Patents Assigned to The Dial Corporation
  • WATER-BASED GEL WITH LOW SYNERESIS
    Publication number: 20130157922
    Abstract: The present invention is a water-based carrageenan gel composition that exhibits remarkable resistance against syneresis and mottling, made possible by the addition of relatively small amounts of nonionic cellulose derivatives such as methyl hydroxyethyl cellulose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: The Dial Corporation
  • BOTTLE CLOSURE WITH BREAKAWAY SKIRT FOR NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLES
    Publication number: 20130153610
    Abstract: A closure for a non-refillable bottle is provided wherein the closure is designed to break apart into at least two portions when an attempt is made to pry the closure from the bottle. The breakage is directed across a frangible demarcation that is configured such that breakage of the closure into pieces does not compromise the seal of the closure on the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: Gregory Schriner
  • ACIDIC GEL CLEANER WITH IMPROVED RINSING FROM A DRIED STATE
    Publication number: 20130157921
    Abstract: The rinsing performance of acidic gel cleaners comprising acid, surfactant and water is improved using a synergistic combination of two polymers consisting essentially of (a) copolymer having a quaternized monomer and (b) microbially-derived polysaccharide. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the acidic gel cleaner includes (a) a copolymer having at least a diallyldimethylammonium chloride monomer or an acrylamidopropyltrimethylammonium chloride monomer, and (b) xanthan gum. The improved gel cleaners have the unique ability to be easily rinsed from a hard surface even if previously dried into a dry mass on the hard surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Brenda C. Marin, Joan M. Bergstrom
  • PRESSURIZED DELIVERY OF HAIR STYLING GELS
    Publication number: 20130142746
    Abstract: An aerated hair styling gel delivery system comprises a hair styling gel with entrained air stably packaged in and delivered from a bag-on-valve dispensing package. The hair gel remains lighter in density than hair styling gels packaged in conventional plastic cosmetic tubes or tubs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Demson, Jennifer Harris
  • ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS HAVING STABLE VISCOSITY, ANTIPERSPIRANT PRODUCTS COMPRISING SUCH ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130136710
    Abstract: An antiperspirant composition includes an active antiperspirant component; a silicone carrier fluid; a mineral clay mixture treated with a quaternary ammonium compound; and a stabilizer. The mineral clay mixture includes (a) a mineral clay chosen from sepiolite, palygorskite, and combinations thereof; and (b) a smectite mineral clay. A ratio of the stabilizer to the clay mixture is from 6.5 to 11 weight %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: The Dial Corporation
  • ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS HAVING STABLE VISCOSITY, ANTIPERSPIRANT PRODUCTS COMPRISING SUCH ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS, AND METHODS FOR MAKING SUCH ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS
    Publication number: 20130136711
    Abstract: An antiperspirant composition, a product comprising the antiperspirant composition, and a method of making the antiperspirant composition are provided. The antiperspirant composition comprises an active antiperspirant component, a silicone carrier fluid, and a mineral clay mixture treated with a quaternary ammonium compound. The mineral clay mixture comprises (a) a mineral clay chosen from sepiolite, palygorskite, and combinations thereof, and (b) a smectite mineral clay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Haiyan Ge, Brett A. Courtright
  • Shipping and display carton and blanks for producing same
    Patent number: 8430297
    Abstract: A shipping and display carton convertible into a cover portion and display tray is described comprised of a cover portion formed from a cover blank and a tray portion formed from a tray blank. The blanks are preferably glued together at only three glue points when the tray blank is laid flat on top of the cover blank in order to form a two-layered blank that may be erected into the present carton. The fully erected carton may be easily broken apart into an attractive display tray and a disposable/recyclable cover by gripping the cover within a grasping aperture and lifting the cover portion up to break the carton apart at the two side tabs and along the rear of the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Gatrost, Stephen Koven, Reena Patel, Ashley Wilkum, John Waidelich
  • HAIR COLORATION COMPOSITIONS EXHIBITING PREDETERMINED STRUCTURAL COLORATION THROUGH PHOTONIC BAND GAP EFFECTS
    Publication number: 20130089583
    Abstract: Hair coloration compositions for application to hair are provided. In an embodiment, a hair coloration composition includes a plurality of particles. Each particle comprises a first layer of first material and a first layer of second material with an interface therebetween. The first material has a first refractive index and the second material has a second refractive index. The difference between the first refractive index and the second refractive index is greater than zero. Each particle is configured to exhibit a photonic band gap effect at the interface when exposed to incident white light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy J. Taylor
