Filter and air freshener apparatus

Claim 1

Air filter apparatus and air freshener for filtering air and delivering an air freshener composition to a domestic air supply comprising air filter element means for filtering air, a plurality of sealed air freshener container means positioned for holding an air freshener composition in said air filter element, each of said container means having an effluent opening and an influent opening intersected by a central axis, said central axis lying in the direction of air flow through said air filter, said air freshener container means having individual closure means thereon positioned over both and removable from at least one of said influent openings and said effluent openings for sealing said container means, said closure means being individually removable from said container means to allow air to contact said air freshener, said container means being mounted on a panel lying in a plane parallel to the plane of said air filter element means, said container means projecting through said air filter element means, said axis of said container means being transverse to said panel and substantially parallel to the line of air flow through said air filter element means, whereby the removal of said closure means individually from said container means and from any combination of said container means controls the quantity of delivery of said composition to a domestic air supply system passing through said filter element and contacting said container means having said closure means removed therefrom.