Patents Represented by Attorney Michael J. D'Amelio
  • Patent number: 5642860
    Abstract: A hand holdable spray delivery system for dispensing a relatively viscous and/or solids laden liquid is provided. This spray delivery system includes a container adapted to house the liquid. A manually actuated pump device is mounted on the container. The pump device including an inlet passage, a pump chamber, and a discharge passage having a distal end connected in liquid communication so that the liquid is pumped from within the container, through the inlet passage, into the pump chamber and through the discharge passage upon manual actuation of the pump device. A slotted spray nozzle including a housing having an inlet side and an exit side is also included. The housing having an internal recess through the inlet side that terminates in an elongated orifice at the exit side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephan G. Bush, Dimitris I. Collias, Stephen F. Evans
  • Patent number: 5639025
    Abstract: A hand holdable spray delivery system for dispensing a fluid is provided. This spray delivery system includes a container adapted to house the fluid. The fluid being relatively viscous and preferably also being solids laden. A manually actuated pump device is mounted on the container. The pump device including an inlet passage, a pump chamber, and a discharge passage having a distal end connected in fluid communication so that the fluid is pumped from within the container, through the inlet passage, into the pump chamber and through the discharge passage upon manual actuation of the pump device. A spray nozzle including a housing having an inlet side and an exit side is also included. The housing having an internal recess through the inlet side that terminates in an elongated orifice at the exit side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Stephan G. Bush
  • Patent number: 5636412
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substantially permanent, fixed-circumference, non-abrasive binding device for gathering and binding plural articles, including a locking head, a tail, and an elongate strap therebetween. The head and tail ends include cooperative locking means for securing the tail end in the locking head. The tail end includes outwardly projecting tail barbs to facilitate pulling the tail end through the locking head, and subsequently to facilitate engagement of locking barbs located on the end of the strap with barb stops located in the head. A score line is preformed across the tail end at a point between the locking barbs and the tail end, to provide for a break-any tail which can be removed after engagement of the locking barbs with the barb stops in the head. Upon engagement of the locking barbs with the barb stops, the score line is at a position slightly inside of the locking head so that no sharp or abrasive edge will be exposed after the tail end is broken off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Frank Lodi, Craig A. Hawkins, Richard M. Girardot, Richard R. Tompkins
  • Patent number: 5607058
    Abstract: A two-cell windowed carton is provided for displaying a pair of disparate articles in side by side relation which is formed from a one piece blank of cartonboard. The display carton has opposing front and back walls, opposing top and bottom walls, and opposing first and second side walls. These walls are connected forming a box. Only the opposing top and bottom walls have a double thickness of cartonboard. The front wall has a compartment dividing wall foldably connected thereto. The compartment dividing wall extends inwardly from the front wall to a compartment wall support. The compartment dividing wall separates a first article cell from a second article cell. The first article cell has an opening in the front wall and also has a back intermediate wall. The back intermediate wall is spaced inwardly from and parallel to the back wall by a compartment wall support. The back intermediate wall extends between the first side wall and the compartment dividing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph A. Huesman, Gene M. Altonen
  • Patent number: 5600933
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a flexible package for dispensing a product through a fitment. The package has a planar enclosed body extending between a bottom end and a top end. The package further includes a planar gusset panel sealed to the body at the top end. The gusset panel is sealed to the body such that the package can be folded so that the gusset panel will lie flat against and in the same plane as the body of the package. The gusset panel further includes an aperture disposed therein. A dispensing fitment extends through the aperture on the gusset panel for dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jerald R. Wiles, Dana P. Gruenbacher
  • Patent number: D374542
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yen Chin-Hsieh, David S. J. Chang, Cora M. Chu, David A. Lanner, Benito A. Romanach
  • Patent number: D374624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Andrea C. Paoloski
  • Patent number: D380302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Daniel William Volpenhein
  • Patent number: D381270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paolo R. Ballarin, An Josepha M. Camps, Timothy J. Beechuk
  • Patent number: D381271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Andrea C. Paoloski
  • Patent number: D381274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael Hung-Tai Luh, Aram Jesse Irwin, Roland Charriez, Angela Katherine Carter
  • Patent number: D381580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily K. Kokenge, Geneva G. Otten, Douglas W. Smith, Robert E. Dawson
  • Patent number: D381903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gregory A. Zimmer, Jerome P. Cappel, Robert R. Notz
  • Patent number: D381906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Eric R. Bartsch
  • Patent number: D382479
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephen W. D'Amico, Robert C. Best, Jim F. Warner, Thomas B. Aldrich, III
  • Patent number: D382812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Emily K. Kokenge, Richard N. Hirst, Richard C. Edstrom
  • Patent number: D383976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wendy Allinsmith, Ross A. Swigert, Michael S. Kerth
  • Patent number: D383977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Wendy Allinsmith, Ross A. Swigert, Michael S. Kerth
  • Patent number: D384285
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 30, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Stephen W. D'Amico, Michael R. Morgan, Thomas B. Aldrich, III, Jim F. Warner
  • Patent number: D385778
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 4, 1997
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Michael H. Luh, Gregory A. Zimmer, Sunshine J. Thomas, William H. Valls