Abstract: The invention relates to catalytically bleaching substrates, especially laundry fabrics, with a bleaching composition using either air or a peroxyl source.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 20, 2002
Publication date:
January 9, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Abstract: A ramp assembly (20) for mounting in a low floor bus (22) or other vehicle. The ramp assembly (20) includes a rectangular enclosure (24) that fits underneath the chassis of the low floor bus (22). The ramp assembly (20) includes a reciprocating mechanism (26) for moving a ramp platform (28) between a fully deployed position and a fully stowed position. During this movement, the reciprocating mechanism (26) raises the trailing end of the ramp platform (28) in one translational movement with the extension of the ramp platform, such that the trailing end of the ramp platform, when deployed, is raised to the floor level of the low floor bus (22).
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 25, 2002
Publication date:
January 9, 2003
Applicant:
Lift-U, Division of Hogan Mfg. Inc.
Inventors:
Alan R. Cohn, Cleatus A. Lewis, Curtis J. Simon
Abstract: This invention relates to a hair conditioner composition in solid form comprising at least 5 wt % cationic surfactant and at least 5 wt % fatty alcohol material, wherein the composition contains less than 80 wt % water.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 18, 2002
Publication date:
January 9, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Peter Simon Carew, Reginald Manley, Stephen Lee Wire
Abstract: The invention relates to catalytically bleaching substrates, especially laundry fabrics, with a bleaching composition using either air or a peroxyl source.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 5, 2002
Publication date:
January 9, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Riccardo Filippo Carina, Michel Gilbert Jose Delroisse, Ronald Hage, David Tetard
Abstract: Oral non-food composition comprising an active agent which is substantially insoluble in water at room temperature and pressure and a silicone with a viscosity within the range 10×10−3 to 90×10−3 m2s−1 at 25° C., said composition obtainable by mixing said active agent and silicone before adding said mixture to the remaining ingredients of the composition.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 7, 2001
Date of Patent:
January 7, 2003
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
David Thomas Littlewood, Philip Christopher Waterfield
Abstract: The invention concerns the achievement of a deodorancy benefit upon the human body or upon articles worn in close proximity thereto and involves the application of an anti-microbial product comprising a transition metal chelator and a phenolic or enolic compound that is (a) a transferrin dissociation promoter that operates by aiding the reduction of iron(III) bound to transferrin to iron(II) and/or (b) an anti-oxidant comprising a tert-butylphenol group.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 9, 2001
Date of Patent:
January 7, 2003
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Paula Ann Johnson, Andrew Sjaak Landa, Stephen Anthony Makin, Victoria Anne McKay
Abstract: Deodorant and antiperspirant compositions comprising an aluminium or aluminium-zirconium active can suffer from perceived irritancy when applied topically, which is generally manifested as an itch sensation. This irritancy can be ameliorated or overcome by incorporating within the composition a cannabanoid receptor (CBR) activating agent, and especially an amount selected in the range of from 0.25 to 10 wt %.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 19, 2002
Date of Patent:
January 7, 2003
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, a division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Francis McGlone, Sarah Paterson, Anthony Vincent Rawlings, Roman Rukwied, Allan Watkinson
Abstract: The method of adding an antifreeze protein to an ice confection to restrict the flow of flavor or color ions or molecules present as either solutes or a dispersion, wherein the ice confection contains no protein other than the antifreeze protein.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 9, 2000
Date of Patent:
January 7, 2003
Assignee:
Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream, division of Conopco,
Inc.
