Patents Assigned to S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc.
  • Liquid atomizing device with reduced settling of atomized liquid droplets
    Publication number: 20050279854
    Abstract: A liquid atomizing device for dispensing liquid droplets includes a container for holding a liquid, the container having a porous wick positioned to communicate the liquid from the container, and an orifice plate with apertures, the orifice plate being vibrated by a piezoelectric element to cause liquid communicated from the container to be atomized and dispensed as liquid droplets through the apertures. The device employs a unique placement and design of heaters or fans to promote evaporation and dispersion of the atomized liquid while the liquid is airborne.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 22, 2005
    Applicant: S.C. JOHNSON & SON, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Martens, Heather Schramm
  • Friction resistant time delay actuator assembly for aerosol containers
    Patent number: 6971560
    Abstract: An actuator assembly is disclosed which can dispense chemicals, such as insect control ingredients, from an aerosol container. The actuator assembly is mountable to the aerosol container and includes a solid plug that, upon initial activation, will be caused by the pressure of the chemical in the aerosol container to move to an unsealed position. Movement of the plug is retarded by a frictional engagement of the plug with an associated passage/conduit. The device can be manually activated, but is designed so that thereafter it does not need to be manually held open. The consumer has time to leave the room before spraying begins, and does not need to be present in the room before spraying has finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian E. Healy, Nathan R. Westphal, John C. Mehnert
  • Actuator for a pressurized material dispenser
    Patent number: 6971557
    Abstract: An actuator orifice and an actuator for enhancing or creating a foam from a pressurized material dispenser. The actuator includes a skirt attached to the dispenser and a trigger movably mounted to the skirt. The trigger includes a flow conduit with a socket for receiving a valve stem. The socket exerts pressure on the stem to release contents of the dispenser. The trigger includes a hollow flow diverter located within the chamber. The flow diverter has a side wall and an end wall extending inwardly from the flow diverter side wall. The flow diverter side wall in turn has slots that provide fluid paths between the flow conduit and a surrounding chamber. The chamber side wall has recesses. Each slot laterally directs contents of the dispenser into at least one of the recesses in the chamber side wall when the valve is activated by the trigger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: David P. Mather, Edward J. Kunesh, Allen D. Miller
  • Bottle adapter for dispensing of cleanser from bottle used in an automated cleansing sprayer
    Patent number: 6971549
    Abstract: A bottle adapter is disclosed for use with a liquid refill kit for an automated cleansing sprayer of the type having a reservoir tray having an upwardly extending well for supporting a bottle in an inverted orientation, wherein the well has a spring-loaded outlet valve. The refill kit includes the bottle for containing a liquid. The bottle has a piercable closure sealing an end of the bottle. The adapter has a central hole. The adapter is suitable for being situated between the closure and a bottom wall of the upwardly extending well in the sprayer for supporting the bottle. The adapter is configured such that if the bottle and adapter are installed in the well, movement of the closure relative to the well can result in movement of the adapter which in turn can result in movement of the outlet valve that controls the opening and closing of the valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Leifheit, Terry M. Kovara, Peter M. Neumann, Amber N. D. Mazooji
  • Methods for evaluating chemical components based on their proposed function in the product they are to be used in
    Patent number: 6973362
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods for evaluating the environmental impact of various chemical components as a function of their proposed functional use in a chemical product, methods for formulating products based on those evaluations, and databases for assisting in those methods. Consumer products can be environmentally improved using these methods. Environmental criteria are in part developed based on the nature of the ultimate use of the product, and usually vary for a given chemical between types of proposed uses. The environmental classes for components are adjusted by their weight representation in the final product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: David C. Long, Frederick H. Martin, John A. Weeks
  • Point of purchase fragrance sampling
    Patent number: 6969008
    Abstract: A fragrance sampling system for use in a store comprises a piezoelectrically vibrated orifice plate atomizer mounted to extend from a support structure in the store, such as a shelf and operated to emit puffs of very small droplets of the liquid fragrance and eject them upwardly into the atmosphere such that they become fully evaporated before contacting any supporting surface. The atomizer is controlled by electrical circuits which limit the times during which atomization occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas A. Helf, Edward J. Martens, III, Scott D. Walter, William D. Perez, Thomas Jaworski
  • Aerosol cleaner
    Patent number: 6969698
    Abstract: Disclosed are aerosol emulsion cleaning sprays formulated for clarity and low residual tackiness. One form contains a mixture of diphenyloxide disulfonate hydrotrope and diphenyloxide disulfonate surfactant. Another form contains ethoxylated acetylenic glycol surfactants, preferably a mix of such surfactants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerome J. Veltman
  • Electric liquid volatile dispenser
    Patent number: 6968124
    Abstract: A plug-in type dispenser of liquid volatiles, such as insecticides, fragrants, and the like, of the type having a heater for evaporating the liquid volatiles from a wick, provides improved volatile dispersion characteristics and in-use indication. Air flow through the dispenser and around the wick is increased, and the outlet is sized and configured to avoid condensation on the inside and outside of the housing as well as to increase the vertical component of the expelled air stream. An internal lamp transmits light to be reflected off of an exterior in-use indicator surface of the housing to provide visual indication that the dispenser is active.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Padma Prabodh Varanasi, Joel E. Adair, Brian T. Davis, Saleh Adam Saleh
  • Flameless candle with air intake chamber and air outflow chamber
    Patent number: 6966665
    Abstract: A flameless candle includes a housing, which defines an enclosure. A wall is positioned in the enclosure to form an air intake chamber and an air outflow chamber. At least one opening is in communication with both the ambient air and the air intake chamber. At least one opening is in communication with the air intake chamber and the air outflow chamber. And at least one opening is in communication with the ambient air and the air outflow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Limburg, Thomas J. Szymczak, Milan L. Zdrubecky
  • Disposable bakeware with improved drip resistance at elevated temperatures
    Patent number: 6942120
    Abstract: A thermoplastic bakeware article (i.e., an article formed to hold, contain or support food, while being heated in a microwave, conventional oven, convection oven, or the like) that is food-grade and resistant to dripping, stringing, and melting at high temperatures. The article has a composition comprising a partially crystalline polyester resin and a phenoxy resin. The composition is formulated so as to allow cross-linking between the polyester resin and the phenoxy resin at temperatures above about 400° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: John S. Trent, Thayer A. Brown, Jr., Kent B. McReynolds, Jeffrey T. Brown
  • Volatile emitting lantern
    Patent number: D509614
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Mandell, Steven B. Mineau, Nheeda C. Enriquez, David A. Borsheim
  • Portion of bottle cap
    Patent number: D509738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Terry M. Kovara, Allen D. Miller, Peter M. Neumann, Michael W. Allen, Paul M. Blankenship
  • Dispenser for volatile actives
    Patent number: D510135
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Beatrice Mariotti
  • Overcap
    Patent number: D510267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen D. Miller, Ronald D. A. Reyes
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D510869
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Alana J. Gross, Patricia A. Williams, Brent W. Lindberg
  • Volatile emitting lantern
    Patent number: D511393
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan N. Mandell, Steven B. Mineau, Nheeda C. Enriquez, David A. Borsheim
  • Volatile actives dispenser
    Patent number: D512136
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark E. Wefler
  • Decorative tower object
    Patent number: D512661
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Kit Morris, Manoj K. Mistry
  • Holder for a bottle for mounting in a reservoir such as a toilet tank
    Patent number: D512771
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon M. Conway, Steven A. Zach, Kevin Harrity
  • Decorative amphora-like object
    Patent number: D512938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
    Inventors: Kit Morris, Philip C. Y. Leung