Patents by Inventor Benjamin Ma
Benjamin Ma 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).
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Patent number: 10413137Abstract: Dispensing containers including a bottom, a top, and one or more side walls defining an interior cavity within the container. A support structure adjacent the bottom of the container forms an angle between a top surface of the support structure and the bottom that is from 120° to 150°. This allows the container to accommodate a rectangular stack of wipes positioned within the interior cavity of the container, in a substantially vertical orientation, with the short side contacting the bottom of the container, and the underside of the stack contacting the top surface of the support structure. The stack of wipes may be taller than the height of the container, fitting into the container due to the slightly angled orientation of the stack, the flexible nature of the stack of wipes, and the support structure allowing the stack to bend or flop over the support.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2016Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: Stephen Don Wahl, Benjamin Ma
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Patent number: 10278552Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flex pack wipes dispensers for dispensing wipes. An exemplary wipes dispenser may include a flexible container body having an opening through which the wipes are dispensed. A plurality of wipes (e.g., a stack) is contained in the flexible container body. A closure is provided over the opening through the flexible container body, configured to allow a user to selectively open and close access to the opening. The closure may include a perimeter flange sealed to the flexible container body, a base defined within the flange which initially covers the opening in the flexible container body, and a tear-away orifice covering in the base. A shape of the covering includes a perimeter following a pathway that includes a portion forming an angle that is greater than 90° relative to a direction of pull used to tear the covering from the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: Benjamin Ma, John D. English
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Patent number: 10136789Abstract: 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 a cleaning composition carried within the device itself, and scrub the cleaning composition onto or into the surfaces to be cleaned (e.g., shower walls, floors, corners, mirrors, etc.). The device may include a squeezable container housing holding the cleaning composition in a reservoir defined therein, with a dispensing valve configured to dispense the cleaning composition from the reservoir, through the valve when a user squeezes the container housing. A sled may be provided, e.g., snap-fit to a bottom wall of the container housing, with a substrate configured as a scrubbing pad attached to the bottom of the sled.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: Hagar Zohar, Kerry D. Azelton, German R. Gonzalez, John E. Jamieson, Benjamin Ma, Jennifer A. Murphy, George S. Sieverding
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Publication number: 20180326192Abstract: The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2017Publication date: November 15, 2018Inventors: Casper W. Chiang, Benjamin Ma, Bradley L. Kirsch
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Publication number: 20180256868Abstract: The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2018Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Casper W. Chiang, Benjamin Ma
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Patent number: 9999757Abstract: The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2014Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventors: Casper W. Chiang, Benjamin Ma
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Publication number: 20180160868Abstract: The present invention is directed to a flex pack wipes dispensers for dispensing wipes. An exemplary wipes dispenser may include a flexible container body having an opening through which the wipes are dispensed. A plurality of wipes (e.g., a stack) is contained in the flexible container body. A closure is provided over the opening through the flexible container body, configured to allow a user to selectively open and close access to the opening. The closure may include a perimeter flange sealed to the flexible container body, a base defined within the flange which initially covers the opening in the flexible container body, and a tear-away orifice covering in the base. A shape of the covering includes a perimeter following a pathway that includes a portion forming an angle that is greater than 90° relative to a direction of pull used to tear the covering from the base.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2016Publication date: June 14, 2018Applicant: THE CLOROX COMPANYInventors: BENJAMIN MA, John D. English
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Patent number: 9867973Abstract: The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2014Date of Patent: January 16, 2018Assignee: Medline Industries, Inc.Inventors: Casper W. Chiang, Benjamin Ma, Bradley L. Kirsch
