Patents by Inventor Charles H. Yorks

Charles H. Yorks 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: 5051017
    Abstract: A roll-on applicator of rigid plastic material having a glass or crystal clarity is fabricated of a blow molded bottle element and an injection molded sealing ring for retaining a spherical ball in the neck of the bottle element, the ring forming the uppermost surface of the applicator and ball assembly. The product is placed in the applicator, the ball is assembled into the bottle and the ring is attached to the bottle by an ultrasonic welding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 24, 1991
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Charles H. Yorks
  • Patent number: 4950094
    Abstract: A container for dispensing a cosmetic product such as a deodorant in stick form comprises a one piece tubular body open at the top having a platform disposed therein movably by means of a dial shaft threaded into the platform. A single opening is formed in the bottom wall of the body through which the dial shaft extends and a washer forms the entire seal between the dial and the bottom wall of the body, while sealing means in the form of a contoured cap member which is disposed wholly within the body and a separate seal, or alternately a contoured flexible sealing element closes the top of the body. The container is filled through the top opening with a quantity of molten product while in the upright condition, the molten product passing through a plurality of openings in the platform to rest on the bottom surface of the container. The container is then closed by the sealing means and inverted with the product in the molten state and remains so during solidification of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: The Gillette Company
    Inventor: Charles H. Yorks