Patents Examined by Jennifer C Chiang
  • Combination scent rolling applicator and storage container
    Patent number: 10588312
    Abstract: A scent distribution device having a spherical housing and having one or more internal cavities in communication with a plurality of wicking members. The wicking members dispersed across the exterior of the housing for the distribution of a scent agent. The device including a harness engaged with an axis of the housing, wherein the housing rotates along the axis for rolling across a surface. The device further including a lead line and segregated and compartmentalized storage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Ratcliff
  • Dispenser with threaded tip/dispenser with removable cap
    Patent number: 10582753
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator includes a container for containing a product to be dispensed and a tip threadably retained on the container. The tip includes an application surface including a thermal member and an opening in the application surface in fluid communication with the container through which the product is dispensed. The tip application surface is configured to contact a user's skin to apply the product to be dispensed and an opening in the application surface through which the product to be dispensed is dispensed from the reservoir. At least one of the dispensing tip or the cap includes a thermal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Timothy Thorpe, Adrian C. Apodaca
  • Article for scrubbing and cleaning hard surfaces and a method for use thereof
    Patent number: 10576509
    Abstract: An all-in-one cleaning device, e.g., such as may be used in cleaning the inside of a shower. The device may provide the ability to dispense the composition carried within the device itself, and scrub the composition into or against the surfaces to be cleaned (e.g., shower walls, floors, corners, etc.). Activation of the dispensing mechanism of the cleaning device may dispense a metered dose of composition, in a generally horizontal direction, onto and/or into a nonwoven or other substrate. The dispensing mechanism may not rely on gravity for dispensing, and may be sealed to prevent unwanted backflow of shower water or other material, preventing contamination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: THE CLOROX COMPANY
    Inventors: Kristina Perlas, Jared Heymann, Steven J. Tomkins, Rashda Khan, Aidee Duarte, Kerry D. Azelton, Abhishek Shetty, Arun Agarwal, Sacha Connor, Miranda Helmer, Selina Wang, HyunJoo Lee, Courtney Lytle, John Jamieson, Janiece Hope
  • Child-resistant locking cap for laminated tubes with improved locking cap insert to reduce substance leakage after the locking cap is closed
    Patent number: 10568404
    Abstract: A combination of a container made out of rolled laminated plastic or rolled laminated metal, combined with a child-resistant locking assembly between the container and a cap removably affixed to the container. The container includes a closed rear end, a front wall and a flexible sidewall between the closed rear end and the front. The cap includes a central post inserted into a dispensing opening in a dispensing nozzle of the contain to reduce the possibility of contents in the container seeping out of the dispensing nozzle after the sealing cap is affixed to the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Innovative Product Brands, Inc.
    Inventor: Bryan Tapocik
  • Pen structure with glass smasher
    Patent number: 10569597
    Abstract: A pen structure with a glass smasher has the glass smasher mounted at the front end of a pen. When a user holds the pen and presses the front end (i.e., the smashing cone) of the smashing rod of the glass smasher forcibly against a glass obstacle, an impact block will strike the rear section of the smashing rod vigorously such that the smashing cone is instantly driven to smash the glass obstacle. A ballpoint/rollerball refill is detachably provided in the pen and is at least 6 cm long in order to contain enough ink. The overall length of the pen is at least 10 cm so that the pen can be easily held while the user writes or draws with the ballpoint/rollerball tip and while the user applies a force to a glass obstacle through the front end of the smashing rod to smash the glass obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Inventor: Chun-Kai Yang
  • Applicator
    Patent number: 10561220
    Abstract: An applicator used for evenly spreading a cream from a tube to which the applicator is attached. The applicator has a base unit that fits over the opening in the tube of cream and directs the cream through a hole in applicator unit, which is the upper part of the invention. The applicator unit has a spreader, which evenly distributes the cream onto a non-planar surface. The spreader is made from flexible, resilient material, and has a tip and wings that emanate out from the hole in the top of the spreader. When the applicator is used to spread cream in a crevice, the tip retains any excess cream behind it, and the wings bend back and evenly spread the cream along the sides of the crevice. The wings have side bevels that remove any sharp edges on the wings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Inventor: Arvin Abadilla
  • Writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetics implement or input device for contact-sensitive surfaces, and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 10549570
    Abstract: A writing, drawing, marking and/or painting utensil or cosmetics implement or input device for contact-sensitive surfaces, wherein the utensil/implement/device includes at least one shank element made of plastics material or a plastics-containing wood substitute. The at least one shank element has a surface, or in that the at least one shank element has a surface which is sheathed in a material layer having a cover surface. The surface of the shank element or the cover surface of the material layer is in the form of a haptic and/or non-slip layer. The haptic and/or non-slip layer has a structure formed in one piece with the shank element and/or the material layer. The structure is formed by corrugation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: STAEDTLER MARS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Thies, Markus Handfest
