Patents by Inventor Rainer Geberzahn
Rainer Geberzahn 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: 11897659Abstract: A container assembly includes a container having a neck, a cap removably coupled to the neck, and a spout disposed in the neck. The cap includes an upper cap portion and a skirt configured to be received on a rim of the neck. The skirt includes a skirt sidewall and a skirt flange extending radially between a sidewall of the upper cap and the skirt sidewall. The spout includes a central duct extending through an opening of the neck and defining a pouring passage in communication with an interior of the container. The spout includes an outer sidewall extending around the central duct. The spout includes a seal ring disposed on an upper end of the outer sidewall of the spout. A bottom surface of the skirt flange is inclined downward in a direction toward the neck of the container at an angle between about 1° and about 10°.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
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Patent number: 11891211Abstract: A container assembly includes a container having a neck defining an opening into the container and a spout disposed in the neck of the container. The spout includes an outer sidewall defining an interior of the spout. The spout includes a flange projecting radially outward from the outer sidewall. The spout includes a plurality of spout teeth extending from a bottom surface of the flange and disposed around a perimeter of the outer sidewall. The neck of the container includes a plurality of neck teeth disposed along an interior surface of the neck and coupled with the spout teeth.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
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Patent number: 11691786Abstract: A cap includes an upper cap portion to enclose an opening of a bottle and hold a dosage of fluid, a lower cap portion to extend into the bottle and increase the dosage capacity of the cap, and a skirt configured to engage the exterior surface of the bottle to secure the cap to the bottle. The upper cap portion includes a top and a first sidewall having one or more sections that protrude radially away from other portions of first sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
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Publication number: 20230020831Abstract: A container assembly includes a container having a neck, a cap removably coupled to the neck, and a spout disposed in the neck. The cap includes an upper cap portion and a skirt configured to be received on a rim of the neck. The skirt includes a skirt sidewall and a skirt flange extending radially between a sidewall of the upper cap and the skirt sidewall. The spout includes a central duct extending through an opening of the neck and defining a pouring passage in communication with an interior of the container. The spout includes an outer sidewall extending around the central duct. The spout includes a seal ring disposed on an upper end of the outer sidewall of the spout. A bottom surface of the skirt flange is inclined downward in a direction toward the neck of the container at an angle between about 1° and about 10°.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: January 19, 2023Inventors: Daniel Peter STERLING, Keith Jon COLACIOPPO, Rainer GEBERZAHN, Nicholas Robert BULL
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Patent number: 11554899Abstract: A cap includes an upper cap portion to enclose an opening of a bottle and hold a dosage of fluid, a lower cap portion to extend into the bottle and increase the dosage capacity of the cap, and a skirt configured to engage the exterior surface of the bottle to secure the cap to the bottle. The upper cap portion includes a top and a first sidewall having one or more sections that protrude radially away from other portions of first sidewall.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
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Publication number: 20230002114Abstract: A container assembly includes a container having a neck defining an opening into the container and a spout disposed in the neck of the container. The spout includes an outer sidewall defining an interior of the spout. The spout includes a flange projecting radially outward from the outer sidewall. The spout includes a plurality of spout teeth extending from a bottom surface of the flange and disposed around a perimeter of the outer sidewall. The neck of the container includes a plurality of neck teeth disposed along an interior surface of the neck and coupled with the spout teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2022Publication date: January 5, 2023Inventors: Daniel Peter STERLING, Keith Jon COLACIOPPO, Rainer GEBERZAHN, Nicholas Robert BULL
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Publication number: 20220135282Abstract: A cap includes an upper cap portion to enclose an opening of a bottle and hold a dosage of fluid, a lower cap portion to extend into the bottle and increase the dosage capacity of the cap, and a skirt configured to engage the exterior surface of the bottle to secure the cap to the bottle. The upper cap portion includes a top and a first sidewall having one or more sections that protrude radially away from other portions of first sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
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Publication number: 20220135281Abstract: A cap includes an upper cap portion to enclose an opening of a bottle and hold a dosage of fluid, a lower cap portion to extend into the bottle and increase the dosage capacity of the cap, and a skirt configured to engage the exterior surface of the bottle to secure the cap to the bottle. The upper cap portion includes a top and a first sidewall having one or more sections that protrude radially away from other portions of first sidewall.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
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Container for liquid detergent and method for the metered dispensing of detergent from the container
