Patents by Inventor Brian P. Flynn

Brian P. Flynn 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).

  • Patent number: 4720351
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain removal, bleaching, and bluing; with the advantage being that both the detergent and the prespotter are uniquely packaged together as one product, negating the need to purchase and store separate products for each end use function, and also, unavoidably providing presentation of the prespotter to the detergent user at the time of laundering. The invention also concerns methods of use of such products during laundering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Purex Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Flynn, Deborah S. Winetzky, George D. Evans
  • Patent number: 4636328
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain removal, bleaching, and bluing; with the advantage being that both the detergent and the prespotter are uniquely packaged together as one product, negating the need to purchase and store separate products for each end use function, and also, unavoidably providing presentation of the pre-spotter to the detergent user at the time of laundering. The invention also concerns methods of use of such products during laundering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1985
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1987
    Assignee: Purex Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Flynn, Deborah S. Winetzky, George D. Evans
  • Patent number: 4563186
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to products useful for home laundering, and more particularly to a product which incorporates a prespotter with a detergent and having one or more of the following separate functions: detergency, fabric softening, stain removal, bleaching, and bluing; with the advantage being that both the detergent and the prespotter are uniquely packaged together as one product, negating the need to purchase and store separate products for each end use function, and also, unavoidably providing presentation of the pre-spotter to the detergent user at the time of laundering. The invention also concerns methods of use of such products during laundering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Purex Corporation
    Inventors: Brian P. Flynn, Deborah S. Winetzky, George D. Evans
  • Patent number: 4291072
    Abstract: A fabric conditioner composition is applied to an air-permeable sheet and variably displaced so that the conditioner occludes interior interstitial spaces in certain regions of the sheet to block air flow therethrough, leaving other regions of the sheet with interstitially open spaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Purex Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Barrett, Brian P. Flynn
  • Patent number: 4229475
    Abstract: A fabric conditioner composition is distributed on an air permeable sheet in such manner that the conditioner occludes interior interstitial spaces in certain region of the sheet to block airflow therethrough, and other regions of the sheet have interstitially open spaces, there being additional interstitial spaces in those other regions which are relatively smaller and which contain remanent conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1980
    Assignee: Purex Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Barrett, Brian P. Flynn
  • Patent number: 3953353
    Abstract: A solid product for rub-on application to stains and soil deposits on fabric preparatory to laundering, comprising blended water soluble non-ionic detergent and stable laundry enzyme uniformly dispersed therein, and the method of manufacturing the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1974
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1976
    Assignee: Purex Corporation
    Inventors: John H. Barrett, Jr., Brian P. Flynn