Patents Assigned to First Brands
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Publication number: 20010023159Abstract: An absorbent pad formed having an upper film layer of a heat resistant porous material: a lower film layer of a heat resistant, non-absorbent, non-porous material, the lower film being bonded to the upper film layer along at least two of their respective opposing peripheral edges and an intermediate absorbent layer of liquid absorbent material between the upper film layer and lower film layer having the absorbent material at least partially bonded to the inside surface of at least one of the upper film layer or lower film layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2001Publication date: September 20, 2001Applicant: First Brands CorporationInventors: Chih-Hung Chen, Jack A. MacPherson
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Patent number: 6156363Abstract: A closure bag having a bag body with internal tack surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 1999Date of Patent: December 5, 2000Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Chih-Hung Chen, Andrius Dapkus, Jack A. Mac Pherson
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Patent number: 6139186Abstract: A tie bag having improved tie features is provided by increasing the thickness of the tie features as compared to the bag thickness.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 1998Date of Patent: October 31, 2000Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventor: Robert W. Fraser
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Patent number: 6095088Abstract: A pet litter box assembly is provided having an open-ended base into which litter can be placed, a cover which can be latched upon the base in order to seal the base and a waste collecting member mounted within the cover at a position spaced from the underside of the cover. When waste and used litter deposited in the base needs to be separated from non-used litter placed in the base, the cover can be seated upon and latched to the base and the pet litter box assembly can be rotated to cause the contents of the base to flow onto the waste collecting member. The waste collecting member includes numerous filtering orifices that are sized to permit non-used litter granules to readily flow therethrough while waste and used litter is collected in the waste collecting member for disposal. The base and the cover have double-wall constructions and therefore each includes inner and outer wall portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 1996Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: First BrandsInventor: Alan F. Savicki
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Patent number: 5965224Abstract: A closure bag having a bag body with internal tack surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 1995Date of Patent: October 12, 1999Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Chih-Hung Chen, Andrius Dapkus, Jack A. Mac Pherson
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Patent number: 5868804Abstract: The artificial firelogs of this invention provide a natural visual and audible sensation so that the artificial firelogs have both a soothing flickering flame and a crackling or popping sound normally observed only with natural wood logs. The crackling additive can be mustard seeds, sesame seeds and synthetic hollow spheres.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 1998Date of Patent: February 9, 1999Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: John W. Williams, Timothy L. LaRocque, Robert W. Fraser, Robert T. Dorsey
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Patent number: 5860391Abstract: The instant invention generally relates to absorbents containing effective odor absorbing amounts of activated carbon. The activated carbon-containing absorbents may also be formed in conjunction with a wide variety of adsorbent materials including bentonite, opaline silica and the like and are suitable for use as absorbents in a wide variety of absorbent application and are particularly well suited for use as animal litters. Such absorbent may also contain fluoropolymer dedusting agents and bactericides to form unique absorbent compositions with diverse properties and uses.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 1996Date of Patent: January 19, 1999Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Jason R. Maxwell, Jack A. MacPherson, Robert T. Dorsey
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Patent number: 5775259Abstract: The instant invention generally relates to absorbents formed from compacting bentonite-containing materials containing an effective amount of the bentonite particles of a size under 100 U.S. mesh.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 1997Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventor: Edward B. Tucker
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Patent number: 5774955Abstract: A closure device providing tactile confirmation of occlusion is disclosed. The closure device comprises first and second interlocking fastening strips arranged to be interlocked over a predetermined length, at least one of the fastening strips having a deformation in the closure device after occlusion of the closure device. This deformation allows a user to tactually confirm that the closure device has been occluded, even after the closure device has been occluded. The deformation may be an inward deformation or an outward deformation on the fastening strip. The deformation may be on one or both of the fastening strips. The fastening strip may include multiple deformations. The deformation may be facilitated by providing a flexure point in the fastening strip, such as, an area of reduced cross-section or a coextruded portion with a different modulus of elasticity. In one embodiment of the invention, the fastening strips include mateable male and female closure elements.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1996Date of Patent: July 7, 1998Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Michael G. Borchardt, John W. Williams
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Patent number: 5647300Abstract: The instant invention generally relates to absorbents formed from compacting bentonite-containing materials containing an effective amount of the bentonite particles of a size under 100 U.S. mesh. The absorbent is compacted under effective compacting pressures to form a bentonite material suitable for use as an absorbent and is characterized as having lower costs, increased absorbency over similarly sized and compositionally similar non-compacted bentonite-containing materials and/or improved clump strength when used as an absorbent.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 1995Date of Patent: July 15, 1997Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventor: Edward B. Tucker
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Patent number: 5433890Abstract: An aqueous polymer preservative and protectant composition containing a silicone emulsion, an aminofunctional silicone emulsion, a film forming thickening agent and a polyol.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 1994Date of Patent: July 18, 1995Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Kenneth L. Meyer, Edward T. Turner, Richard L. Wolstoncroft
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Patent number: 5422008Abstract: The process relates to the reinhibition of recycled antifreeze/coolant. The process is particularly well suited for use with recycled, used antifreeze/coolant from the cooling systems of internal combustion engines.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 1993Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Peter M. Woyciesjes, Aleksei V. Gershun, Stephen M. Woodward
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Patent number: 5421802Abstract: The present invention features a high-speed registration system for the manufacture of plastic bags. The system has a registration apparatus that senses the leading and trailing edge of each sinusoidally-shaped tie pattern from a continuous web. Each sinusoidally-shaped tie is associated with an individual bag entity and, therefore, represents a midway point for each bag to be cut from the continuous web. The leading and trailing edge of each sinusoidally-shaped tie, therefore, is used to determine the center line of each bag. A plurality of center line determinations are averaged upstream of the sizing apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1993Date of Patent: June 6, 1995Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Harry A. Landeck, Alan F. Savicki
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Patent number: 5330787Abstract: A multi-component polish composition and polishing process for a surface. The polish composition comprises a multi-component mixture which when applied to a surface, e.g., the painted surface of a vehicle, under effective drying conditions forms a substantially dry hydrophilic wax-containing film which may be substantially removed from the surface by water rinsing of the surface whereby a hydrophobic protective layer is provided to the surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 1991Date of Patent: July 19, 1994Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: David R. Berlin, Bonnie A. Rishel, Richard R. Wolstoncroft
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Patent number: D379746Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1996Date of Patent: June 10, 1997Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventor: Alan F. Savicki
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Patent number: D381136Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 1996Date of Patent: July 15, 1997Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventor: Alan Francis Savicki
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Patent number: D387514Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 1996Date of Patent: December 9, 1997Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventor: Alan F. Savicki
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Patent number: D388325Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Edward Tucker, George Lueken, Luke Gross, Mark Cruz, Jack F. Melvan
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Patent number: D388560Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 1996Date of Patent: December 30, 1997Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventor: Alan Francis Savicki
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Patent number: D390109Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 1996Date of Patent: February 3, 1998Assignee: First Brands CorporationInventors: Edward Tucker, George Lueken, Luke Gross, Mark Cruz, Jack F. Melvan