ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,003, issued on April 29.

"Scent dispersal assembly" was invented by Shane Armand (Mandeville, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scent dispersal assembly may include an assembly container having a container interior. A scent containing insert may include a scent receptacle which is selectively deployable in a closed, sealing configuration in the container interior and extendable from the container interior of the assembly container to an open, scent dispensing-configuration. The scent receptacle may include a scent receptacle interior suitably sized and configured to contain at least one scent medium. At least one scent dispensing a...