Patents by Inventor Dorothy L. Flores

Dorothy L. Flores 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).

  • Rinse release laundry additive and dispenser
    Patent number: 4982467
    Abstract: A wash additive combination is provided which is loaded into a washing machine at the start of a wash cycle, and which releases a wash additive, such as a fabric softener, into the rinse solution. The combination comprises a wash additive packet of a foam substrate material having a first and a second stable conformation of differing surface area, and a wash additive deposited thereon. A dispenser is provided for mounting atop a washing machine agitator, and into which the packet may be releasably placed, after arranging the packet in its lesser surface area conformation. The packet is retained by the dispenser during initial phases of the wash cycle, and ejected during the spin phase, whereupon it regains its greater surface area conformation for rapid and complete dispersion of active. Embodiments are provided for dual, sequential release of active in the rinse and the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Eugene A. Mizusawa, Donald J. Paone, Tracey L. Casella, Dorothy L. Flores, Clement K. Choy, Jan Gerritsen
  • Rinse release laundry additive and dispenser
    Patent number: 4882917
    Abstract: A wash additive combination is provided which is loaded into a washing machine at the start of a wash cycle, and which releases a wash additive, such as a fabric softener, into the rinse solution. The combination comprises a wash additive packet of a foam substrate material having a first and a second stable conformation of differing surface area, and a wash additive deposited thereon. A dispenser is provided for mounting atop a washing machine agitator, and into which the packet may be releasably placed, after arranging the packet in its lesser surface area conformation. The packet is retained by the dispenser during initial phases of the wash cycle, and ejected during the spin phase, whereupon it regains its greater surface area conformation for rapid and complete dispersion of active. Embodiments are provided for dual, sequential release of active in the rinse and the dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1989
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Eugene A. Mizusawa, Donald J. Paone, Tracey L. Casella, Dorothy L. Flores, Clement K. Choy, Jan Gerritsen, Ronald E. Heiskell, Thomas G. Dewees, Jon L. Ellgen