Patents by Inventor Daniel Peter Sterling

Daniel Peter Sterling 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: 11897659
    Abstract: A container assembly includes a container having a neck, a cap removably coupled to the neck, and a spout disposed in the neck. The cap includes an upper cap portion and a skirt configured to be received on a rim of the neck. The skirt includes a skirt sidewall and a skirt flange extending radially between a sidewall of the upper cap and the skirt sidewall. The spout includes a central duct extending through an opening of the neck and defining a pouring passage in communication with an interior of the container. The spout includes an outer sidewall extending around the central duct. The spout includes a seal ring disposed on an upper end of the outer sidewall of the spout. A bottom surface of the skirt flange is inclined downward in a direction toward the neck of the container at an angle between about 1° and about 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
  • Patent number: 11891211
    Abstract: A container assembly includes a container having a neck defining an opening into the container and a spout disposed in the neck of the container. The spout includes an outer sidewall defining an interior of the spout. The spout includes a flange projecting radially outward from the outer sidewall. The spout includes a plurality of spout teeth extending from a bottom surface of the flange and disposed around a perimeter of the outer sidewall. The neck of the container includes a plurality of neck teeth disposed along an interior surface of the neck and coupled with the spout teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
  • Patent number: 11866319
    Abstract: A container for dispensing a liquid includes a body and a piercing device. The body includes an interior storage volume, an outlet through the first wall for dispensing the liquid, a first track disposed in a first side wall of the body, and a second track disposed in a second side wall of the body, the second side wall opposite the first side wall. The piercing device can be slidably coupled to the body and includes a first rail configured to slide within the first track, a second rail configured to slide within the second track, and a piercer that includes a piercing end. The piercer can slide from a first position to a second position to pierce the body and create a vent opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Andrew Bell Krystinik, Edward Gilchrest, Craig R. Bures, Lee M. Marchetti, Scott H. Smith, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: 11772862
    Abstract: A container for dispensing a liquid that includes a body, a closure, and an overcap. The body includes an interior storage volume, a neck finish on a first wall of the body, and a protrusion on a second wall of the body. The neck finish defined outlet through the first wall for dispensing the liquid. The closure for sealing the outlet and coupled to the neck finish. The overcap is removably coupled to the closure and includes a first end including a recess configured to receive a portion of the closure when the overcap is coupled to the closure and a second end including a shield defining a shield recess and a piercer. The shield is configured is configured to at least partially surround the protrusion of the body such that the piercer pierces the protrusion to create a vent opening when the shield at least partially surrounds the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: 11772860
    Abstract: A container includes a container body with a projection and a cap with a cover member, an inner member, and an outer member. The inner member is threadably engaged to the neck of the container body and is supported for movement between a first threaded position and a second threaded position relative to the container body. The outer member depends from the cover member and extends at least partly about the inner member and an axis. The outer member includes a tamper-evident member that includes an abutment member configured to engage with the projection to limit movement of the cap from the first threaded position to the second threaded position. Also, the tamper-evident member is permanently deformable to disengage the projection and allow movement of the cap from the first threaded position to the second threaded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith J. Colacioppo
  • Publication number: 20230210337
    Abstract: A cleaning system includes a dissolvable cleaner head and a wand for removable attachment to the cleaner head. The cleaner head has a top surface, a bottom surface, and a height extending from the top surface to the bottom surface and includes an indentation having a depth same as the height of the cleaner head. The wand has a first end, a second end, and an attachment arrangement movable between an engaged position, wherein the wand is removably coupled to the cleaner head, and a disengaged position, wherein the wand is released from the cleaner head. The cleaner head also has a first sealing member sealing against the top surface of the cleaner head when engaged with the attachment arrangement and a second sealing member sealing against an inner surface of the indentation when engaged with the attachment arrangement to impede liquid intrusion toward the attachment arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, John Kevin Clay
  • Patent number: 11691786
    Abstract: A cap includes an upper cap portion to enclose an opening of a bottle and hold a dosage of fluid, a lower cap portion to extend into the bottle and increase the dosage capacity of the cap, and a skirt configured to engage the exterior surface of the bottle to secure the cap to the bottle. The upper cap portion includes a top and a first sidewall having one or more sections that protrude radially away from other portions of first sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
  • Patent number: D997725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D997726
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D999063
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D1010228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Brian Alan Warren
  • Patent number: D1011674
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, Julia Mary Pokrzywa, John Kevin Clay
  • Patent number: D1011675
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, Julia Mary Pokrzywa, John Kevin Clay
  • Patent number: D1011900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, Aidan Daniel Sebold
  • Patent number: D1012400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, Julia Mary Pokrzywa, John Kevin Clay
  • Patent number: D1012401
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, Julia Mary Pokrzywa, John Kevin Clay
  • Patent number: D1012402
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, Julia Mary Pokrzywa, John Kevin Clay
  • Patent number: D1012403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, Julia Mary Pokrzywa, John Kevin Clay
  • Patent number: D1017936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D1021631
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling