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Premark Wb Holdings, Inc.

David C Belongia

Scott D Walter

William C Cesaroni

Mark E Wefler

William C Dobson

Brad P Baranowski

Aparna Unnikrishnan

Dennis Jon Beaumont

Annette T Klein

Michael J Goodrich

Paul E Furner

Jose Porchia

Donald J Schumacher

Scott H Micoley

Nitin Sharma

Marilyn M Johnson

Saleh Adam Saleh

Kwamena Gyakye degraft-Johnson

Raymund J Alfaro

Robert V Myszka

Michael D Eskra

Gustave J Jockers

Hui Ming Kuo

Thomas A Helf

Richard S Walters

James R Crapser

Jeffrey J Christianson

Amelia H Majerowski

Mark Niederberger

Gerald K Bowen

Thomas Froehlich

Maciej K Tasz

Jeffrey J Wolf

Jeffrey P Zagrodnik

Shawn Barrett

Bradley H Price

James J Bolstad

Joao Paulo Possidonio Miguens

Annette T Kruepke

Sally K Cashin

Steven Cozzolino

Pedro Emanuel Vasconcelos De Queiroz Vieira

Kara J Mackey

Joanne V Turchany

Erica LeBlanc

Miguel Do Canto Moniz Bual

João Paulo Possidónio Miguens

Saleh A Saleh

Kwamena Gyakye Degraft-Johnson

A wax warmer includes a body, an electrical assembly, a base plate, and a sleeve. The electrical assembly is positioned within an interior space of the body and includes an electrical cord that extends outside the body. The sleeve forms an electrical barrier positioned within the interior space and surrounding the electrical assembly. The sleeve is coupled to the base plate and a portion of the electrical cord that passes through an opening in the sleeve is retained by the base plate and the sleeve.

Electrical barrier for wax warmer

According to one aspect, a wax warmer includes a body to support a reservoir adapted to receive a wax melt. The wax warmer also includes a heater having a first heating state to heat the wax melt from a first temperature below a melting point of the wax melt to a second temperature above the melting point of the wax melt in a predetermined amount of time. The heater has a second heating state to substantially maintain the wax melt within a temperature range above the melting point of the wax melt.

Wax warmers

A wax warmer includes a reservoir module for receiving a wax melt, a heater module, and a base module. The heater module includes a heating element. The reservoir module, the heater module, and the base module are removable from one another in the normal use of the wax warmer and may be replaced by a second reservoir module, a second heater module, or a second base module, respectively.

Wax warmer

A wax warmer includes a body, a top plate disposed adjacent a top end of the body, a base plate disposed adjacent a bottom end of the body, an electrical assembly positioned within an interior space of the body, the electrical assembly in electrical communication with an electrical cord, and a sleeve. The sleeve forms an electrical barrier positioned within the interior space and surrounding the electrical assembly, and the sleeve defines a slot configured to provide passage for the electrical cord.

A product dispensing system includes a housing that has a sidewall with at least one communication element provided thereon. The sidewall has at least a first side and a second different side coupled to the first side, the first side and the second side each configured to extend below a bottom of a container coupled to the housing. A dispensing opening is provided on a first side of the sidewall. A switch controls an automatic dispensing sequence. The at least one communication element is configured to provide guidance as to how to set-up, hold, orient, spray, or otherwise use the product dispensing system, and the second different side of the sidewall is configured to accommodate a user's hand in an ergonomic manner.

Product dispensing system

Wearable devices for dispensing insect repellents, fragrances, and/or other chemicals along the outside of the clothing of a human are disclosed. They are of the type that are clipped onto a belt or the like, and use a powered fan to dispense active. They are configured with fan rotor arrangements to minimize power use while still achieving acceptable air flow rates. These changes permit use of smaller batteries and more compact arrangements for battery positioning. This in turn permits a much more compact and lightweight construction to achieve the desired results. The devices are also provided with a rotatable clip structure to render use of the device more comfortable when the user is seated and to provide greater control over the direction of the dispensing. Further, they are provided with modified lids to facilitate active refill replacement.

Wearable chemical dispenser

A wax warmer includes a body, a reservoir, and a plate. The reservoir is adapted to receive a wax melt. The plate is disposed adjacent to the body and the reservoir. A first surface of the plate is in thermal communication with the reservoir. A retention bracket is provided on a second surface of the plate. A threaded shaft extends from an outside surface of the retention bracket toward the interior of the body.

A product dispensing system includes a housing that has a sidewall with at least one orifice and at least one protrusion in alignment with the at least one orifice. An exterior surface of the at least one protrusion provides a visual contrast in color, texture, or surface finish that differs from that of an exterior surface of the sidewall adjacent the orifice.

A method of attaching a refill to a volatile material dispenser includes the step of providing a volatile material dispenser that includes a housing, a first implement that attaches a refill containing a volatile material to the housing, and a second implement that attaches the refill to the housing, wherein the first and second implements include different features. The method further includes the step of attaching the refill in a first orientation to the volatile material dispenser, wherein in the first orientation, the first implement retains the refill. Still further, the method includes the step of attaching the refill in a second orientation different than the first orientation to the volatile material dispenser, wherein in the second orientation, the second implement retains the refill.

Volatile material dispenser and method of attaching a refill or refills to same

A wax warmer includes a body, an electrical assembly positioned within an interior space of the body, and a sleeve positioned within the interior space. The sleeve surrounds and provides a barrier to the electrical assembly.

A product dispensing system includes a housing that has a sidewall with at least one surface variation provided thereon. A dispensing opening is provided on a first side of the sidewall. A manual actuation button is provided on a second different side of the sidewall. A gripping force between about 25 N to about 40 N is utilized to hold the housing within a human hand without additional support.

A rotatable electrical plug assembly for a volatile material dispenser includes a support block including a base having a base member and a wall extending from the base member and forming a cavity with the base member. The plug assembly further includes a cover disposed within the cavity and electrical plug pins extending through apertures in the base and including contacts that extend at an angle of about 90 degrees with respect to the plug pins, wherein the contacts are disposed between the base member and the cover. A ratio of an overall plug assembly thickness over a plug pin thickness is less than about 1.5.

Rotatable plug assembly and housing for a volatile material dispenser

Dispenser

A volatile material dispenser includes an upper housing with an opening extending therethrough and a lower housing with an opening extending therethrough, wherein the upper housing is secured to the lower housing to define a cavity therebetween. Electrical circuitry is disposed within the cavity, wherein the electrical circuitry includes a heater and a USB interface that extends from the upper and lower housings. Further, a volatile material cartridge is disposed within the cavity. The dispenser is adapted to dispense volatile material from the volatile material cartridge through the openings in the upper and lower housings in a passive mode and an active mode, wherein the USB interface is coupled to a power source to energize the heater in the active mode.

Volatile material dispenser

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Burlington, WI, United States of America

David C Belongia