Patents Examined by David Walczak
  • Patent number: 9861175
    Abstract: A cosmetic container with application body, a liquid cosmetic accommodated in the container being supplied to an application body provided to a tip of the container through an intermediate core, the liquid cosmetic being applied by the application body, in which the application body is disc-shaped, rotatably provided at an outlet of the liquid cosmetic at the tip of the container, and in contact with the intermediate core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9861188
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a cover member. In one aspect, the invention is an oral care implement comprising: a body comprising a handle and a head coupled the handle, the head comprising a first coupling element, and the handle comprising a second coupling element; a store of oral care material located within the body; an outlet located on the head; a cover member comprising a cap portion, a mounting portion, and a third coupling element, the cover member alterable between: (1) a first state in which the first and third coupling elements cooperate with one another to detachably couple the cover member to the head to seal the outlet; and (2) a second state in which the second and third coupling elements cooperate with one another to detachably couple the cover member to the handle so that the mounting portion can operate as a stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventor: Eduardo J. Jimenez
  • Patent number: 9862226
    Abstract: The invention relates to a component for writing, drawing, painting and/or cosmetic implements for receiving at least one application medium, the component comprising at least one sleeve, which is made of a polymer-bonded wood substitute substance and which has an inner sleeve wall and an outer sleeve wall, the component further having at least one migration blocking layer, the at least one migration blocking layer directly or indirectly covering the inner sleeve wall of the at least one sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: STAEDTLER MARS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Thies, Konstantin Czeschka, Alexander Vyhnal
  • Patent number: 9861246
    Abstract: A device for cleaning debris from a target surface. The device has a handle for gripping by a user, a hole in the handle which removably receives a replaceable container of cleaning solution and a flat surface which removably receives a cleaning pad. This device may be extruded from a monolithic piece of material, cut to length. The resulting device is unitary, inexpensive and durable. The pad/cleaning solution may be replaced when depleted and replaced with a new pad/cleaning solution or may simply be replaced with a new pad/cleaning solution as may be more suitable for a particular cleaning task. The device may be foam, which provides for an inexpensive construction material and convenient, ergonomic gripping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Glenn Allen Bradbury, Louis Robert Zeiser
  • Patent number: 9862225
    Abstract: A liquid applying tool which can create pressurizing action with a simple structure and without any labor at the time of using the liquid applying tool, and allows liquid to be smoothly fed to a tip end of a liquid applicator member with the assistance of the pressurizing action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: KOTOBUKI & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidehei Kageyama, Yoshio Noguchi, Sachio Arai
  • Patent number: 9862224
    Abstract: A writing instrument includes an elongated body housing a spool valve and a writing tip secured to a distal end of the elongated body. Two or more fluid reservoirs in selective fluid communication with the writing tip. Axial movement of the spool valve relative to the elongated body of the writing instrument alternately establishes fluid flow paths between the fluid reservoirs and the writing tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Inventor: Joseph D Maresh
  • Patent number: 9855582
    Abstract: A variable-width viscous fluid applicator, and related methods, may include an applicator having wall portions adjustable toward and away from each other, an injection port being formed in a bridge portion that spans upper ends of the wall portions. The applicator may be engaged around the edge of a component such as a panel. A bead of viscous fluid may be applied and shaped by injecting the fluid through the injection port and moving the applicator along the panel edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Rosemary Danielle Pham, Tho Ngoc Dang
  • Patent number: 9848685
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tubular case for cosmetics that includes: a case (10) made of a material that can be pressed by a hand and capable of keeping make-up; a cosmetic discharge member (20) thread-fastened to an inlet (11) to the top of the case (10); a cylindrical brush cap (40) fitted on the cosmetic discharge member (20), moved up/down by elastic force of a spring (30) therein, and keeping a brush (41) on the top; and an upper cap (50) covering the top of the cylindrical brush cap (40) and thread-fastened to the lowermost stepped side (21) of the cosmetic discharge member (20). According to the tubular case for cosmetics of the present invention, since an opening/closing protrusion is inserted in close contact in a discharge hole and an O-ring is fitted on an upper stepped portion of a cosmetic discharge member to seal the inner side of a lower cylindrical protrusion, make-up is prevented from leaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Jae Kwang Hwang
  • Patent number: 9849648
    Abstract: A cleaning apparatus for a mobile device. The cleaning apparatus comprises: a support plate; a sealing layer attached under the support plate; and a wiping layer disposed under the sealing layer, wherein a cleaning solution receiving part for receiving cleaning solution is formed between the support plate and the sealing layer, the sealing layer has a through hole extending to the wiping layer, and the cleaning solution is discharged to the wiping layer through the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Chan Kwon Lee
  • Patent number: 9844254
    Abstract: A lipstick case having a structure wherein a lipstick is exposed outwards when lowering an ascending and descending member which encases the lipstick as rotating a rotation body to one side direction, whereas the lipstick is hidden by the ascending and descending member when the rotation body to the other side direction is rotated and thereby the ascending and descending member ascends. Therefore, it is possible to fundamentally prevent problems in use, e.g. a breakage of lipstick caused by closing a cover part in a state of the lipstick being ascended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: YONWOO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min-goo Kim
  • Patent number: 9844974
    Abstract: An artificial house plant, hereby named ‘Pen Plant’, made from artificial wired plants wherein each individual shoot comprises of a ballpoint pen arranged in a pot or vase to realistically resemble a house plant. Floral tape may be used to create the illusion of the extension of the plants shoot or root. Pieces of the plant may be used to decorate vase or pot with, in some cases and as shown below, a ribbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Inventor: Sandra Starr McCurdy
