Patents Represented by Attorney Julia A. Glazer
  • Patent number: 7691336
    Abstract: Devices and systems and methods for dispensing volatile materials are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system includes a device for emitting volatile materials from an article of manufacture that contains volatile compositions. In such an embodiment, a portion of the device and a portion of the article together define an air flow path for emitting the volatile materials. The device may have various features, including: a heater that is movable with a spring; safety features; and a closed-loop heater temperature feedback system. The device can have placement instructions associated therewith for proper operation of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Brice Daniel Westring
  • Patent number: 7681328
    Abstract: A system for uniformly delivering treatment compositions to fabrics in a fabric article drying appliance. The system also provides for efficient delivery of treatment compositions to fabrics in a fabric article drying appliance. A method is also provided for the uniform and efficient delivery of treatment compositions to fabrics in fabric article drying appliances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dean Larry DuVal, Laura Lynn Heilman, Kofi Ofosu-Asante, Mary Jane Combs, Antony Thanh Nguyen, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Janine Morgens Strang, Janet Sue Littig
  • Patent number: 7503127
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of delivering one or more volatile materials, during the operation of a drying apparatus, to a fabric article. The present invention also relates to fabric treatment compositions comprising one or more volatile materials. These compositions may be used to treat fabric articles during the fabric article drying process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dean Larry DuVal, Michael Joseph Orr, Rafael Trujillo, Angela Renee Troester
  • Patent number: 7469703
    Abstract: An motorized stain-removal brush is provided. A method of using motorized stain-removal brush for cleaning inanimate surfaces is also provided. The motorized stain-removal brush includes a handle having a motor disposed therein, a head having a longitudinal axis, and a neck disposed between the handle and the head. Bristle holders are associated with the head. The motor is operatively connected to the bristle holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Linda Shumansky Girard, Stephen Allen Jacobs, Roberto Mastrigli, Neil Anthony Litten, Graham John Boyd, Gregory Clegg Spooner
  • Patent number: 7415781
    Abstract: A fabric article treating apparatus for dispensing a benefit composition through a nozzle that directs the benefit composition as droplets or particles into the chamber of the fabric article drying appliance. The droplets or particles provide benefits to the fabric articles within the drying appliance. The treating apparatus includes one or more safety features, and/or it includes beneficial control concepts that enhance the effects of the benefit composition being dispensed through the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bradford Scott Barron, Mary Jane Combs, Dean Larry DuVal, Keith David Fanta, Paul Amaat Raymond Gerard France, Christian Gerhard Friedrich Gerlach, Laura Lynn Heilman, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Paul Joseph Russo, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Pedro Vincent Vandecappelle
  • Patent number: 7392600
    Abstract: A dispensing device for use in combination with a clothes dryer wherein the device is designed to uniformly treat fabric. The invention further relates to a method for treating a fabric article in need of treatment that combines a clothes dryer and liquid dispensing system designed to uniformly treat fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christian Gerhard Friedrich Gerlach, Bradford Scott Barron, Dean Larry DuVal, Eugene Joseph Pancheri, Mary Jane Combs, Paul Eugene Rienzo
  • Patent number: D573346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Bradley Wayne Daubenspeck, Susan Tyler Ede, Paul Armaat Raymond Gerard France, Linda Shumansky Girard, Debora Ellon Kaylor, Neil Anthony Litten, Matthew Burtonwood, Jamie Trafford Stone, Meredith Leigh Yacso
  • Patent number: D575899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shane Edwin Meeker, Philip Edwin Hague, Jason Craig Campbell
  • Patent number: D578720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Alisa Burns Norcorn, Kurt Alfred Karussi, Melissa Dee Clark, Danutcha Danny Pestonji, Philip Edwin Hague, Michael Allen Sauer
  • Patent number: D590078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Steven Anthony Horenziak, Matthew Davis Bantly, Demetrius Michael Romanos, Tony Christopher Siebel
  • Patent number: D593410
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Keara Elyse Schwartz
  • Patent number: D597832
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Conpany
    Inventors: Corey Michael Bischoff, Julie Jane Baker, Daniel Adam Streng, Timothy Ryan Read, Parker David Selbert, Christopher Richard Streng, James Louis Capo
  • Patent number: D599057
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dennis Allen Beckholt, Susan Marie Seum, Frank Emile Louis Triest
  • Patent number: D600924
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Corey Michael Bischoff, Tatiana Lucia Redin, Sev Gerk
  • Patent number: D602257
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Susan Marie Seum, Donghyun Seol
  • Patent number: D611584
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: The procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Mark William Baize, John William Koenig, Stephan Gary Bush, Walter Sordo, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Richard Lee Lane
  • Patent number: D611585
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Mark William Baize, John William Koenig, Stephan Gary Bush, Walter Sordo, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Richard Lee Lane
  • Patent number: D612976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shane Edwin Meeker, Michael Thomas Seum, Philip Edwin Hague, Jason Craig Campbell
  • Patent number: D613388
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: John William Koenig, Bryan Gabriel Comstock, Thomas George Crowe, John Allen Wooton, Ryan Patrick Dullea, Dana Paul Gruenbacher, Walter Sordo, Danilo Rossi, Rainer Bernhard Teufel, Richard Lee Lane
  • Patent number: D614958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Lawrence Smith, Corey Michael Bischoff, Stephan James Andreas Meschkat, Benjamin Janes Beck, Douglas Arthur Marsden