Patents Examined by S L Willatt
  • Patent number: 6698626
    Abstract: A lint remover and spray dispenser apparatus rotatably supports a tubular adhesive lint remover tape roll or fixedly supports a single strip or multiple strips of a directional lint remover fabric. The apparatus includes an elongated handle section and a cylindrical or oblong support section. The elongated handle has an open end having external threads adjacent to the open end. A spray top having a hand pump and a threaded cap is mounted on the elongated handle. The liquid container-handle combination may be a molded polymer container having a trigger activated spray pump attached thereto. Alternately, the handle is configured to receive a separate liquid spray dispenser container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: William D. McKay
  • Patent number: 6659310
    Abstract: A product dispensing and drainback fitting, for directing the flow of a liquid product from a container and minimizing the occurrence of double pour, having an outer wall for engagement with the neck of said container; an inner spout centrically positioned within said outer wall, a base extending between said wall and said spout and creating a circumscribing well, a longitudinal slot formed in said inner spout, said longitudinal slot beginning at a point about 30 mm to about 48 mm above said base and extending the remainder of the length of said spout; and drainback hole formed in said base and aligned with said longitudinal slot, said drainback hole having an area of about 10 mm2 to about 20 mm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher J. Wolpert