  • Hair product applicators and methods of using the same
    Patent number: 10542808
    Abstract: A device includes a pump and a brushhead. The pump includes a housing and plunger. The housing has an upper opening, a cavity configured to store a composition therein, and a tip having a dispensing opening. The plunger is slidably disposed within housing such that it is moveable with respect to the housing. The brushhead includes a first plurality of bristle bores and a second plurality of bristle bores, each of which extend from a bottom surface of the brushhead towards an opposing top surface and have a bristle bundle extending therefrom. The brushhead includes a generally central throughhole extending between the bottom surface and the opposing top surface. The pump is coupled to the brushhead via the tip of the housing such that actuation of the plunger causes a portion of the composition stored in the housing to be dispensed on at least a portion of the bristle bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Inventor: Karol E. Wilcher
  • Application pen with an inclined tip end
    Patent number: 10542811
    Abstract: The invention relates to an application pen (10) for applying a fluid substance (S) on a body part, said application pen comprising an applicator head (12) made of a porous material (20), said applicator head comprising a first part (22) and a second part (24) inclined (?) relative to each other, said first and second parts being single-piece. The applicator head is obtainable by a method comprising the following steps: forming a rod made of the porous material, said rod extending parallel to the first axis and having a first transversal dimension; then removing a portion of porous material, by grinding, in an off-centered manner, from a segment of the rod, in order to reduce (27) the first transversal dimension of said segment, said segment including a junction (30) between the first and second parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Denis Befve, Eric Caulier, Pauline Prade
  • Cosmetic container with anti-contamination function for wiper
    Patent number: 10537164
    Abstract: A cosmetic container with an anti-contamination function for a wiper is provided, where a ring member guides the introduction and discharge of a brush while being moved along the inner surface of a wiper by the pressure applied from a brush rod when the brush rod is introduced into and discharged from a cosmetic container. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the inner surface of the wiper from being contaminated by the contents such as mascara adhered to the brush and to ensure simplified use of the contents such as mascara. Further, since the inner surface of the wiper is not contaminated by the contents such as mascara, it is possible to ensure easy application of the contents such as mascara, which is adhered to the brush passing through the wiper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: CTK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Yong Chung, Jung Hun Jun
  • Retractable writing instrument
    Patent number: 10538124
    Abstract: A retractable writing instrument includes a push member including a clip and a protruding and retracting mechanism that causes a pen point to protrude from and retract into a front end of the barrel at a frontward press on the push member, without the push member rotating with respect to the instrument. The protruding and retracting mechanism includes cam teeth and cam grooves formed in an inner face of the barrel, a rotary member including protuberances engageable alternately with the cam teeth or the cam grooves, a cam member connected to the push member and includes cam projections rotating the rotary member, and engagement projections engaged with the cam grooves in the inner face of the barrel so as to be movable in the longitudinal direction; and a resilient element that biases the writing element rearward. The push member and the cam member are in detent engagement with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA PILOT CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Ito
  • Dispenser for storing and advancing a liquid
    Patent number: 10532376
    Abstract: A dispenser with a transfer assembly is arranged to efficiently transfer a stored liquid from a reservoir in a body of the dispenser to an applicator. The transfer assembly includes an adapter, applicator base, piston and a bias member. The adapter is in contact with the body and has a central member with orifices to fluidly couple the applicator base to the reservoir. The applicator base is supported by and extends beyond the adapter. The applicator base forms a cavity for housing the piston and the bias member. A tubular member of the applicator base supports an applicator. The piston includes a passage that conveys the stored liquid from the cavity to the applicator. The bias member keeps the head of the piston against a surface of the central member. When stored liquid is under a pressure that exceeds a bias force, displacement of the piston, opens a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Inventor: Shaoxiang Zhang
  • Device for packaging and dispensing a product
    Patent number: 10524556
    Abstract: A packaging and distribution device, for example a device for treatment with an electric current, includes: a refill containing a product to be distributed, including a vessel defined at least partially by a flexible wall; a pressing member for pressing on the flexible wall in order to apply pressure to the product contained therein, wherein the pressing member includes two flaps hingedly connected to one another, each connected to a mechanical system biasing the flap to bear against the refill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: SEB S.A.
