Patents Represented by Attorney Richard Alexander
  • Patent number: 7451514
    Abstract: A detachable head for use with an electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has a handle with a motor disposed therein at a first end of the toothbrush. The toothbrush also has a head at a second end, the head having a longitudinal axis, the head also having a first bristle holder with a plurality of bristle tufts and a second bristle holder with a plurality of bristle tufts. The motor is operatively connected to the second bristle holder to move the second bristle holder in a side-to-side direction with respect to the head. The motor is also operatively connected to the first bristle holder to oscillate the first bristle holder about an axis passing through the first bristle holder and generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, Douglas A. Gall, Patrick W. Brown
  • Patent number: 7421753
    Abstract: An electric toothbrush is provided. The electric toothbrush has an elongated body including a handle, a head, and a neck extending between the handle and the head. A first bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles and a second bristle carrier having a plurality of bristles are disposed on the head and each of the first and second bristle carriers have an opening. An electric motor is operatively connected to a shaft, wherein operation of the electric motor moves the shaft in an orbital motion and wherein the shaft is operatively connected to the first and second bristle carriers to move the first and second bristle carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: John Geoffrey Chan, Patrick William Brown, Donald Clarence Fuchs, Jr., Douglas Alan Gall, Trevor Leslie Jackson, Jeffrey Michael Kalman, Mark Louis Vitantonio
  • Patent number: 6827874
    Abstract: Compositions, methods and kits for purifying, clarifying nutrifying and any combination thereof, contaminated drinking water, which contain a primary coagulant material and a bridging flocculent material. The levels and ratios of coagulant to flocculent preferably fall within certain ranges. Highly preferred compositions also contain one or more of a cationic coagulant aid, especially chitosan, a microbiocidal disinfectant, a water-soluble alkali, a water-insoluble silicate, and a food additive or nutrient source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Philip Frank Souter, Colin Ure
  • Patent number: D494654
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Frank Delmar Macaulay, Judd Dylan Olson, David James Emmons, John Paul Boros