Patents by Inventor Christoph Zickler

Christoph Zickler 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: 20160029846
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a beverage container containing a top and a bottom lid, wherein both lids possess opening means and to a beverage container cask wherein at least two of said containers are assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Christoph ZICKLER, Claire KARLE
  • Patent number: 8793163
    Abstract: A package includes a plurality of a first absorbent product from a first product category and at least one sample of a second absorbent product from a second product category. The first absorbent product and the second absorbent product have a common characteristic. A transition aid has a first region including a depiction of the first absorbent product, a second region including a depiction of the second absorbent product, and a third region including at least one scale of reference comprising a depiction of the common characteristic of both the first absorbent product and the second absorbent product. The depiction of each of the first absorbent product and the second absorbent product is positioned along the scale to indicate the common characteristics of each product. A method for creating such a package is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Garry Roland Woltman, Christoph Zickler
  • Publication number: 20130346238
    Abstract: A package includes a plurality of a first absorbent product from a first product category and at least one sample of a second absorbent product from a second product category. The first absorbent product and the second absorbent product have a common characteristic. A transition aid has a first region including a depiction of the first absorbent product, a second region including a depiction of the second absorbent product, and a third region including at least one scale of reference comprising a depiction of the common characteristic of both the first absorbent product and the second absorbent product. The depiction of each of the first absorbent product and the second absorbent product is positioned along the scale to indicate the common characteristics of each product. A method for creating such a package is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Garry Roland Woltman, Christoph Zickler
  • Patent number: 8548875
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods for assisting consumers in transitioning from a current absorbent product to a future absorbent product. Also described are transition aids for assisting in this transition. In particular, the transition aids provide a consumer with a means for comparing different characteristics of their current absorbent product with characteristics of a future absorbent product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Garry Roland Woltman, Christoph Zickler
  • Publication number: 20100205070
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods for assisting consumers in transitioning from a current absorbent product to a future absorbent product. Also described are transition aids for assisting in this transition. In particular, the transition aids provide a consumer with a means for comparing different characteristics of their current absorbent product with characteristics of a future absorbent product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Garry Roland Woltman, Christoph Zickler
  • Publication number: 20080078685
    Abstract: Presented is a package of tissue rolls, the package including two package sides, a package bottom, a package back, and a package top; a package front in a generally vertical orientation, the package front spaced apart from and generally parallel to the package back, wherein the package front and the package back are coupled to and generally orthogonal to the package bottom, the package front including a primary package logo having a logo axis; and a plurality of tissue rolls, each tissue roll having a roll height, a roll diameter, and a longitudinal axis, wherein each of the longitudinal axes are generally horizontal when the logo axis is generally vertical.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Ryan M. Patterson, Kevin B. Sartain, Francis Freer, Erik J. Seidel, Baback Nelson, Christoph Zickler
  • Publication number: 20070143257
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to methods for assisting consumers in transitioning from a current absorbent product to a future absorbent product. Also described are transition aids for assisting in this transition. In particular, the transition aids provide a consumer with a means for comparing different characteristics of their current absorbent product with characteristics of a future absorbent product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 21, 2007
    Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Garry Woltman, Christoph Zickler