The Procter Gamble Company

Charles Michael Hardy

Frank Andrej Kvietok

Jeffrey Donald Painter

Toan Trinh

Lawrence Andrew Schumacher

Eric Richard Bartsch

Mary Vijayarani Barnabas

John William Smith

Kurt Alfred Karussi

Jacqueline Marie Duderstadt

Paul Stiros

Kevin George Goodall

Samuel James Morris, Iii

Bienvenido Alvarez Santos

Rick Ah-Man Woo

Clarence E Campbell

Samuel James Iii Morris

Shelley Lynn Dauderman

Multiple use fabric conditioning blocks comprising indentations and/or protrusions are useful for conditioning fabric.

Multiple use fabric conditioning block with indentations

Apparatus and methods for removing malodor from the air, particularly from confined spaces are disclosed. Such devices and methods are useful for example for storing and preserving food in closed compartments such as refrigerators. The apparatus and methods utilize baking soda as the odor removing substance, either alone, or in combination with another odor removing substance, which may include activated carbon. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a detachable cartridge member which contains baking soda. In one version of this embodiment, the detachable cartridge member is used with an air moving member that draws air through the detachable cartridge member. In one embodiment, the method involves using a detachable cartridge member with an air moving member in one confined space, and using another cartridge member without the air moving member in another compartment of the confined space. In another embodiment, may also be used for emitting a scent, or other substance (including, but not limited to insecticides, air fresheners, deodorants, aromacology, aromatherapy, or any other odor that acts to condition, modify, or otherwise charge the atmosphere or to modify the environment) into the air.

Apparatus and method for deodorizing confined air spaces which utilize baking soda

Apparatus and methods for deodorizing and/or freshening the air are disclosed. In one non-limiting embodiment, the apparatus includes one or more passive members and an air moving member. The passive member can be detachable from the air moving member and used separately as a passive filter member, if it contains a deodorizing substance, or as a passive emitting member, if it contains a substance to be emitted into the air. Numerous combinations of passive filter members and passive emitting members can be used with the air moving member, or as stand-alone members in the described methods. In other non-limiting embodiments, devices can be provided that both deodorize and emit substances into the air. Kits are also provided. The substances to be emitted may be arranged in various ways to improve the amount of exposed surface area of the substance to be emitted. Intensity controlling mechanisms are also provided.

Apparatus and method for deodorizing and/or freshening air

Surface pattern of a seam for a disposable article

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Norwood, OH, United States of America

Charles Michael Hardy