Patents by Inventor Ian Stuart Midgley
Ian Stuart Midgley 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: 7748572Abstract: An aerosol fluid dispenser includes a movable actuator for controlling dispensing of the liquid or fluid product from the dispenser and a locking mechanism for locking the actuator.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2008Date of Patent: July 6, 2010Assignee: Conopco Inc.Inventors: Charles Peter Althoff, Jason Tilk, John William Nottingham, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jr., Jay Tapper, Ian Stuart Midgley, David Michael Limb
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Patent number: 7686189Abstract: A liquid cosmetic product dispenser that can allow a person to quickly and unobtrusively apply liquid cosmetic product includes a palm sized dispenser and the liquid cosmetic product is disposed in the dispenser under pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure. The dispenser includes a movable actuator button for controlling dispensing of the liquid cosmetic product from the dispenser and a locking mechanism for locking the actuator button.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: March 30, 2010Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Charles Peter Althoff, Jason Tilk, John William Nottingham, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jr., Jay Tapper, Ian Stuart Midgley, Dean Michael Limb
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Patent number: 7621403Abstract: A liquid cosmetic product retail unit includes a container and a plurality of dispensers disposed in the container. The container is dimensioned to fit onto a shelf in a retail store and includes a base, a lid and a plurality of receptacles formed in at least one of the base and the lid. A method for offering for sale a liquid cosmetic product is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2007Date of Patent: November 24, 2009Assignee: Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Charles Peter Althoff, Jason Tilk, John William Nottingham, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jr., Jay Tapper, Patrick Coyne, Ian Stuart Midgley, Dean Michael Limb
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Publication number: 20080173562Abstract: A liquid cosmetic product retail unit includes a container and a plurality of dispensers disposed in the container. The container is dimensioned to fit onto a shelf in a retail store and includes a base, a lid and a plurality of receptacles formed in at least one of the base and the lid. A method for offering for sale a liquid cosmetic product is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., d/b/a UNILEVERInventors: Charles Peter Althoff, Jason Tilk, John William Nottingham, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jay Tapper, Patrick Coyne, Ian Stuart Midgley, Dean Michael Limb
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Publication number: 20080173675Abstract: A liquid cosmetic product dispenser that can allow a person to quickly and unobtrusively apply liquid cosmetic product includes a palm sized dispenser and the liquid cosmetic product is disposed in the dispenser under pressure that is greater than atmospheric pressure. The dispenser includes a movable actuator button for controlling dispensing of the liquid cosmetic product from the dispenser and a locking mechanism for locking the actuator button.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2007Publication date: July 24, 2008Applicant: CONOPCO, INC., D/B/A UNILEVERInventors: Charles Peter Althoff, Jason Tilk, John William Nottingham, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jay Tapper, Ian Stuart Midgley, Dean Michael Limb
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Publication number: 20080173676Abstract: An aerosol fluid dispenser includes a movable actuator for controlling dispensing of the liquid or fluid product from the dispenser and a locking mechanism for locking the actuator.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventors: Charles Peter Althoff, Jason Tilk, John William Nottingham, John Richard Nottingham, John Wilford Spirk, Jay Tapper, Ian Stuart Midgley, David Michael Limb
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Patent number: 6942115Abstract: A protective packaging unit for a bottle or jar. The unit comprises a moulded plastic sheath which is closed at the top, open at the bottom, and releasably holds the bottle or jar, and has cutaway sections in opposite sides that enable the bottle or jar to be grasped between finger and thumb and pulled from the sheath. The packaged consumer product comprising the bottle or jar and the sheath is easy to assemble and to use.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Rodrigo Jimenez, John David Lamb, Richard Paul McNabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
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Patent number: 6398082Abstract: In the present invention, an actuating mechanism for a hand held canister is provided in which a slider is moveable by finger pressure from a valve-disengaged position into a valve-engagable position and a concealed spring returns the slider to a valve-disengaged position when finger pressure is removed. The spring is preferably molded with the slider, projects through a slit in the over-cap of the canister and acts in a vertical plane against a stop depending from the over-cap. It is energised when the slider is moved into the valve engagable position. The slider is preferably releasably locked in the valve disengaged position.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2001Date of Patent: June 4, 2002Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Norman Clark, Andrew Claughton, Karen Michelle Dickinson, Adalberto Geier, Nigel Laurence Jackson, Gunter Walter Kolanus, Richard Paul McNabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
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Publication number: 20020036180Abstract: A protective packaging unit for a bottle or jar is described. Said unit comprises a molded plastic sheath which is closed at the top, open at the bottom, possesses a means for releasably holding the bottle or jar, and has cutaway sections in opposite sides that enable the bottle or jar to be grasped between finger and thumb and pulled from the sheath. The packaged consumer product comprising the bottle or jar and the sheath is easy to assemble and to use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2001Publication date: March 28, 2002Applicant: Unilever Home & Personal Care USAInventors: Rodrigo Jimenez, John David Lamb, Richard Paul Mcnabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
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Publication number: 20020008119Abstract: Hand held aerosol canisters can be accidentally discharged if the valve remains open after hand pressure is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2001Publication date: January 24, 2002Inventors: Norman Clark, Andrew Claughton, Karen Michelle Dickinson, Adalberto Geier, Nigel Laurence Jackson, Gunter Walter Kolanus, Richard Paul Mcnabb, Ian Stuart Midgley
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Patent number: D437548Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2000Date of Patent: February 13, 2001Assignee: Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco, Inc.Inventors: Joël Desgrippes, Pablo Gazzera, Rodrigo Jimenez, Ian Stuart Midgley