Patent number: 10279957Abstract: A container for liquid washing agent, including: a main container body for receiving the washing agent; an opening for dispensing the washing agent; a first standing base that is arranged opposite the opening and defines a filling position of the container; a second standing base that is arranged beside the first standing base and defines a storage position of the container; a grip region that extends towards the opening from a side of the first standing base remote from the second standing base; and a rolling surface that is arranged opposite the grip region and extends substantially from the second standing base as far as the opening, wherein the grip region comprises a portion which is arranged above the second standing base when the container is standing on the second standing base in the storage position.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2015Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Katja Gerhards, Gerhard Josef Theumert, Asimina Gkortza, Rainer Geberzahn -
CONTAINER FOR LIQUID DETERGENT AND METHOD FOR THE METERED DISPENSING OF DETERGENT FROM THE CONTAINER
Publication number: 20180170617Abstract: A container for liquid washing agent, including: a main container body for receiving the washing agent; an opening for dispensing the washing agent; a first standing base that is arranged opposite the opening and defines a filling position of the container; a second standing base that is arranged beside the first standing base and defines a storage position of the container; a grip region that extends towards the opening from a side of the first standing base remote from the second standing base; and a rolling surface that is arranged opposite the grip region and extends substantially from the second standing base as far as the opening, wherein the grip region comprises a portion which is arranged above the second standing base when the container is standing on the second standing base in the storage position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2015Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Katja Gerhards, Gerhard Josef Theumert, Asimina Gkortza, Rainer Geberzahn -
Patent number: 9512388Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for containing and dispensing a particulate detergent composition. The apparatus includes a transparent container. The transparent container holds a solid state particulate detergent composition. The apparatus also includes a solid state particulate detergent composition. The solid state particulate detergent composition includes a number of surfactants.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignees: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA, THE DIAL CORPORATIONInventors: Frank Meier, Nicole Bode, Rainer Geberzahn, Dieter Nickel, Kathrin Schnepp-Hentrich, Bin Lin, Marc Maslanka, Pamela Lam, Mark C. Mikol, Martin Zethoff
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Publication number: 20160244196Abstract: A bottle (1) comprising: a neck (4) comprising an opening (2), the opening having a circular cross-section; an inner volume for receiving a flowable, preferably a liquid, composition through the opening; wherein the neck (4) comprises an external thread (15), comprising a thread-start (8) and a thread-end (9), the thread-start (8) being arranged closer to the opening than the thread-end (9); and wherein the neck further comprises an external helical slope (10), comprising a slope-start (11) and a slope-end (12), the slope-start (11) being arranged closer to the opening than the slope-end (12); wherein the external thread and the helical slope have the same handedness; and wherein the thread-start (8) and the slope-end (11) have a common cylindrical axis and are radially aligned relative to the common cylindrical axis (12); and wherein the slope-end (12) preferably ends at a radial wall (13).Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Rainer Geberzahn, Julia Breisinger
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Publication number: 20160237386Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for containing and dispensing a particulate detergent composition. The apparatus includes a transparent container. The transparent container holds a solid state particulate detergent composition. The apparatus also includes a solid state particulate detergent composition. The solid state particulate detergent composition includes a number of surfactants.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Inventors: Frank Meier, Nicole Bode, Rainer Geberzahn, Dieter Nickel, Kathrin Schnepp-Hentrich, Bin Lin, Marc Maslanka, Pamela Lam, Mark C. Mikol, Martin Zethoff
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Publication number: 20080257884Abstract: Closures for container openings, which comprise: a tap (16); and a piston (4) capable of axial movement along a longitudinal axis (12) within the tap; wherein the tap has a product conduit (5) and a venting conduit (6) blockable by the axially movable piston are disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2005Publication date: October 23, 2008Applicant: Henkel KGaAInventors: Rainer Geberzahn, Peter Kittscher, Hans-Georg Muhlhausen, Ludger Hackmann
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Patent number: D762486Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignees: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA, THE DIAL CORPORATIONInventors: Frank Meier, Rainer Geberzahn, Mark C. Mikol, Bin Lin, Thomas Gatrost, Julia Breisinger
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Patent number: D784819Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: HENKEL US IV CORPORATIONInventors: Frank Meier, Rainer Geberzahn, Mark C. Mikol, Bin Lin, Thomas Gatrost, Julia Breisinger
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Patent number: D799324Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBHInventors: Frank Meier, Rainer Geberzahn, Mark C. Mikol, Bin Lin, Thomas Gatrost, Julia Breisinger
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Patent number: D799326Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBHInventors: Frank Meier, Rainer Geberzahn, Mark C. Mikol, Bin Lin, Thomas Gatrost, Julia Breisinger
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Patent number: D799327Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: HENKEL IP & HOLDING GMBHInventors: Frank Meier, Rainer Geberzahn, Mark C. Mikol, Bin Lin, Thomas Gatrost, Julia Breisinger
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Patent number: D887275Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignees: Henkel IP & Holding GmbH, Henkel AG & Co. KGaAInventors: Carsten Bertram, Mark C Mikol, Katja Gerhards, Rainer Geberzahn