S. C. Johnson Son, Inc.

Murthy S Munagavalasa

Stanley J Flashinski

Paul E Furner

Kamran Faterioun

David R Carlson

Stacey L Forkner

Julie Palm

Noah I Tracy

Gopal P Ananth

Nancy J Vnuk

Daniel L Hurrle

Stephen B Leonard

Thomas A Helf

Edward L Paas

Jeffrey L Harwig

Michael E Short

Gene Sipinski

David J Houser

Michael J Skalitzky

Adam Hagop Buchaklian

P Prabodh Varanasi

John F Goelz

Kevan Gartland

Bruno W Fricke

Edgar Pohlmann

A removable substrate for an insect attractant device includes a body having front and rear faces. The body includes a grip portion with a slot and a lower portion disposed below the grip portion. The lower portion includes a retention aperture, a first lateral portion, and a second lateral, with a gap extending between the first lateral portion and the second lateral portion. An adhesive is applied to the front face and the rear face, the adhesive being positioned between the grip portion and the lower portion, and being surrounded by an adhesive-free border on the front face and the rear face.

Insect trap device

A removable substrate for an insect attractant device includes a body having front and rear faces, a grip portion, and a base disposed opposite the grip portion. The removable substrate further includes a first lateral portion extending from the base, and a second lateral portion extending from the base. A projection extends outwardly from the base, lowermost ends of the first and second lateral portions are disposed below the projection, and an adhesive is applied to the front face and the rear face.

An attachment mechanism for a container includes a bracket and a connector. The bracket has upper and lower portions. An annular wall is disposed between the upper and lower portions. A plurality of projections extend from the lower portion. The projections are adapted to releasably engage an upper portion of a container. A tab extends radially inwardly from the upper portion. The connector has a prong, wherein a distal portion of the prong is spaced circumferentially from the connector. The prong is adapted to be secured within a slot defined between the tab and the annular wall.

Attachment mechanism for a dispenser

A diffusion device includes a housing having a battery disposed therein and adapted to receive a replaceable fluid reservoir for holding a fluid, wherein the fluid reservoir includes a wick for movement of the fluid to a discharge end thereof. The diffusion device further includes a piezoelectric element energized by a power source for vibrating a perforated orifice plate disposed adjacent the discharge end of the wick, wherein the piezoelectric element develops vibratory movement to pump the fluid from the discharge end through the perforated discharge plate and into the atmosphere. A control circuit and light emitting diode ('LED') are disposed in the housing, wherein the control circuit energizes the LED at a particular frequency when the dispenser is active and a voltage developed by the battery is above a threshold voltage.

Diffusion device

A time duration of end of product life indicator is disclosed which utilizes a volatile dye coated or impregnated into a substrate or carrier. The dye evaporates as a volatile component of the product evaporates thereby changing the color of the substrate or carrier. The consumer is alerted to the depletion of the volatile component of the product when the substrate or carrier changes from a colored or dyed state to an uncolored state. As a result, a visual time duration or end of product life indicator is provided.

End of use and time duration indicator system and method based on volatile dye

An insect control article to control flying insects. The insect control article has a non-absorptive and inert substrate that is coated with an active insect control ingredient that is available for passive evaporation. The active insect control ingredient is selected from the group consisting of transfluthrin, tefluthrin, and combinations thereof. The method of the invention for controlling flying insects includes providing an insect control article having a non-absorptive, inert substrate that is coated with an active insect control ingredient available for passive evaporation, wherein the active insect control ingredient is selected from the group consisting of transfluthrin, tefluthrin, and combinations thereof. The insect control article is then placed in an environment in such a manner that the substrate of the insect control article is exposed to non-augmented air movement, and the active insect control ingredient coated on the substrate is allowed to evaporate passively into the air.

Passive space insect repellant strip

Homogenous insecticidal compositions are disclosed in which a non-polar insecticide is dissolved in one or more polar solvents. The compositions have very low viscosity and high flash points and are suitable for use with a piezoelectric liquid atomizer.

Insect repellant formulation deliverable by piezoelectric device

Disclosed herein is an article (such as an insect control pouch) to dispense a volatile active (such as an insect control agent). The pouch is formed from a single layer polymeric non-absorbing film. The pouch traps the active until use of the pouch is desired. When the pouch is opened the walls of the pouch serve as a substrate from which the active can readily passively evaporate. Methods of forming such pouches using heat sealing techniques, and methods of using such pouches, are also disclosed.

Insect control pouch

Disclosed herein are devices for dispensing volatile vapors such as insecticides. Table-like carrier members provide a compartment for the volatile material. One or more table leg structures extend down from a table top to support a cavity in the table top a distance above a burner element. This results in more moderate and uniform heating, thereby permitting efficient release of the volatile material over a longer period of time. In some versions the table leg structures and table top are formed as separate pieces and designed to permit side-to-side ventilation under the volatile.

Device for dispensing volatile materials

Disclosed herein are devices for dispensing volatile vapors such as insecticides. Table-like carrier members provide a compartment for the volatile material. One or more table leg structures extend down from a table top to support a cavity in the table top a distance above a burner element. This results in more moderate and uniform heating, thereby permitting efficient release of the volatile material over a longer period of time.

A method is disclosed for imparting hydrophobicity to the surface of a substrate that is repeatedly treated with a solution containing a low level organofunctional silane. The method has particular application in toilet bowl dispensing systems, hard surface cleaners and for providing abrasion or scratch resistant coatings.

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Racine, WI, United States of America

Murthy S Munagavalasa