Patents by Inventor Bryan Bruce Willert
Bryan Bruce Willert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10765101Abstract: The disclosure provides a container for trapping insects. The container includes a base defining a cavity configured to receive a lure pod, and a lid removably coupled to the base. The base includes at least one base shoulder for supporting a lure pod within the cavity. The lid includes a nozzle including a tube defining a passageway for insects to enter into the cavity. The lid and the base are moveable between an open configuration configured to receive a lure pod and a closed configuration configured to secure the lure pod within the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 8, 2020Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Patent number: 10669705Abstract: A toilet bowl treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a hanger having a detent, and a blister-type cartridge having a tray, a treatment material disposed in the tray, and a cover removably coupled to the tray over the treatment material. The cartridge also has a detent that releasably engages the detent of the hanger for detachably coupling the cartridge to the hanger.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Patent number: 10427087Abstract: A dehumidifier apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing having an interior space and a vent for permitting airflow into the interior space. The apparatus also includes a cartridge sized for removable insertion into the interior space of the housing. The cartridge includes a tray defining a first pocket, a second pocket, and a channel extending from the first pocket to the second pocket. The cartridge also includes a cover coupled to the tray over the first pocket such that the first pocket is in fluid communication with the second pocket via the channel. The cover has a first layer and a second layer detachable from the first layer. The first layer is gas permeable and liquid impermeable. The second layer is gas impermeable and liquid impermeable. The cartridge further includes a desiccant material contained in the first pocket by the cover.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Patent number: 10334836Abstract: An insect trap is provided. The insect trap includes a flexible bag having a first edge and a second edge that are connected together at a seam. The insect trap also includes a nozzle secured between the edges adjacent the seam. The nozzle has a tube defining a passageway for insects into the bag and a fin providing a transition for the edges extending over the tube from the seam.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Publication number: 20190110457Abstract: The disclosure provides a container for trapping insects. The container includes a base defining a cavity configured to receive a lure pod, and a lid removably coupled to the base. The base includes at least one base shoulder for supporting a lure pod within the cavity. The lid includes a nozzle including a tube defining a passageway for insects to enter into the cavity. The lid and the base are moveable between an open configuration configured to receive a lure pod and a closed configuration configured to secure the lure pod within the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2017Publication date: April 18, 2019Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Publication number: 20180325088Abstract: An insect trap includes a rigid canister and a nozzle. The canister has a bottom wall and a plurality of side walls projecting from the bottom wall. The side walls define a top opening. The nozzle is secured within the top opening. The nozzle includes a tube defining a passageway for insects to enter into the canister and a lid moveable between an open position and a closed position. The nozzle inhibits insects that have entered the canister from exiting through the passageway. The lid selectively seals the passageway when the lid is positioned in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Publication number: 20180325089Abstract: An insect trap is provided. The insect trap includes a flexible bag having a first edge and a second edge that are connected together at a seam. The insect trap also includes a nozzle secured between the edges adjacent the seam. The nozzle has a tube defining a passageway for insects into the bag and a fin providing a transition for the edges extending over the tube from the seam.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Publication number: 20180200663Abstract: A dehumidifier apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing having an interior space and a vent for permitting airflow into the interior space. The apparatus also includes a cartridge sized for removable insertion into the interior space of the housing. The cartridge includes a tray defining a first pocket, a second pocket, and a channel extending from the first pocket to the second pocket. The cartridge also includes a cover coupled to the tray over the first pocket such that the first pocket is in fluid communication with the second pocket via the channel. The cover has a first layer and a second layer detachable from the first layer. The first layer is gas permeable and liquid impermeable. The second layer is gas impermeable and liquid impermeable. The cartridge further includes a desiccant material contained in the first pocket by the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2018Publication date: July 19, 2018Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Patent number: 9943798Abstract: A dehumidifier apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing having an interior space and a vent for permitting airflow into the interior space. The apparatus also includes a cartridge sized for removable insertion into the interior space of the housing. The cartridge includes a tray defining a first pocket, a second pocket, and a channel extending from the first pocket to the second pocket. The cartridge also includes a cover coupled to the tray over the first pocket such that the first pocket is in fluid communication with the second pocket via the channel. The cover has a first layer and a second layer detachable from the first layer. The first layer is gas permeable and liquid impermeable. The second layer is gas impermeable and liquid impermeable. The cartridge further includes a desiccant material contained in the first pocket by the cover.