Patents Represented by Attorney Michael J. McGreal
  • Patent number: 7641793
    Abstract: A plurality of magnets can be positioned around a container through the use of a plurality of holders that can be releaseably positioned around the container. Each holder has an area compatible in shape to the magnet to hold a magnet. The base of the holder which contracts the container is of a shape compatible to that of the container. There is at least one aperture on at least two sides of the holder. A strap is placed through the apertures and secured at each end. This secures the magnets to the container. The holder can have a flexible base portion or can itself be flexible. The holders can be at an angle of about 150° to about 210° to the axis of the container. The magnets can be positioned in various polar arrays around the container. The container will hold an aqueous liquid either in a static or flow condition. The container can be a bottle, pipe conduit and/or a filter within pipe conduit system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Inventor: Paul Michael Pedersen
  • Patent number: 6880251
    Abstract: A powered trimmer unit has been developed for single arm/hand use and without the need to bend over during use. The powered trimmer unit for grass and brush in attached to both a persons upper arm and forearm whereby the trimmer unit becomes an extension of the operator's arm and can readily be manipulated by one arm. This powered unit relieves the level of fatigue in the use of powered trimmer units since it does not require the use of two arms and a bending over during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Inventor: Richard L. Gambert
  • Patent number: 6729475
    Abstract: The carton can be used both as a shipper carton and a display carton. The carton comprises two or more channels for containing products. The channels can be opened to maintain the integrity of the carton for use as a display carton by maintaining the integrity of the base wall, but with the removal of substantially all of the top wall of each channel and a significant portion of the sidewalls of each channel. The remaining part of the sidewalls, a rear wall and the base provide the structure for the use of the carton as a display carton. If used as a shipper, a tear strip on the base wall is removed and the carton fully opened and emptied. The carton is made from a unique carton blank and a unique folding of the panels of the blank to make the carton. In particular the abutting walls of the channels are of a unique structure with each having a separate sidewall and these separate sidewalls not connected to the base wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Andrew Yuhas, Len La Plante, Leonard Beer
  • Patent number: 6726011
    Abstract: The present toothbrush display tray provides a way to display toothbrushes in a horizontal orientation in a stacked vertical array. The display tray comprises a plastic layer with a plurality of recesses. A toothbrush is held in each recess and a sheet of material overlays the plastic layer and closes the toothbrush holding recesses. There is a series of perforation, serrations and/or slits around each packaged toothbrush so that each packaged toothbrush can be removed individually. The display tray also can have an information section above the product section. The display tray is made by forming a plurality of recesses, each to hold a toothbrush. Each recess is filled with a toothbrush and a sheet of material overlayed on the plastic layer and bonded to the plastic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Anand Sarkar, Raju Ingale
  • Patent number: D545505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Inventor: Nicholas F. Cicero
  • Patent number: D488382
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Patrick M. Calello
  • Patent number: D489270
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D489994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D490320
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Yves Guislain
  • Patent number: D491067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D491813
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Patrick M. Calello
  • Patent number: D491815
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D492202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D494059
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Bruce Cummings
  • Patent number: D497685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Boyd
  • Patent number: D497686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Thomas J. Boyd
  • Patent number: D498670
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Nicholas Noe
  • Patent number: D499333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: John C. Crawford
  • Patent number: D499641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Nicholas Noe
  • Patent number: D499650
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: John C. Crawford, Patrick M. Calello