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).

  • 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: 11641984
    Abstract: A commodity dispenser system includes a terminal dispenser device with a container configured to contain a commodity. The terminal dispenser device includes a user-controlled dispenser for selectively dispensing the commodity from the container. The terminal dispenser device includes a sensor and a communication device, and the sensor is configured to detect an inventory condition of the commodity within the container. The system further includes a server configured to communicate with the communication device of the terminal dispenser device, receive a communication corresponding to the inventory condition detected, and initiate an order for a replenishing shipment of the commodity to the dispenser device based, at least partly, on the communication corresponding to the inventory condition detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Elif Affan, Glenn William Kaye, Nicholas Robert Bull, Daniel Peter Sterling, Mark A. Granja
  • Publication number: 20230050946
    Abstract: A compressed unit dose toilet cleaning tablet for use with a wand. The unit dose contains surfactant, organic acid, and an organic acid buffering agent and is compressed into a tablet or puck that dissolves in toilet water after cleaning. The tablet has a top surface, a bottom surface, a height extending from the top surface to the bottom surface, and a diameter. The top surface has an indentation adapted to receive and engage with a wand. A ratio of the height to the diameter of the tablet is between 0.2 and 0.3. A kit contains a plurality of the tablets and a wand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Thomas Piorkowski, Christopher Michael Rodriguez, Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Publication number: 20230020831
    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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Peter STERLING, Keith Jon COLACIOPPO, Rainer GEBERZAHN, Nicholas Robert BULL
  • Patent number: 11554899
    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: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
  • Publication number: 20230002114
    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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel Peter STERLING, Keith Jon COLACIOPPO, Rainer GEBERZAHN, Nicholas Robert BULL
  • Patent number: 11511918
    Abstract: A container body has a neck defining an opening with an axis. The neck includes a projection that projects radially away from the axis. A cap includes a wall that defines at least part of an exterior of the cap. The wall includes an aperture extending therethrough. The cap is removably attached to the neck and supported for movement on the neck between a first position and a second position. The wall is resiliently flexible for radial movement between a retained position and an unretained position with respect to the neck. In the retained position the projection retains the cap in the first position. The wall, in the unretained position, allows movement of the cap from the first position toward the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: HENKEL AG & CO. KGAA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Colacioppo
  • Publication number: 20220306360
    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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Publication number: 20220306447
    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: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Bell Krystinik, Edward Gilchrest, Craig R. Bures, Lee M. Marchetti, Scott H. Smith, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: 11358764
    Abstract: A child-resistant container includes a cap with an outer member moveable relative to the axis radially between a first position and a radially displaced position. The container also includes a container body with a neck that engages with an inner member of the cap. The container body has a projection that engages the outer member and limits rotational movement of the cap when the outer member is in the first position and the cap is contemporaneously twisted-off. The outer member bypasses the projection when the outer member is in the radially displaced position and the cap is contemporaneously twisted-off. The projection includes a receiving aperture that receives at least part of the outer member when the outer member is in the first position and the cap is contemporaneously twisted off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith J. Colacioppo, Michael David Daoust
  • Publication number: 20220135281
    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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
  • Publication number: 20220135282
    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: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Keith Jon Colacioppo, Rainer Geberzahn, Nicholas Robert Bull
  • Patent number: D952827
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Glenn W. Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling, Mark A. Granja, Rui Manuel Henriques, Elana Abrams, Andrew Bell Krystinik, Scott H. Smith, Lee M. Marchetti, Craig R. Bures, Edward Gilchrest
  • Patent number: D959274
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Katja Gerhards, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D962770
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Mason Quinn Lutterbach, Glenn William Kaye, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D963478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventor: Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D966894
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Daniel Peter Sterling, Ryan Joseph Boudreaux, Trond Erik Tollefsen
  • Patent number: D972935
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Katja Gerhards, Daniel Peter Sterling
  • Patent number: D972936
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
    Inventors: Katja Gerhards, Daniel Peter Sterling