  • Personal care product dispenser systems
    Patent number: 8393813
    Abstract: Personal care product dispenser systems include a dispenser and a base station. The dispenser comprises a casing including a personal care product and a shaft. The personal care product is disposed within the casing and comprises an antiperspirant or deodorant. The shaft extends through a portion of the casing and including a first end and a second end and is configured to advance the personal care product through the casing when rotated in a first direction. The second end has a chuck contact surface defining a first shape. The base station includes a motor and a chuck. The motor is operatively coupled to the chuck and is configured to rotate the chuck, and the chuck has a wheel contact surface to correspond to the first shape of the chuck contact surface. The base station is configured to rotate the chuck when the dispenser is mounted to the base station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: Travis T. Yarlagadda
  • SOFT SOLID ANTIPERSPIRANT COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING STEARYL ALCOHOL AND CETYL AND/OR MYRISTYL ALCOHOL
    Publication number: 20130028855
    Abstract: Soft solid antiperspirant compositions are provided. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, an antiperspirant composition comprises an active antiperspirant compound, a first fatty alcohol constituent comprising stearyl alcohol, and a second fatty alcohol constituent comprising C14 to C16 fatty alcohol. The exemplary soft solid antiperspirant composition has a first fatty alcohol to second fatty alcohol ratio of from about 2:1 to about 6:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: January 31, 2013
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: Travis T. Yarlagadda
  • Method of inhibiting the transmission of influenza virus
    Patent number: 8337872
    Abstract: Antimicrobial compositions having a rapid and persistent antiviral effectiveness against influenza viruses, including avian flu viruses, are disclosed. The antimicrobial compositions contain (a) a disinfecting alcohol, (b) an organic acid, and (c) water, wherein the composition has a pH of about 5 or less and the nonvolatile components of the composition are capable of forming a barrier film or layer on a treated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Janice L. Fuls, Nancy D. Rodgers, Richard F. Theiler, Daniel E. Pedersen, John J. Rolando, Richard K. Staub
  • HIGH QUALITY BAR SOAP INCORPORATING TRICLINIC TALC
    Publication number: 20120322711
    Abstract: A personal cleansing composition includes soap at a concentration of at least 10 weight percent of the composition; and talc having a primarily triclinic crystal structure, the talc being included at a concentration of between 0.1 and 15 weight percent of the composition. A method for enhancing lathering properties of a bar soap includes the step of molding a bar soap from such a composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: The Dial Corporation
    Inventor: Jesus Macias
  • Combinations of herb extracts having synergistic antioxidant effect, and methods relating thereto
    Patent number: 8313783
    Abstract: The present invention comprises mixtures of herb extracts, namely a mixture of the herb ginger and the herb sophora, which mixture exerts synergistic antioxidant effect. Skin care preparations incorporating such herb extract mixtures, and their methods of preparation and use, are also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Haiyan Ge, Earl P. Seitz, Jr., Thomas Doering
  • COMPOSITIONS HAVING A HIGH ANTIVIRAL AND ANTIBACTERIAL EFFICACY
    Publication number: 20120276219
    Abstract: Antimicrobial compositions having a rapid antiviral and antibacterial effectiveness, and a persistent antiviral effectiveness, are disclosed. The anti-microbial compositions contain (a) an antimicrobial agent, (b) a disinfecting alcohol, and (c) (i) an organic acid, (ii) an inorganic salt comprising a cation having a valence of 2, 3, or 4 and a counterion capable of lowering a surface pH to about 5 or less, (iii) an aluminum, zirconium, or aluminum-zirconium complex, or (iv) mixtures thereof, wherein the composition has a pH of about 5 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: THE DIAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Taylor, Priscilla S. Fox, Earl P. Seitz, JR.
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D670172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Kacie Bruscha, Alicia Cazares, J. Tirso Olivares, Anne Silsby
  • Air freshener housing
    Patent number: D675307
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Freeborn, Nancy Miiller, Brian Houck, Elizabeth Johnson
  • Air freshener
    Patent number: D675308
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Freeborn, Nancy Miiller, Jason Phillips
  • Air freshener
    Patent number: D675309
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Freeborn, Nancy Miiller, Jason Phillips
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D679189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy Miiller, Nicole Westervelt, Jessica Walker, Kristen Jacokes, J. Tirso Olivares
  • Bottle
    Patent number: D679190
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: The Dial Corporation
    Inventors: Kristen Jacokes, Nancy Miiller, Shannon Navarette Bowers, J. Tirso Olivares, Brent Lindberg