Ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener apparatus includes a housing assembly which includes a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion projecting upward from the lower housing portion. The upper housing portion includes a plurality of vent apertures.

An air freshener/matrix assembly is housed within the housing assembly. A housing-to-blade connector connects the housing assembly to a ceiling fan blade. In one embodiment, the housing-to-blade connector is comprised of a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive bonded to a bottom side of the lower housing portion. The housing-to-blade connector further includes a peel strip removably adhered to a bottom surface of the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive.

The housing assembly includes a pointed end, and the air freshener/matrix assembly includes a complementary pointed end. The pointed end of the air freshener/matrix assembly is wedged into the pointed end of the housing assembly under an influence of centrifugal force.

In a second embodiment, the housing-to-blade connector is comprised of a clip assembly which includes a pair of spring clamp members which project upward from a clip base member. A centrifugal stop member projects upward from the clip base member. A layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive is bonded to a bottom side of the clip base member. A peel strip is removably adhered to a bottom surface of the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive. A carrier assembly retains the air freshener/matrix assembly. The carrier assembly includes a pointed end.

Still other features would be desirable in a ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener apparatus. For example, a pressure sensitive adhesive is used to temporarily mount numerous objects on numerous surfaces. In this respect, it would be desirable if a ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener device can be mounted using a pressure sensitive adhesive. Alternatively, mechanical mounting brackets using a spring action are often used for temporarily mounting numerous objects on numerous surfaces. In this respect, it would be desirable if a ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener device can be mounted using a mechanical bracket having a spring action.

A ceiling fan blade has a top surface and a bottom surface. The bottom surface is visible from below the blade, and the top surface is not visible from below the blade. In order to use a ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener device that is not visible by persons in the room below the blade, it would be desirable if the ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener device were mounted on the top surface of the ceiling fan blade.

To achieve the foregoing and other advantages, the present invention, briefly described, provides a ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener apparatus which includes a housing assembly which includes a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion projecting upward from the lower housing portion. The upper housing portion includes a plurality of vent apertures. An air freshener/matrix assembly is housed within the housing assembly. A housing-to-blade connector connects the housing assembly to a ceiling fan blade.

In one embodiment of the invention, the housing-to-blade connector is comprised of a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive bonded to a bottom side of the lower housing portion. The housing-to-blade connector further includes a peel strip removably adhered to a bottom surface of the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive.

The housing assembly includes a pointed end, and the air freshener/matrix assembly includes a complementary pointed end. The pointed end of the air freshener/matrix assembly is wedged into the pointed end of the housing assembly under an influence of centripetal force.

In a second embodiment of the invention, the housing-to-blade connector is comprised of a clip assembly which includes a clip base member which includes a clamp-holding portion, a stop-holding portion, and an intermediate portion between the clamp-holding portion and the stop-holding portion. A pair of spring clamp members project upward from the clamp-holding portion of the clip base member. A centrifugal stop member projects upward from the stop-holding portion of the clip base member. A layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive is bonded to a bottom side of the clip base member. A peel strip is removably adhered to a bottom surface of the layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive. A carrier assembly retains the air freshener/matrix assembly. The carrier assembly includes a pointed end.

The above brief description sets forth rather broadly the more important features of the present invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contributions to the art may be better appreciated. There are, of course, additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will be for the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

In this respect, before explaining at least two preferred embodiments of the invention in detail, it is understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of the construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood, that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.

As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for designing other structures, methods, and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener apparatus which has all of the advantages of the prior art and none of the disadvantages.Still a further object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener apparatus which does not employ a mounting strap that encircles the ceiling fan blade.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved ceiling fan blade mounted air freshener apparatus that is provides with a single-component for attaching an air freshener to a ceiling fan blade.