first pair and a third pair of polar electrical prongs on said device, said adapter having a second pair and a fourth pair of polar electrical prongs geometrically inverted relative to said first pair and said third pair of electrical prongs for insertion into said polar electrical receptacle.
8. An improved vapor-dispensing device of the type configured to be inserted into a polar electrical receptacle, the improvement comprising:
two rotatable pairs of polar electrical prongs allowing for orientation of said device independent of a configuration of said electrical receptacle into which said device is to be inserted.
9. A vapor-dispensing device of the type configured to be inserted into a standard electrical receptacle, comprising:
an outlet body comprising:
a pair of electrical prongs for insertion into said electrical receptacle;
a first electrical outlet;
a second electrical outlet; and
an electrical contact;
a base member configured to removably attach to said outlet body in an upright orientation when said outlet body is in an upright orientation and when said outlet body is in an inverted orientation by at least one of a press-fit, snap-fit and a slide-fit;
a reservoir removably attachable to said base member; and
an active dispensing mechanism configured to be powered by said electrical contact when said reservoir is attached to said base member.
10. A vapor-dispensing device as in claim 1 wherein:
said first heating element is disactivated by said device being oriented in a second inverted orientation; and
said second heating element is disactivated by said device being oriented in a first upright orientation.