  • Patent number: 9844973
    Abstract: A thermochromic writing instrument, comprising: a writing body, storing a thermochromic ink therein, stored in a barrel; an operation body provided in the barrel to be operated to longitudinally move the writing body; a nib of the writing body configured to be capable of appearing from a front end of the writing instrument, wherein the writing instrument further includes a friction unit, rubbing handwriting in the thermochromic ink and capable of thermally changing the color of the handwriting by frictional heat generated at that time, and at least one clip body as the operation body, the friction unit is provided at a rear end of the barrel, and the clip body is provided in an area other than the rear end of the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA PILOT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Ito
  • Patent number: 9844496
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a foam made of a specific material having superior properties and to cosmetics comprising said foam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: AMOREPACIFIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ha Jin Jung, Kyung Nam Kim, Jung Sun Choi, Kyung Ho Choi, Yeong Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 9839283
    Abstract: An oral care implement with product application. In one embodiment, the implement is a fluid dispensing toothbrush having a body comprised of a handle, a head, and an internal cavity containing an oral care material. The head includes tooth cleaning elements and an applicator in fluid communication with the internal cavity. In one embodiment, the applicator includes at least one spring-actuated valve operable to dispense the fluidic oral care material upon engagement with a user's oral tissue. The oral care material is delivered from the internal cavity upon applying a pressing force to a moveable sealing element of the valve. In certain embodiments, a pressurizer may be provided to pressurize the oral care material for positive dispensing. In one embodiment, the applicator is disposed in a soft tissue cleaner on the toothbrush head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Francis Tatu, Kathryn Neal, Sharon Kennedy, Brian G. Worthington, Eduardo J. Jimenez
  • Patent number: 9833816
    Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning and disinfecting sink drains and overflow holes. The apparatus includes: a cleaning fluid dispenser having a cleaning fluid reservoir, and a dispensing mechanism with a fluid dispensing port. Cleaning fluid is forced from the cleaning fluid reservoir out via the fluid dispensing port. A flexible tube is attached to the fluid dispensing port, and a support wire is affixed at its proximal end to the inside of the fluid dispensing port. A cylindrical brush is attached to a distal end of the support wire, which runs inside the tube along its length from the dispensing port to the cylindrical brush, so the tube can provide cleaning fluid to the cylindrical brush. The flexible tube is durable under repeated use, sliding in and out of the overflow hole and the drain of a sink, while the wire prevents the tube from kinking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Inventors: Robert John Lopes, Kyle Leon Lopes
  • Patent number: 9833055
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a thermal storage tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The thermal storage tip comprises a material that is capable of storing and retaining thermal energy during application of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: HCT Asia Ltd.
    Inventor: Timothy Thorpe
  • Patent number: 9834032
    Abstract: A mechanical pencil which is configured so that a rotatable cam is rotationally driven with an axis of the rotatable cam relative to a holder member stabled, and smooth operation of a rotational drive mechanism is ensured. The mechanical pencil includes a rotational drive mechanism for driving rotationally a rotatable cam according to writing pressure applied to a writing lead, and transfer rotational motion of the rotatable cam to the writing lead. The rotational drive mechanism includes a holder member supporting the rotatable cam so as to be rotatable, a first fixed cam formed with a funnel-shaped inclined surface Fu and a second fixed cam formed at an obtuse angle ? relative to an axial direction. Cam faces of an upper cam and a lower cam alternately meshing with the first and second fixed cams are formed along a conical inclined surface Cs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Kei Oomoto
  • Patent number: 9826878
    Abstract: Cleaning articles including a heat engine incorporated therein. The cleaning article may include a substrate (e.g., a non-woven wipe) including one or more layers. The heat engine may be in the wipe or pad, and includes a reactive metal composition which upon contact with a salt water (e.g., saline) composition, reacts to produce heat. The cleaning article may thus produce water vapor and/or steam upon activation of the heat engine. A venting structure may be provided adjacent to or surrounding the heat engine that includes an impermeable material (e.g., impermeable to water and/or air or other gas), which includes one or more vents through the impermeable material. The venting structure directs water vapor and/or steam to a desired face of the cleaning article, away from the user. A heat barrier layer may insulate a user's hand from the generated heat, and/or a handle may be attachable to the pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: William R. Ouellette, Kerry Azelton, Brian Lin, Vismadeb Mazumder, Maria Ochomogo, Bryan K. Parrish, Michael J. Petrin, Richard J. Uriarte
  • Patent number: 9826814
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for packaging a cosmetic product (P) in solid form and applying it to the skin, having a longitudinal axis X, comprising: a sleeve (70) containing the cosmetic product (P), an elevator means (50) able to support the cosmetic product (P) at a current position in the sleeve and to axially move the cosmetic product along the axis X to make it emerge from the sleeve (70) bypassing through the orifices (77), a means (60) for manually actuating the elevator, a means (80) for partial covering of the outlet of the sleeve (70) comprising a vault (71) formed solely of an elastically deformable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Gilles Baudin, Kristell Le Moing
  • Patent number: 9828517
    Abstract: A seed-containing crayon. The crayon includes an elongated member formed of a marking composition to leave a colored mark on a surface when the elongated member contacts the surface. The marking composition is formed of a wax, a pigment, and a plant nutrient that is activated by application of water to the elongated member. Plant seeds are embedded in the marking composition of the elongated member. The crayon can include a paper band that at least partially surrounds the elongated member along at least part of the length of the elongated member in which the plant seeds are embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: EFFEKT, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Falken