Patents by Inventor Caroline Fontana

Caroline Fontana 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: 8727122
    Abstract: The tablet package comprises a container (10) and a sealed primary package or pouch (42) which holds the tablets (40) within the container. The container will have one or more relatively small apertures (18, 28, 30, 32) on a wall of the container. The lid (14) is a wall of the container. The bag or pouch will be of a material and a material thickness so that some of the fragrance within the tablet can pass through the primary package or pouch and into the container. Such fragrance then can pass from the container through an aperture by the potential purchaser prior to a purchase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Fabienne Jacquet, Caroline Fontana, Jacques LaLanne
  • Publication number: 20120103929
    Abstract: A light weight flat container such as a bottle (20) formed of an elastically deformable plastic material and having a staged load bearing system including primary and secondary load bearing surfaces. The bottle includes two op posing wide sides (21, 22) and two opposing narrow sides (25, 26) on which the load bearing surfaces may be disposed. A base (27) is provided which protrudes beyond the narrow sides (25, 26) in some embodiments. During processing of the bottles on a conveyor fill line, mating primary load bearing surfaces (30, 30?) on adjacent bottles initially engage and begin to deform under contact forces. The mating secondary load bearing surfaces (32, 32?) next engage to better distribute the contact forces and control deformation of the bottles to below the elastic limit of the plastic material to avoid plastic deformation or crazing damage to the bottles when the contact forces subsides. A bottle processing method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventor: Caroline Fontana
  • Publication number: 20070193916
    Abstract: The tablet package comprises a container (10) and a sealed primary package or pouch (42) which holds the tablets (40) within the container. The container will have one or more relatively small apertures (18, 28, 30, 32) on a wall of the container. The lid (14) is a wall of the container. The bag or pouch will be of a material and a material thickness so that some of the fragrance within the tablet can pass through the primary package or pouch and into the container. Such fragrance then can pass from the container through an aperture by the potential purchaser prior to a purchase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2004
    Publication date: August 23, 2007
    Inventors: Fabienne Jacquet, Caroline Fontana, Jacques LaLanne
  • 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: D643732
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Simon Dutton, Caroline Fontana, Isaac Milhem, Guilhem Rousselet, Nick Verebelyi
  • Patent number: D643738
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Bruce Cummings, Simon Dutton, Caroline Fontana, Isaac Milhem, Guilhem Rousselet, Nick Verebelyi