    Inventors: Thi Hong Lien Planard-Luong, Franck Mandica, Johan Sabattier, Régis Fereyre
  • Multiuse tooth cleaning devices and processes for using same
    Patent number: 10524561
    Abstract: Tooth cleaning devices for portable, discrete use to improve dental hygiene as well as cosmetic appearance of teeth and processes for using same. The devices enable discrete cleaning of teeth after drinking dark-colored beverages or after eating food in social settings when conventional teeth cleaning devices are unavailable or inconvenient. In particular, these devices are designed for multiple uses, so that the same device may be used for teeth cleaning on multiple occasions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventor: Joelle S. Flynn
  • Dental treatment appliance
    Patent number: 10517704
    Abstract: A dental treatment appliance includes a handle, a nozzle for engaging the teeth of the user and for delivering a burst of working fluid to the teeth of a user, and a datum component also for engaging the teeth of the user. Each of the nozzle and the datum component is moveable relative to the handle. A control circuit detects relative movement between the nozzle and the datum component as the appliance is moved along the teeth of a user, and actuates the delivery of working fluid to the teeth of the user depending on the detected relative movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander Carlyle, Peter Joel Davies
  • Personal care implement
    Patent number: 10517384
    Abstract: A personal care implement, such as an oral care implement, that includes a body containing a supply of a fluid. A flow barrier is positioned with a first surface adjacent to the supply of fluid and a second surface opposite the first surface. The flow barrier allows flow of the fluid through the flow barrier for application to a biological surface when the flow barrier is compressed and prevents or inhibits flow of another fluid that is in contact with the second surface of the flow barrier through the flow barrier in a static state. In certain embodiments, the fluid in the supply may have a first viscosity and a first surface tension and the another fluid may have a second viscosity and a second surface tension such that one of the first and second viscosities and one of the first and second surface tensions are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Leighton Davies-Smith, Al Aquanza Sprosta, Shyamala Pillai
  • Surf wax handling assembly
    Patent number: 10513386
    Abstract: A surf wax handling assembly having a base member that is an elongated, rigid body having a slanted scraper at one end and a top portion that includes a pressing surface disposed between two opposing raised side edges; a hollow receptacle member that is a rigid container having an open top, an open bottom, and a hollow interior, with the receptacle member configured to selectively engage with the top portion of the base member such that the pressing surface of the base member encloses the open bottom of the receptacle member; and a press member configured to slide into the open top of the receptacle member and through the hollow interior of the receptacle member so as to press individual wax pieces present into the hollow portion away from the open top and against the pressing surface to form a larger piece that can be immediately reused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventor: Luciano Loseto
  • Scrubbing brush head assembly
    Patent number: 10512324
    Abstract: A scrubbing brush head assembly for cleaning an animal includes a shell. A wall coupled to the shell defines an upper chamber and a lower chamber. A pipe is coupled to the shell and is in fluidic communication with the lower chamber. A connector is configured to couple the pipe to a water source. A valve is configured to control a flow of water. A regulator fluidically couples the upper chamber to the lower chamber and the pipe. Tubes extend from a bottom of the shell and are in fluidic communication with the lower chamber. An actuator selectively actuates the regulator to fluidically couple the upper chamber to the lower chamber and the pipe. The water is partially directed to the upper chamber to dispense shampoo from the upper chamber to the lower chamber. The tubes direct the shampoo and the water to a body of an animal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Inventor: Kenneth Roundtree
  • Combination writing utensil and handcuff tool
    Patent number: 10507687
    Abstract: A combination writing utensil and handcuff tool including a writing utensil having a slotted interior chamber and a plurality of spring-loaded buttons. A pair of writing tips is disposed within the slotted interior chamber, with each of a first of the pair of writing tips and a second of the pair of writing tips engaged with each of a first of the plurality of spring-loaded buttons and a second of the plurality of spring-loaded buttons, respectively, and lockably extended through an opening of the writing utensil. Additionally, each of a handcuff key and a handcuff lock is disposed within the slotted interior chamber of the writing utensil. Each of the handcuff key and the handcuff lock is engaged with each of a third of the plurality of spring-loaded buttons and a fourth of the plurality of spring-loaded buttons, respectively, and lockably extended through the opening of the writing utensil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Inventor: Luther Hill, III
  • Pull down pump actuator
    Patent number: 10506862
    Abstract: Devices for dispensing and applying a cosmetic product include a container for holding a volume of cosmetic product and a cosmetic dispensing system. The container has a closed end at a lower end of the device and an open end facing an upper end of the device. The cosmetic dispensing system is coupled to the open end of the container and includes a tip having an outlet for dispensing cosmetic product, and an actuator configured to be manually depressed to deliver a portion of the volume of cosmetic product to the outlet. The actuator includes finger guides on opposite sides of the actuator, the finger guides disposed below the tip and providing opposing surfaces for depressing the actuator, moving the actuator towards the lower end of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: HCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventors: Armando Villarreal, Jeremy Wilson, Adrian C. Apodaca