Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Vanessa M. Nichols
  • Patent number: 6039215
    Abstract: The present invention provides a dispensing pump for dispensing a plurality of fluids simultaneously but separately through a spout. The spout has a plurality of discharge orifices and a closure associated with the spout for closing the discharge orifices. The closure is sized and adapted to seal all discharge orifices and further includes at least one plug seal for sealing at least one respective discharge orifice but has fewer plug seals than discharge orifices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Raymond Charles Bell
  • Patent number: 6036036
    Abstract: The child-resistant package (100) can be readily opened by an adult with a one-hand operation. The pushtab (123, 123'), which together with the interlocking tooth (119) form the child-resistant feature of the package, is placed on the closure (120). Therefore, an adult user may easily depress said pushtab and at the same time disengage said closure to open said package by using only one hand for both operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nady Bilani, Johan Willy Declerck, Jelle Dankert Vuijk, Maurizio Pucci
  • Patent number: 5980562
    Abstract: A substantially rectangular piece of flexible web having a first end and a second end and an elastic portion therebetween, stretchable along a longitudinal axis of the piece of web. The piece of web has a length great enough to encircle a user's waist such that the first and second ends overlap. The first end has a reclosable fastening system for attaching the first end to the piece of web near the second end in order to hold the piece of web around the user's waist when the piece of web is stretched. The back wrap further comprises a plurality of individual thermal elements embedded in the piece of web. The plurality of thermal elements have a substantially planar diamond-shaped pattern which approximates the shape of erector muscles in the user's back. The pattern has a gap transverse to the longitudinal axis which corresponds to the user's spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William R. Ouellette, Sandra H. Clear, Kurt E. Holstein, Elizabeth M. Harvey, Timothy A. Burkett, Jean Mallett
  • Patent number: 5979681
    Abstract: A child resistant package comprises a container, a transition piece (112) and a closure (114). A pushtab (30, 130 or 230) on either the closure or the transition piece and an interlocking tooth (32, 132 or 232) on the other of the closure or the transition piece form the child resistant feature of the package. The pushtab (130) is moved inwardly to disengage the pushtab from the interlocking tooth (132) so that the closure may be unthreaded from the container. The transition piece and the closure are molded in a single piece in one molding process. The frangible connections (40) between the closure and the transition piece break upon the unthreading of the closure for the first time to give a tamper indication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: PatrickJean-Luc Andre, Jelle Dankert Vuijk, Johan Willy Declerck, Nady Bilani
  • Patent number: 5946759
    Abstract: The present invention relates to resiliently flexible brush heads, more particularly to toothbrush heads, having segmented faces with grooves between the segments, wherein the grooves on at least one face contain elastomer, so that the head durability is improved through repeated flexing. The invention further relates to toothbrushes comprising the brush heads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: David Victor Cann
  • Patent number: 5944269
    Abstract: An aesthetically and functionally improved shroud for covering a grinder device while improving the consumer shopping experience. The shroud is formed of a faceplate with a first opening for receiving and directing items, such as coffee beans, to be ground to a grinder device and a second opening positioned to allow a consumer to place a bag under the opening in order to collect the ground coffee from the grinder. A funnel device is used in connection with the first opening to assist in directing the items to be ground into the grinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Tatsuo Rushing
  • Patent number: D416686
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shane Edwin Meeker, Peter Brian Clarke
  • Patent number: D417006
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Leane Kristine Davis, Amy Michelle Martini, Sandra Hintz Clear
  • Patent number: D417283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1999
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Leane Kristine Davis, Amy Michelle Martini, Sandra Hintz Clear
  • Patent number: D418605
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Leane Kristine Davis, Amy Michelle Martini, Sandra Hintz Clear
  • Patent number: D418606
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Leane Kristine Davis, Amy Michelle Martini, Sandra Hintz Clear
  • Patent number: D421385
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Shane Edwin Meeker, Peter Brian Clarke
  • Patent number: D421844
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Roland Stark, Kilian John O'Neill