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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2010
Kara L. Lakatos, Racine, WI (US);
Ralph Schwarz, Racine, WI (US);
Tyler D. Duston, Evanston, ID (US);
Kara L. Lakatos, Racine, WI (US);
Ralph Schwarz, Racine, WI (US);
Tyler D. Duston, Evanston, ID (US);
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A wick assembly for use in a dispenser for a volatile liquid includes a wick having an external surface and a discontinuity in the surface providing a location in the wick of less resistance to a force applied to the wick than a location adjacent to the discontinuity. In one embodiment, the wick is adapted to be positioned to extend from an inside of a container, through an opening defined in the container, to an outside of the container, and the wick is formed such that a portion of the wick will block the opening when the wick is broken at the discontinuity.