Patents by Inventor Douglas Ellis
Douglas Ellis 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: 11952725Abstract: Fibrous structures having a surface pattern of a continuous knuckle region and a plurality of discrete pillow regions such that the fibrous structures that retain sufficient Surface Void Volume as measured according to the Surface Void Volume Test Method described herein during use by consumers to provide consumer desirable cleaning performance after bowel movements without providing undesirable negative impacts to softness as measured according to the Emtec Test Method and/or the Plate Stiffness Test Method both described herein, methods for making same, and molding members used in such methods, are provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: William Ellis Bailey, Ward William Ostendorf, Anthony Paul Bankemper, Douglas Jay Barkey, J. Michael Bills, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan
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Publication number: 20240068363Abstract: A drilling assembly for downhole to surface communications is provided. The drilling assembly includes a series of pipe segments coupled in fluid communication between a slip ring assembly and an end pipe portion. The slip ring assembly is coupled in data and fluid communication with the pipe segments. A surface communications link is in data communication with the drilling assembly via the slip ring assembly. An end pipe portion is coupled with the drilling assembly that includes an electronics assembly with electronic components for transferring data to the slip ring assembly via the drilling assembly. A drill bit is operably coupled with the end pipe portion for drilling a borehole. Each pipe segment includes an outer conductor portion, a hollow inner conductor portion, and a dielectric portion for electrical isolation between the outer conductor portion and the inner conductor portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Jiann-Cherng Su, Jason P. Krein, John Joseph Borchardt, Richard Ellis Robey, Andrew Alexander Wright, Joseph Samuel Pope, Taylor Anthony Myers, Mark C. Grubelich, Douglas A. Blankenship
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Publication number: 20140074086Abstract: A surgical operating room table pad that functions in multiple capacities such as a dielectric capacitor for grounding the electro-surgical current from cautery device and heating the patient contact surface for the maintenance of patient normal-thermia. The “capacitor/dielectric” is designed to allow the electrosurgical current introduced to the patient to return back to the electrosurgical generator for patient and surgical staff safety. The temperature of the patient's body is constantly measured by a series of RTD Thermister sensors and a resistive device is utilized for thermal input.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: Pintler MedicalInventors: Mary Elizabeth MacIntyre-Ellis, Kent Douglas Ellis
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Patent number: 7176419Abstract: A heating pad system useable in one embodiment for warming a person on a support structure. In this embodiment, the heating pad system comprises an upper foam pad, a lower foam pad, and a thermal-electric heating element sandwiched between the upper and lower foam pads. A form-fitting waterproof cover encloses at least a portion of the upper and lower foam pads and the thermal-electric heating element. In one aspect of this embodiment, the heating pad system includes a power unit for providing electrical power to the thermal-electric heating element, the power unit including a control panel having at least one temperature selector, the temperature selector for selecting at least one heating pad temperature.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2005Date of Patent: February 13, 2007Assignee: American Healthcare Products, Inc.Inventors: Kent Douglas Ellis, Charles C. Wyatt
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Publication number: 20070012259Abstract: A cellulose particulate provides a safe and aesthetic bedding or litter material for small animals. The material may be provided in bright white or in vivid colors. Brightness and color clarity are maintained during manufacture by apparatus having non-corroding surfaces. The material offers aesthetic elements in small animal cages or enclosures. The material may be formed into particles having no sharp edges or corners. This provides a safe and comfortable bedding or litter material for small animals.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2006Publication date: January 18, 2007Inventor: Douglas Ellis
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Patent number: 7114619Abstract: A medicine container includes a child-resistant closure with a tamper-evident feature. The closure includes a plug adapted to be fixed to the container adjacent the open end. The plug has an access opening for enabling removal of material from the container through the open end of the container. A slide is supported on the plug for sliding movement in a first direction relative to the plug between a closed position in which the slide covers the access opening and an open position in which the access opening is uncovered. A child-resistant feature is interposed between the plug and the slide. The closure also includes a tamper-evident feature that permanently indicates breaking of the original seal of the container. The container may have a rectangular configuration including at least one surface large enough for a mailing address label; and a sealable window mailer envelope for receiving the medicine container.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2004Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Paradigm Packaging, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Ellis, Aleksey Zats, Henry H. Nyman