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Publication number: 20180010323Abstract: A toilet bowl treatment apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a hanger having a detent, and a blister-type cartridge having a tray, a treatment material disposed in the tray, and a cover removably coupled to the tray over the treatment material. The cartridge also has a detent that releasably engages the detent of the hanger for detachably coupling the cartridge to the hanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2016Publication date: January 11, 2018Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Publication number: 20170368492Abstract: A dehumidifier apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a housing having an interior space and a vent for permitting airflow into the interior space. The apparatus also includes a cartridge sized for removable insertion into the interior space of the housing. The cartridge includes a tray defining a first pocket, a second pocket, and a channel extending from the first pocket to the second pocket. The cartridge also includes a cover coupled to the tray over the first pocket such that the first pocket is in fluid communication with the second pocket via the channel. The cover has a first layer and a second layer detachable from the first layer. The first layer is gas permeable and liquid impermeable. The second layer is gas impermeable and liquid impermeable. The cartridge further includes a desiccant material contained in the first pocket by the cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2016Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Patent number: 9521836Abstract: A scent-releasing apparatus is provided. The scent-releasing apparatus includes a scent-releasing material and a housing having a longitudinal axis and an interior space in which the scent-releasing material is contained. The housing includes a base and a cover coupled to the base so as to receive the base. The cover has an air inlet port and is longitudinally movable on the base between a first position at which the cover forms an air-tight seal of the interior space, and a second position at which the cover permits ambient airflow into the interior space via the air inlet port.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2013Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Bryan Bruce Willert, Derek Scranton Winters, Anne Linnea Winn Reilly, Roy Gene Mayo, Jr.
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Publication number: 20150181855Abstract: A scent-releasing apparatus is provided. The scent-releasing apparatus includes a scent-releasing material and a housing having a longitudinal axis and an interior space in which the scent-releasing material is contained. The housing includes a base and a cover coupled to the base so as to receive the base. The cover has an air inlet port and is longitudinally movable on the base between a first position at which the cover forms an air-tight seal of the interior space, and a second position at which the cover permits ambient airflow into the interior space via the air inlet port.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventors: Bryan Bruce Willert, Derek Scranton Winters, Anne Linnea Winn Reilly, Roy Gene Mayo, JR.
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Publication number: 20120153038Abstract: A scent-releasing apparatus is provided. The scent-releasing apparatus includes a housing having a base and a cap coupled to the base to define an interior space. At least one of the base and the cap includes a plurality of apertures for permitting ambient airflow into the interior space. The scent-releasing apparatus also has a dispenser positioned within the housing. The dispenser includes a blister and a gas-impermeable membrane layer removably coupled to the blister for covering a volume for containing a scent-releasing material, the gas-impermeable membrane layer configured to substantially seal the scent-releasing material from ambient air when in a sealed position. The gas-impermeable membrane layer includes a tab portion extending at least partially outside of the housing, the tab portion configured to prompt removal of the gas-impermeable membrane layer from the sealed position to an unsealed position in which the scent-releasing material is exposed to ambient air.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 15, 2010Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Publication number: 20120048964Abstract: A scent-releasing apparatus is provided. The scent-releasing apparatus includes a housing having at least a front wall, a back wall, and a side wall connecting the front wall to the back wall. The housing defines an inner chamber, wherein at least one of the front wall and the back wall includes a plurality of apertures. At least one cover member is removably attached to at least one of the front wall and the back wall for covering the plurality of apertures, and the housing and the cover member are configured to substantially seal the inner chamber from ambient air. A scent-releasing material is positioned within the inner chamber, and the scent-releasing material is configured to release a scent through the apertures when the at least one cover member is removed from at least one of the front wall and the back wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2010Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert
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Patent number: D831783Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2017Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: Willert Home Products, Inc.Inventor: Bryan Bruce Willert