Inventors:
Adrian Daniel, Ian Lacy, Jon Richard Oldroyd
Abstract: An internal combustion aircraft engine comprising a cylinder head having a cylindrical head bore formed therein, a piston, and spark plugs, the cylinder head bore and piston designed to reduce engine knock. The cylinder head is fixedly attached to a top end of a cylinder barrel formed with cylindrical walls, the cylinder head bore and the cylindrical walls defining a cylinder. The cylinder head bore has formed therein an outwardly protruding cavity with respect to the top end of the cylinder barrel. The piston has a piston crown, and the piston contained within the cylinder, the piston crown, the cylinder walls, and the cylinder head bore define a combustion chamber. The piston crown has a concavity formed therein, and the piston is constructed and arranged to reciprocate within the cylinder. The concavity of the piston crown and the cavity cooperate at a top dead center position of the piston to form a swirl chamber.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 6, 2002
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Textron Lycoming, A division of Avco Corporation
Abstract: An article is provided for cleansing surfaces, the article includes a curvilinear pouch formed from a plurality of walls, at least one of the walls being water permeable, and at least one of the walls being formed from at least one web of non-woven entangled fibers, the fibers being entangled in a direction perpendicular to a major longitudinal axis of the web. An effervescent cleanser composition which is an anhydrous dry solid activatable by water to generated gases is held within the pouch, and upon generation of gases the pouch walls billow outwardly. Orientation of the entangled fibers in the direction of the minor axis minimizes puckering of the article in use.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 10, 2002
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Abstract: An aromatic paste consisting of a blended mixture containing 3-20 wt. % of basil leaves, 1-30 wt. % of nuts or seeds, 0-20 wt. % of tomato flesh, 0-20 wt. % of tomato paste, 0-25 wt. % of sundried tomatoes, 5-30 wt. % of cheese, 20-60 wt. % of a vegetable fat, 0-2 wt. % of citric acid, 0-1 wt. % of potassium sorbate and 0-5 wt. % of salt, characterized in that the paste is a water and oil emulsion which is either fat continuous or bi-continuous.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 18, 2002
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Bestfoods North America, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Ingeborg Sonja Heetvelde van, Eckhard Floter
Abstract: Antiperspirant compositions comprising an astringent aluminium or zirconium salt can suffer from perceived irritancy when applied topically, which can be ameliorated or overcome by incorporating within the composition a PPAR activating fatty acid and/or hydrolysable precursor thereof such as a triglyceride or ester of the PPAR, especially in an amount selected in the range of from 0.5 to 10 wt %.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 18, 2002
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Andrew Easson Mayes, Anthony Vincent Rawlings, Allan Watkinson
Abstract: A clear emulsion and gel-type cosmetic composition, and in particular to an antiperspirant and/or deodorant composition which comprises a water-in-oil emulsion comprising:
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 24, 2002
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Unileiver Home and Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Anthony Aloysius Scafidi, Zhuning Ma, David Allen Brewster
Abstract: A cover for a handle of a motorized toothbrush wherein the cover is firmly and removeably attachable to the handle, characterized in that the toothbrush can be used with the cover in place
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 27, 2002
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco. Inc.
Inventors:
Richard Huw Davies, Anna Maini, Luca Neri
Abstract: The invention provides non-contact (non-invasive) method for measuring quantity of sebum oil on skin as other substrate. Because the measurements are truly non-contact, they can be made in real time on the same sites for any desired length of time.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 19, 2001
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Krishna Kumar Subramanyan, Leonard Van Gorkom, Zhenhe Zhu, Xi Yuan Hua, Archana K. Sah, Thomas Hancewicz
Abstract: A method for spot cleaning a fabric with a liquid cleaning composition which does not require a rinse step and is suitable to clean garments while they are being worn, the method comprising the steps of
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 1, 2002
Publication date:
January 2, 2003
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
Francesca Goldoni, Jan Kevelam, Arinus Frederikus Leerink, Pieter W. van Reeven, Pieter van der Vlist, Wendi Hutchinson
Abstract: The present application relates to the inclusion of one or more wrinkle reducing ingredients in a laundry detergent product. The benefits are delivered to the laundered item during the cleaning step and, therefore, reduces the need for further wrinkle reducing steps when the items are taken from the dryer or after hang drying.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 24, 2002
Date of Patent:
December 31, 2002
Assignee:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA division of Conopco,
Inc.
Abstract: A method of coloring hair comprises: treating hair with an oxidizing agent; and applying to the hair either during or after treatment with the oxidizing agent a composition comprising a compound which is capable of acting as a substrate for endogenous transglutaminase in and/or on the hair and which comprises a chromophore that is capable of absorbing and/or emitting light in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. Products for use in the method comprise the oxidizing agent packaged separately from the compound.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 5, 2002
Publication date:
December 26, 2002
Applicant:
Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, Division of Conopco, Inc.
Abstract: A process for producing granules of anionic surfactant, preferably PAS by in situ neutralisation of a precursor acid to form the surfactant, heating the surfactant to a temperature in excess of 130° C. and subsequently cooling the to provide surfactant granules is disclosed. Detergent compositions containing such granules are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 22, 1999
Date of Patent:
December 31, 2002
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, division of Conopco, Inc.
Inventors:
William Derek Emery, Kenneth Metcalfe, Peter James Tollington