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Publication number: 20170258279Abstract: Dispensing containers including a bottom, a top, and one or more side walls defining an interior cavity within the container. A support structure adjacent the bottom of the container forms an angle between a top surface of the support structure and the bottom that is from 120° to 150°. This allows the container to accommodate a rectangular stack of wipes positioned within the interior cavity of the container, in a substantially vertical orientation, with the short side contacting the bottom of the container, and the underside of the stack contacting the top surface of the support structure. The stack of wipes may be taller than the height of the container, fitting into the container due to the slightly angled orientation of the stack, the flexible nature of the stack of wipes, and the support structure allowing the stack to bend or flop over the support.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2016Publication date: September 14, 2017Applicant: THE CLOROX COMPANYInventors: Stephen Don Wahl, Benjamin Ma
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Publication number: 20160220088Abstract: 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 a cleaning composition carried within the device itself, and scrub the cleaning composition onto or into the surfaces to be cleaned (e.g., shower walls, floors, corners, mirrors, etc.). The device may include a squeezable container housing holding the cleaning composition in a reservoir defined therein, with a dispensing valve configured to dispense the cleaning composition from the reservoir, through the valve when a user squeezes the container housing. A sled may be provided, e.g., snap-fit to a bottom wall of the container housing, with a substrate configured as a scrubbing pad attached to the bottom of the sled.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2016Publication date: August 4, 2016Applicant: THE CLOROX COMPANYInventors: HAGAR ZOHAR, KERRY D. AZELTON, GERMAN R. GONZALEZ, JOHN E. JAMIESON, BENJAMIN MA, JENNIFER A. MURPHY, GEORGE S. SIEVERDING
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Patent number: 8961781Abstract: A filter status module for use with a container based filtration device includes a dispensing sensor and a user interface communicatively coupled to a processing unit. The processing unit counts a number of dispensing events, duration and/or angle of tilt signaled by the dispensing sensor and outputs a filter status on the user interface as a function of the number of dispensing events, duration and/or angle of tilt. The processing unit may further track an elapsed period of time from insertion of a new filter and output the filter status as a further function of the elapsed period of time.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Assignee: Brita LPInventors: Benjamin Ma, Rick T. Nishijima, John W. Jamieson, Edward M. Buckley, Teruo Hishiki, David Dycher, Ho Pun Chung
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Publication number: 20140371694Abstract: The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: THE CLOROX COMPANYInventors: CASPER W. CHIANG, BENJAMIN MA, BRADLEY L. KIRSCH
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Publication number: 20140371695Abstract: The invention relates to applicators for applying a solution or other composition (e.g., an antiseptic composition) to skin of a patient. The applicator may include a container body having a proximal end, a distal end, and a frangible member disposed at the distal end of the body. The applicator includes a first position where the container body and frangible member are a unitary piece (e.g., blow molded as a single piece), and a second position when the frangible member is rotated relative to the body to irreversibly break a weak point therebetween, releasing the composition in the hollow body through an opening. A porous applicator head may be positioned adjacent the distal end of the body and frangible member, so that the composition flows out the body, through the opening, and onto the head. The applicator may be formed in a blow-fill-seal process for improved sterility and ease of manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: December 18, 2014Applicant: THE CLOROX COMPANYInventors: Casper W. Chiang, BENJAMIN MA, BRADLEY L. KIRSCH
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Patent number: D728298Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Brita LPInventors: Benjamin Ma, Brett D. McIntire, Jessica L. Todd, Beau Oyler
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Patent number: D728317Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Brita LPInventors: Benjamin Ma, Brett D. McIntire, Jessica L. Todd, Beau Oyler, Jared Hull Aller
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Patent number: D728318Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Assignee: Brita LPInventors: Benjamin Ma, Brett D. McIntire, Jessica L. Todd, Beau Oyler
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Patent number: D773315Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: Stephen Wahl, Benjamin Ma, Scot Herbst, Michael Liebowitz, Will Hunter
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Patent number: D815531Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: Stephen Wahl, Benjamin Ma, Scot Herbst, Michael Liebowitz, Will Hunter
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Patent number: D835995Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventors: James A. Shoemaker, Scot Herbst, Benjamin Ma
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Patent number: D836003Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: The Clorox CompanyInventor: Benjamin Ma