Patents by Inventor Christopher Eugene Bates

Christopher Eugene Bates 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: 10517373
    Abstract: A dispensing package for a consumer care product is provided having a product chamber with an inner surface, a major axis and a minor axis. The dispensing package has a movable elevator platform having a coupling sleeve with a non-threaded section and a threaded section along an inner surface. The dispensing package also has a screw assembly with a spindle that supports threads; a seal extending around the circumference of the spindle; a threaded first portion coupled to the threaded section along the inner surface of the moveable elevator platform; and a non-threaded second portion. The seal frictionally engages with the non-threaded section of the coupling sleeve and the movable elevator platform advances along an axis from a first fill volume position to a second fill volume position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Justin Alan Ellsworth, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Christopher Eugene Bates, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Julie OiLun Lim, Ricky V. Retherford, John Joseph Rego, Timothy David Reichling
  • Patent number: 9795206
    Abstract: A dispensing package for a consumer care product is provided, having a product chamber and an outer jacket. The product chamber has an upper dispensing end; an inner surface; an outer surface; a top ridged opening at the upper dispending end of the product chamber on the outer surface; a major axis and a minor axis. At least a portion of the project chamber has a thickness “t” from about 0.45 mm to about 1.2 mm. The outer jacket has an inside surface; an outside surface; an upper end, a major axis and a minor axis. At least a portion of the outer jacket has a thickness “T” from about 0.45 mm to about 1.2 mm. The outer jacket at least partially surrounds the product chamber and attaches to the product chamber. A consumer care composition may be disposed in the product chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Justin Alan Ellsworth, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Christopher Eugene Bates, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Julie OiLun Lim, Ricky V. Retherford, John Joseph Rego, Timothy David Reichling
  • Patent number: 9265327
    Abstract: A container is configured for selectively dispensing a personal care product. The container includes a body, a drive apparatus, and an elevator. The body at least partially defines a product chamber and a distal opening. The elevator is disposed within the product chamber. Rotation of the drive apparatus results in axial movement of the elevator within the product chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nathaniel David Thulin, Christopher Eugene Bates, David Andrew Dalton
  • Publication number: 20130017123
    Abstract: Air freshener products and methods for freshening air are disclosed. In some embodiments, the air freshening product may include a container for storing an air freshening composition that may contain compressed gas such as compressed air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, inert gases, or carbon dioxide. When the container is completely filled with propellant and air freshening composition, the air freshening composition may be released from the container at a flow rate of from about 0.8 grams/second to about 1.5 grams/second, wherein the mean particle size of the released spray droplets is from about 10 microns to about 100 microns. The method of freshening air, in certain embodiments, provides improved delivery of an air freshening composition using a non-hydrocarbon propellant. If malodor counteractants are used, the method may also provide a reduction in malodors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Inventors: Hirotaka UCHIYAMA, Christopher Eugene Bates, Eric Laurence Wagnon, Cynthia Jean McCann, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Steven Louis Diersing
  • Patent number: 8277725
    Abstract: Air freshener products and methods for freshening air are disclosed. In some embodiments, the air freshening product may include a container for storing an air freshening composition that may contain compressed gas such as compressed air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, inert gases, or carbon dioxide. When the container is completely filled with propellant and air freshening composition, the air freshening composition may be released from the container at a flow rate of from about 0.8 grams/second to about 1.5 grams/second, wherein the mean particle size of the released spray droplets is from about 10 microns to about 100 microns. The method of freshening air, in certain embodiments, provides improved delivery of an air freshening composition using a non-hydrocarbon propellant. If malodor counteractants are used, the method may also provide a reduction in malodors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Christopher Eugene Bates, Eric Laurence Wagnon, Cynthia Jean McCann, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Steven Louis Diersing
  • Publication number: 20120087828
