Patents by Inventor Charles Maier

Charles Maier 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).

  • Dryer-added fabric softening articles and methods
    Patent number: 7071157
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bienvenido Alvarez Santos, Rhonda Jean Jackson, George Kavin Morgan, III, Gregory Charles Maier, David James Dahlinger, Ronald Edward Pegoli, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Stanley James Welling, Barbara Kay Williams
  • Dryer-added fabric softening articles and methods
    Patent number: 6787510
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bienvenido Alvarez Santos, Rhonda Jean Jackson, George Kavin Morgan, III., Gregory Charles Maier, David James Dahlinger, Ronald Edward Pegoli, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Stanley James Welling, Barbara Kay Williams
  • Dryer-added fabric softening articles and methods
    Publication number: 20030013632
    Abstract: A fabric conditioning article for use in a clothes dryer. The fabric conditioning article having a flexible sheet and a fabric conditioning composition deposited on the sheet. The fabric conditioning composition includes a fabric conditioning agent, perfumed particles and minor components. The perfume particles are a perfume composition incorporated into a porous mineral carrier such as clay and/or zeolite. Optionally, the perfume composition comprises low levels of unstable perfume components. Alternatively, the perfumed particles have a coating material encapsulating at least a portion of the particles. Optionally, the articles are packaged in a container having a moisture barrier to prevent premature release of the perfume therefrom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2002
    Publication date: January 16, 2003
    Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bienvenido Alvarez Santos, Rhonda Jean Jackson, George Kavin Morgan, Gregory Charles Maier, David James Dahlinger, Ronald Edward Pegoli, Jiten Odhavji Dihora, Zaiyou Liu, Kristin Marie Finley, Toan Trinh, Errol Hoffman Wahl, Stanley James Welling, Barbara Kay Williams
  • Apparatus for furling sailboat jib
    Patent number: 4557213
    Abstract: Apparatus for furling a sailboat jib about a forestay with a cylindrical sleeve mounted about the forestay to which the jib is attached, a deck mounted rotary actuator for rotating the sleeve to furl the jib, a manually operated gear box, and a flexible shaft coupling the gear box to the actuator. The apparatus can be adapted to existing roller furlers by a split ring adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignees: James R. Longacre, Richard Hendricks
    Inventor: Charles Maier