Patents by Inventor Bruce Cummings

Bruce Cummings 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: 20110095058
    Abstract: A closure for a container, and a container incorporating the same, that minimizes or eliminates leakage between the closure and the container holding the liquid. The closure provides a liquid sealing system that allows irregularly shaped closure tops to be used without sacrificing the effectiveness of the liquid seal. In one embodiment, the closure includes a plurality of struts disposed within an annular space that receives a neck portion of the container to create a seating plane that corresponds to a plane formed by the rim of the neck portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Parra, Jeffrey Mayers, James David Faulkner, Elaine Casey, Bruce Cummings, Corrine Elstow, Sam Lucking, John Lamb
  • Publication number: 20090297460
    Abstract: An aerosol container has a positive actuating structure. The aerosol container is comprised of a body section and a dispensing section. The body section has an aerosol container with a valve at an end that is adjacent the dispensing section. The dispensing section has an enclosing unit and an actuating unit with an actuating channel to receive the finger of a person to actuate the actuating unit. The actuating unit fits into the enclosing unit. The actuator channel extends through the dispensing section, at least part of the lower part of the actuator channel being flexible and in contact with the valve of the aerosol container. The actuator channel can be entirely of a flexible material which directly contacts the aerosol valve or be a part of a semi-rigid to rigid material which directly contacts the aerosol valve. Upon depressing the actuator channel the aerosol valve is actuated and product flows from the body section through the dispensing section to a dispensing aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: John David Lamb, Martin Christopher Bunce, Alexander James Peacop, Bruce Cummings, William John Davis, Barbara Porter
  • Patent number: D608207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate - Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, William H. Lunderman, Fernando Muniz-Simas Moreira, Robert Monaghan, Pepijn Rutger van der Krogt, Guillermo Weyland
  • Patent number: D608212
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Inventors: Guillermo Weyland, Fernando Muniz-Simas Moreira, Robert Monaghan, Pepijn Rutger van der Krogt, Bruce Cummings
  • Patent number: D611830
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Elaine Casey, Bruce Cummings, Jeffrey Mayers, John Lamb, Corinne Elstow, Sam Lucking
  • Patent number: D611831
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Jeffrey Mayers, Elaine Casey, Laurent Hainaut, Jiang Chen
  • Patent number: D614027
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Co.
    Inventors: Peter J. Fallat, II, Bruce Cummings, Brian Worthington
  • Patent number: D614505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Fallat, II, Bruce Cummings, Brian Worthington
  • Patent number: D615417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Fallat, II, Bruce Cummings, Brian Worthington
  • Patent number: D617189
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Elaine Casey, Bruce Cummings, Corinne Elstow, Sam Lucking, John Lamb, Jeffrey Mayers
  • Patent number: D617192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Elaine Casey, Bruce Cummings, Corinne Elstow, Sam Lucking, John Lamb, Jeffrey Mayers
  • Patent number: D617193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Elaine Casey, Bruce Cummings, Corinne Elstow, Sam Lucking, John Lamb, Jeffrey Mayers
  • Patent number: D617639
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Elaine Casey, Bruce Cummings, Corinne Elstow, Sam Lucking, John Lamb, Jeffrey Mayers
  • Patent number: D618098
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Elaine Casey, Bruce Cummings, Corinne Elstow, Sam Lucking, John Lamb, Jeffrey Mayers
  • Patent number: D619002
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Elaine Casey, Bruce Cummings, Corinne Elstow, Sam Lucking, John Lamb, Jeffrey Mayers
  • Patent number: D619004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Fallat, II, Bruce Cummings, Brian Worthington
  • Patent number: D619461
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Simon Dutton, Caroline Fontana, Isaac Milhem, Guilhem Rousselet, Nick Verebelyi
  • Patent number: D619462
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Simon Dutton, Caroline Fontana, Isaac Milhem, Guilhem Rousselet, Nick Verebelyi
  • Patent number: D621265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Simon Dutton, Caroline Fontana, Isaac Milhem, Guilhem Rousselet, Nick Verebelyi
  • Patent number: D626428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Peter J. Fallat, II, Bruce Cummings, Brian Worthington