Fragrance-Emitting Item
Disclosed is a containment component and a fragrant multi-layer assembly unit which may include at least three layers, namely a sheet forming a self-supporting carrier of the fragrance-emitting item, an adhesive interface and a liner, the sheet, which extends surface wise with a peripheral boundary, is made of paper, has a certain thickness or surface permeability on the front side, is adapted and designed to be impregnated therein with a fragrant fluid, includes a front forming the external face visible to the user of the fragrant multi-layer assembly unit, the fragrant fluid is received by the sheet, which in itself is a fragrance-emitting sheet, the scent of the fragrant fluid is released automatically and gradually from the fragrance-emitting sheet when the latter is placed in the ambient atmosphere.
1 . A decorative, informative, promotional fragrance-emitting item ( 1 ) distributed at the point of sale or as insertion in newspapers, periodicals, postal bulk mailings, interactive distribution terminals, to customers or potential buyers, by also transmitting to them an olfactory universe, as is before use, adapted and intended when in use to be fixed to a support (S) so as to show the user's view a decorative, informative or promotional surface and to give off the fragrance in the surrounding atmosphere, combining, on the one hand, a scented multilayer unit ( 2 ) with a fragrant fluid incorporated in a layer, an adhesive interface ( 5 ) forming a body with the back of the scented multilayer assembly ( 2 ), and a liner ( 6 ) releasably associated with the adhesive interface ( 5 ), on the other hand, a containment component ( 3 ) of the fragrant multi-layer assembly unit ( 2 ) so as to prevent the scent of the fragrant fluid from perfuming the ambient atmosphere before the first use of the fragrance-emitting item ( 1 ), said containment component ( 3 ) being adapted and intended to be open, such that, when in use, the fragrant multi-layer assembly unit ( 2 ) having been pulled out from the containment component ( 3 ) and the liner ( 6 ) having been separated from the adhesive interface ( 5 ), the adhesive interface ( 5 ) can be stuck on the support (S), wherein
the fragrant multi-layer assembly unit may comprise at least three layers, namely a sheet forming a self-supporting carrier for the fragrance-emitting item, the adhesive interface and the liner;
said sheet ( 4 ), which extends surface-wise with a peripheral boundary ( 4 c ):
is made of paper;
has a certain porosity;
is adapted and intended to be the vector of the fragrance of a fragrant fluid ( 7 );
has a back and a front ( 4 a ) forming the outer face visible to the user of the unitary assembly ( 2 );
the fragrant fluid ( 7 )—a typically alcoholic solution made from a concentrate—is incorporated either in said sheet ( 4 ) or in the adhesive interface ( 5 ), said sheet ( 4 ) being a fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 );
the adhesive interface ( 5 ) is of the type used for a self-adhesive item and is on the back ( 4 b ) of the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 );
the liner ( 6 ) is of the type used to protect an adhesive interface of a self-adhesive item prior to use and having been separated from the adhesive interface ( 5 ), the adhesive interface ( 5 ) can be glued to the support (S) and the perfumed multilayer assembly unit ( 2 ) fixed to the support (S);
the fragrance-emitting item ( 1 ) has an overall thickness of the order of magnitude of a millimeter and an overall length and width of the order of magnitude of a centimeter or a few centimeters,
the scent of the fragrant fluid ( 7 ) is released automatically and gradually from the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) when the latter is placed in the ambient atmosphere, so as to give off the fragrance of the olfactory universe ephemerally.
2 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 1 , wherein the fragrance-emitting item ( 1 ) in the fragrant fluid ( 7 ) is incorporated in the adhesive interface ( 5 ), the scent of the fragrant fluid ( 5 ) being released from the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) in contact with the adhesive interface ( 5 ) such that the scent of the fragrant fluid ( 5 ) migrates from the adhesive interface ( 5 ) up to the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ).
3 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 1 , wherein the fragrant fluid ( 7 ) is incorporated in the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) by impregnation thereof.
4 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 1 , further comprising towards its back side, a substrate ( 8 ) which extends surface-wise with a peripheral boundary ( 8 c ), having a back ( 8 b ) and a front ( 8 a ) which is integral with the liner ( 6 ) which is invisible to the user.
5 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 4 , wherein the peripheral boundary ( 8 c ) of the substrate ( 8 ) and the peripheral boundary ( 4 c ) of the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) substantially coincide.
6 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 4 , wherein the peripheral boundary ( 8 c ) of the substrate ( 8 ) goes beyond the peripheral limit ( 4 c ) of the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ), the peripheral limit ( 4 c ) of the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) going below the peripheral boundary ( 8 c ) of the substrate ( 8 ), the fragrance-emitting item ( 1 ) comprising a framing sheet ( 9 ) having an inner limit ( 9 ci ) and a limit outer ( 9 ce ), the framing sheet ( 9 ) being disposed between the peripheral boundary ( 8 c ) of the substrate ( 8 ) and the peripheral boundary ( 4 c ) of the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ).
7 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 6 , wherein the inner limit ( 9 ci ) and the outer limit ( 9 ce ) of the framing sheet ( 9 ) and, respectively, the peripheral boundary ( 4 c ) of the fragrance sheet ( 4 ) and the peripheral boundary ( 8 c ) of the substrate ( 8 ) substantially coincide.
8 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 7 , wherein the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) and the framing sheet ( 9 ) are parts of the same sheet, the inner limit ( 9 ci ) of the framing sheet ( 9 ) and the peripheral boundary ( 4 c ) of the fragrance sheet ( 4 ) being formed by the same cutting line ( 10 ) of the same sheet.
9 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 1 , comprising either a single fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) or several fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) which are spaced out from each other or are at least partly adjoined.
10 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 1 , wherein, both/either:
The front ( 4 a ) of the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ), where appropriate, the front ( 9 a ) of the framing sheet ( 9 ), comprises visible decorative, informative or promotional printings;
the fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) has a basis weight of between approximately 200 and 300 g/m 2 ;
the liner ( 6 ) is a silicone glassine paper on one side;
the adhesive interface ( 5 ) is removable or repositionable.
11 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 1 , wherein the containment component ( 3 ) of the fragrant multi-layer assembly unit ( 2 ) is fitted thereto, so as to confine the scent of the fragrant fluid ( 7 ).
12 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 2 , the fragrance-emitting item ( 1 ) which also comprises towards its back side, a substrate ( 8 ) which extends surface-wise with a peripheral boundary ( 8 c ), having a back ( 8 b ) and a front ( 8 a ) which is integral with the liner ( 6 ) which is invisible to the user.
13 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 3 , the fragrance-emitting item ( 1 ) which also comprises towards its back side, a substrate ( 8 ) which extends surface-wise with a peripheral boundary ( 8 c ), having a back ( 8 b ) and a front ( 8 a ) which is integral with the liner ( 6 ) which is invisible to the user.
14 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 2 , comprising either a single fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) or several fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) which are spaced out from each other or are at least partly adjoined.
15 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 3 , comprising either a single fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) or several fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) which are spaced out from each other or are at least partly adjoined.
16 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 4 , comprising either a single fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) or several fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) which are spaced out from each other or are at least partly adjoined.
17 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 5 , comprising either a single fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) or several fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) which are spaced out from each other or are at least partly adjoined.
18 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 2 , comprising either a single fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) or several fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) which are spaced out from each other or are at least partly adjoined.
19 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 6 , comprising either a single fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) or several fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) which are spaced out from each other or are at least partly adjoined.
20 . The fragrance-emitting item of claim 7 , comprising either a single fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) or several fragrance-emitting sheet ( 4 ) which are spaced out from each other or are at least partly adjoined.