Patents by Inventor Adam Yates

Adam Yates has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060128594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising (A) a complex of cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active wherein the complex is prepared by the steps of: (a) combining cyclodextrin and at least one laundry treatment active wherein the cyclodextrin and the laundry treatment active is dissolved, dispersed, suspended, or emulsified in at least one solvent; and (b) removing at least partially the solvent; (B) further comprising at least one laundry adjunct material selected from the group consisting of surfactants; stabilizers; builders; perfumes; enzymes; chelating agents; suds suppressors; colours; opacifiers; anti-oxidants; bactericides; neutralizing agents; buffering agents; phase regulants, dye-transfer inhibitors, hydrotropes, thickeners and mixtures thereof. The present invention is further directed to the process of preparing such compositions and to methods of treating substrates with such compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Adam Yates, Alan Brooker, Sylvestre Canceil, Jean-Luc Bettiol, Andrew Graydon, Paul Lapham
  • Patent number: 5107965
    Abstract: A component for use in conjunction with a bicycle brake member or block, being arranged to contact a bicycle wheel rim in advance of the brake block as the brake is applied, so as to clean the wheel rim of water and/or dirt to improve braking performance. The component may be formed integrally with the brake block or separately for attachment thereto. The component includes a scraper element, whose end surface is arranged to contact the wheel rim. The scraper element is connected to the main body of the component by a flexible hinge portion, which allows the scraper element to flex about the hinge portion, so that as the brake is applied to bring the brake block into contact with the wheel rim, the scraper element flexes against the bias of the hinge portion to bias the scraper element into contact with the wheel rim. The scraper element, hinge portion and main body are all formed integrally of plastic material, preferably injection molded in glass-reinforced nylon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: Athlone Developments Ltd.
    Inventor: Adam Yates