    Abstract: Air freshener products and methods for freshening air are disclosed. In some embodiments, the air freshening product may include a container for storing an air freshening composition that may contain compressed gas such as compressed air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, inert gases, or carbon dioxide. When the container is completely filled with propellant and air freshening composition, the air freshening composition may be released from the container at a flow rate of from about 0.8 grams/second to about 1.5 grams/second, wherein the mean particle size of the released spray droplets is from about 10 microns to about 100 microns. The method of freshening air, in certain embodiments, provides improved delivery of an air freshening composition using a non-hydrocarbon propellant. If malodor counteractants are used, the method may also provide a reduction in malodors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Hirotaka N.M.N. UCHIYAMA, Christopher Eugene Bates, Eric Laurence Wagnon, Cynthia Jean McCann, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Steven Louis Diersing
  • Patent number: 8101124
    Abstract: Air freshener products and methods for freshening air are disclosed. In some embodiments, the air freshening product may include a container for storing an air freshening composition that may contain compressed gas such as compressed air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, inert gases, or carbon dioxide. When the container is completely filled with propellant and air freshening composition, the air freshening composition may be released from the container at a flow rate of from about 0.8 grams/second to about 1.5 grams/second, wherein the mean particle size of the released spray droplets is from about 10 microns to about 100 microns. The method of freshening air, in certain embodiments, provides improved delivery of an air freshening composition using a non-hydrocarbon propellant. If malodor counteractants are used, the method may also provide a reduction in malodors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Christopher Eugene Bates, Eric Laurence Wagnon, Cynthia Jean McCann, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Steven Louis Diersing
  • Publication number: 20110318222
    Abstract: Air freshener products and methods for freshening air are disclosed. In some embodiments, the air freshening product may include a container for storing an air freshening composition that may contain compressed gas such as compressed air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, inert gases, or carbon dioxide. When the container is completely filled with propellant and air freshening composition, the air freshening composition may be released from the container at a flow rate of from about 0.8 grams/second to about 1.5 grams/second, wherein the mean particle size of the released spray droplets is from about 10 microns to about 100 microns. The method of freshening air, in certain embodiments, provides improved delivery of an air freshening composition using a non-hydrocarbon propellant. If malodor counteractants are used, the method may also provide a reduction in malodors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Christopher Eugene Bates, Eric Laurence Wagnon, Cynthia Jean McCann, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Steven Louis Diersing
  • Patent number: 7998403
    Abstract: Air freshener products and methods for freshening air are disclosed. In some embodiments, the air freshening product may include a container for storing an air freshening composition that may contain compressed gas such as compressed air, nitrogen, nitrous oxide, inert gases, or carbon dioxide. When the container is completely filled with propellant and air freshening composition, the air freshening composition may be released from the container at a flow rate of from about 0.0001 grams/second to about 1.2 grams/second. The method of freshening air, in certain embodiments, provides improved delivery of an air freshening composition using a non-hydrocarbon propellant. If malodor counteractants are used, the method may also provide a reduction in malodors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Hirotaka Uchiyama, Christopher Eugene Bates, Eric Laurence Wagnon, Cynthia Jean McCann, Carl-Eric Kaiser, Steven Louis Diersing
  • Patent number: 7784650
    Abstract: A sprayer actuator, a sprayer, and a method of making the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, the sprayer includes an ergonomic sprayer actuator with a housing having an upper portion, a lower portion for fitting over a can, and a narrowed waist portion between the upper portion and the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Chow-chi Huang, Stephen Henry Iding, Naomi Ruth Nelson, Ricky Ah-Man Woo
  • Patent number: D555482
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Patent number: D555485
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Patent number: D559107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Patent number: D559116
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Patent number: D562141
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Patent number: D565414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Patent number: D571217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Patent number: D595137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: The Procter and Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Eugene Bates, Susie Marie Seum
  • Patent number: D810568
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Justin Alan Ellsworth, Timothy David Reichling, Sheena Marie Mahrle, Christopher Eugene Bates
  • Patent number: D886636
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jusitn Alan Ellsworth, Timothy David Reichling, Sheena Marie Mahrle, Christopher Eugene Bates