Patents by Inventor Ronald Howard Wanless

Ronald Howard Wanless 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).

  • Sprayer and filter therefor
    Patent number: 7410105
    Abstract: A sprayer, which in one embodiment, is a hand held ergonomic sprayer is disclosed herein. The sprayer may include: a housing through which water flows; a handle for gripping by a user, which is joined to the housing; at least one spray nozzle operatively connected to the housing; and, a connection for a hose, the connection being joined to the housing. In one non-limiting embodiment, when the sprayer has one end of a water-filled hose connected thereto, the combination of the sprayer and suspended portion of the hose has a combined center of gravity that passes through the axis of the sprayer handle. The sprayers described herein may also have other features, and provide other benefits that do not require the sprayers to have an ergonomic design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Horstman, Eric Richard Bartsch, John Allen Wooton, Jonathan George Denham, John Edward Sheppard, Richard John Stevens, Ronald Howard Wanless
  • Sprayer and filter therefor
    Publication number: 20020185420
    Abstract: A sprayer, which in one embodiment, is a hand held ergonomic sprayer is disclosed herein. The sprayer may include: a housing through which water flows; a handle for gripping by a user, which is joined to the housing; at least one spray nozzle operatively connected to the housing; and, a connection for a hose, the connection being joined to the housing. In one non-limiting embodiment, when the sprayer has one end of a water-filled hose connected thereto, the combination of the sprayer and suspended portion of the hose has a combined center of gravity that passes through the axis of the sprayer handle. The sprayers described herein may also have other features, and provide other benefits that do not require the sprayers to have an ergonomic design.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Lawrence Horstman, Eric Richard Bartsch, John Allen Wooton, Jonathan George Denham, John Edward Sheppard, Richard John Stevens, Ronald Howard Wanless