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Publication number: 20050199527Abstract: A medicine container includes a child-resistant closure with a tamper-evident feature. The closure includes a plug adapted to be fixed to the container adjacent the open end. The plug has an access opening for enabling removal of material from the container through the open end of the container. A slide is supported on the plug for sliding movement in a first direction relative to the plug between a closed position in which the slide covers the access opening and an open position in which the access opening is uncovered. A child-resistant feature is interposed between the plug and the slide. The closure also includes a tamper-evident feature that permanently indicates breaking of the original seal of the container. The container may have a rectangular configuration including at least one surface large enough for a mailing address label; and a sealable window mailer envelope for receiving the medicine container.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2004Publication date: September 15, 2005Inventors: Douglas Ellis, Aleksey Zats, Henry Nyman
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Patent number: 6924467Abstract: A heating pad system useable in one embodiment for warming a person on a support structure. In this embodiment, the heating pad system comprises an upper foam pad, a lower foam pad, and a thermal-electric heating element sandwiched between the upper and lower foam pads. A form-fitting waterproof cover encloses at least a portion of the upper and lower foam pads and the thermal-electric heating element. In one aspect of this embodiment, the heating pad system includes a power unit for providing electrical power to the thermal-electric heating element, the power unit including a control panel having at least one temperature selector, the temperature selector for selecting at least one heating pad temperature.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2003Date of Patent: August 2, 2005Assignee: American HealthCare Products, Inc.Inventors: Kent Douglas Ellis, Charles C. Wyatt
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Publication number: 20040112891Abstract: A heating pad system useable in one embodiment for warming a person on a support structure. In this embodiment, the heating pad system comprises an upper foam pad, a lower foam pad, and a thermal-electric heating element sandwiched between the upper and lower foam pads. A form-fitting waterproof cover encloses at least a portion of the upper and lower foam pads and the thermal-electric heating element. In one aspect of this embodiment, the heating pad system includes a power unit for providing electrical power to the thermal-electric heating element, the power unit including a control panel having at least one temperature selector, the temperature selector for selecting at least one heating pad temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2003Publication date: June 17, 2004Inventors: Kent Douglas Ellis, Charles C. Wyatt
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Patent number: 6653607Abstract: A heating pad system is useable in one embodiment for warming a person on a support structure. In this embodiment, the heating pad system comprises an upper foam pad, a lower foam pad, and a thermal-electric heating element sandwiched between the upper and lower foam pads. A form-fitting waterproof cover encloses at least a portion of the upper and lower foam pads and the thermal-electric heating element. In one aspect of this embodiment, the heating pad system includes a power unit for providing electrical power to the thermal-electric heating element, the power unit including a control panel having at least one temperature selector, the temperature selector for selecting at least one heating pad temperature.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2001Date of Patent: November 25, 2003Assignee: American Healthcare Products, Inc.Inventors: Kent Douglas Ellis, Charles C. Wyatt
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Publication number: 20020019654Abstract: A heating pad system useable in one embodiment for warming a person on a support structure. In this embodiment, the heating pad system comprises an upper foam pad, a lower foam pad, and a thermal-electric heating element sandwiched between the upper and lower foam pads. A form-fitting waterproof cover encloses at least a portion of the upper and lower foam pads and the thermal-electric heating element. In one aspect of this embodiment, the heating pad system includes a power unit for providing electrical power to the thermal-electric heating element, the power unit including a control panel having at least one temperature selector, the temperature selector for selecting at least one heating pad temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2001Publication date: February 14, 2002Inventors: Kent Douglas Ellis, Charles C. Wyatt
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Patent number: 5928971Abstract: A face cloth for a thermal barrier of a firefighter's garment made from a fabric woven from fire resistant yarns. The yarns are woven into a twill pattern with, preferably, filament yarns in the filling direction and spun yarns in the warp direction and a finish is applied to the fabric. The finish is accepted by the fabric and renders the face cloth both wickable and hook-and-loop compatible. The face cloth has a smooth and slick surface and is wickable and hook-and-loop fastener compatible.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 1997Date of Patent: July 27, 1999Assignee: Southern Mills, Inc.Inventors: W. Douglas Ellis, Denise N. Statham, Gregory Alexander