Patents by Inventor Mark D. Seymour

Mark D. Seymour 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).

  • Publication number: 20100213814
    Abstract: An automotive headlamp has a light source capsule including a seal area and a cup-shaped retainer affixed to the seal area. A plastic base includes a cavity arrayed about an axis and has a circumferential wall about the cavity. Axial slots are formed in the circumferential wall, the slots forming segments of a circle arching around the axis, the slots being further defined by a pair of oppositely disposed end stops. Metal inserts having base ends sized and shaped to closely fit the axial slots are positioned in the slots, each of the metal inserts having an extended resilient finger each having a retainer engager formed to engage the retainer. Retention features are formed with each of the base ends, the retention features engaging the circumferential wall and increasing the force necessary to remove the inserts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: OSRAM SYLVANIA INC.
    Inventors: Mark D. Seymour, Joseph Wegman, Jason Lessard
  • Patent number: 5569230
    Abstract: An individually packaged sanitary napkin having a cleansing wipe packaged therewith. The individually packaged sanitary napkin includes a wrapper that covers the sanitary napkin's adhesive fastener prior to use. The sanitary napkin wrapper can be provided with a flap or pouch for securing the used sanitary napkin for disposal. A number of alternative arrangements are disclosed for packaging the cleansing wipe with the wrapped sanitary napkin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1996
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Daniella J. Fisher, Thomas W. Osborn, III, Mark D. Seymour, Gary W. Kingry, Charles J. Berg, Jr., Charles D. Cook, Steven R. Gilbert, Douglas Toms
  • Patent number: 4923454
    Abstract: The present invention relates to absorbent web structures suitable for incorporation into absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, diapers, incontinent devices, training pants and the like. Such structures comprised webs of entangled melt blown microfibers which are prepared from a particular type of hydrophilic nylon copolymer. Preferred hydrophilic cylon microfiber-based webs also contain staple fibers and/or particles of hydrogel-forming polymeric gelling agent. Web structures containing hydrophilic nylon microfibers have specially desirable comfort, integrity and fluid handling characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 8, 1990
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Mark D. Seymour, Michael F. LiCause, Thomas H. Daugherty